Litan points out that one of the big disadvantages of the traditional TLO model is that the TLO exerts the entire control over which innovations reach the market, in what form, and how fast.
Because China had a relatively stable government in control of a huge fertile territory, and a literate bureaucracy to transmit innovations from place to place.
"As OEMs adopt 3-D motion control technology, they're spurring a rapid evolution in computer interface innovations and helping free the full power and potential of computing for consumers, " said Leap Motion co-founder and CEO Michael Buckwald.