This document summarizes several cutting-edge technologies from 2013 including semi-autonomous vehicles like the Cadillac Super Cruise, commercial space tourism with SpaceShipTwo, gesture control devices like Leap Motion, exoskeletons for assisted walking like Rewalk, smart watches, 3D printing pens like the 3Doodler, and assistive devices for blindness like The Argus II retinal prosthesis. These technologies span transportation, space travel, computer interfaces, medical devices, wearables, and more.

1. Cutting-Edge Technologies of 2013
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2. Cadillac Super Cruise
This is a great car
designed to help people
with
the
morning
commute. It uses semiautonomous intelligence
to monitor the side of the
road and the car in front of
you, allowing you to take
your hands off the wheel
in traffic jams and relax.

3. SpaceShip 2
Soon for $250,000 Virgin
Airlines will start offering a
flight to the edge of the
space and back, with a few
minutes of weightlessness
and an astronaut's-eye
view of the curving earth
beneath the sky of space.

4. Leap Motion
Leap Motion is a sensor
device that sits next your
computer and detects your
hand movements helping to
control it virtually. It is only 3"
long, so barely takes any room.
Leap Motion is sold for $79.99.

5. Rewalk
Rewalk is a revolutionary
technology which allows people
to walk. It helps to sit, walk and
climb stair also providing form
of exercise particularly for
wheelchair users. It runs on
batteries which last all day, and
you
can
recharge
them
overnight. To obtain one you
have to go through a special
training. The price is around
$85.000.

6. Smart Watch
Smart Watch is a
"Remote Control" for
your smartphone, which
allows you to make
phone calls, text, read
emails and social media
updates, control music.
The average price for
Smart Watches is $200.

7. 3Doodler
Invented by Maxwell Bogue
, Peter Dilworth and Daniel
Cowen 3Doodler is a
revolutionary pen which
draws in three dimensions
by melting and cooling
colored plastic to create
rigid, freestanding structures
in any shape. It can be
preordered online for $99.

8. The Argus II
The Argus II is the first
approved device used
for helping people who
suffer from blindness. It
consists of an implanted
artificial retina and a
pair of glasses attached
to a video unit that
helps to restore partial
vision.

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