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  Paris Baker, a 31-year-old mother of two, was an elite energetic gymnast who represented Great Britain and won silver at the European and World championships. At 26, Paris received a diagnosis of motor neurone sickness (MND), which causes muscle weakness that gradually worsens over time and leads to disability. Of the many things that changed in her life, an essential element was losing the aptitude to play video games with her children.     That was, until she exposed Motion Input. Industrialized by academics and students at University College London's (UCL) Computer Science department, in collaboration with Intel , Microsoft and IBM , UCL Motion Input V3 permits truly touchless computing. With Motion Input and a common webcam, a user can control a PC by gesturing with their hands, head, face and full body or by using speech. The software analyzes these interactions and converts them into mouse, keyboard and joystick signals making full use of prevailing softwar...