At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data -- including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper "laptop."
My mind took a while coming around to this video. Only because I am a crotchety old person that types with one finger- r.e.a.l. s.l.o.w.
But here is an amazing presentation by a guy called Pranav Mistry. Ho Hum, so what’s new you say? Well, this guy is the inventor of SixthSense, a wearable device that enables interactions between the real world and the world of data.
Gobbledygook, you say? No Comprendo? Don’t worry. Just watch this video and you will know what I am yakking about. If you can get past the fact that he SOUNDS like he graduated from an IIT (Indian Institute of Technology, the world’s largest manufacturing hub of high definition geeks), then his ideas are awesome.
About Pranav:
Pranav Mistry is a PhD student in the Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT’s Media Lab. Before his studies at MIT, he worked with Microsoft as a UX researcher; he’s a graduate of IIT. (Editor’s note: HAH, I TOLD you so!) Mistry is passionate about integrating the digital informational experience with our real-world interactions.
Some previous projects from Mistry’s work at MIT includes intelligent sticky notes, Quickies, that can be searched and can send reminders; a pen that draws in 3D; and TaPuMa, a tangible public map that can act as Google of physical world. His research interests also include Gestural and Tangible Interaction, Ubiquitous Computing, AI, Machine Vision, Collective Intelligence and Robotics.
No, I did not write the above paragraphs, I would never have gotten all those words right, but I ripped the bio off TED.com’s page.
Also, indulge your inner need for visual representation by taking a closer look at this picture.
Aah, my inner-geek has finally found release..now, I know what to do with my hands...aah
But tell me what you think, because I think SixthSense is awesome and it is blowing everybody’s minds.
(Hat Tip: Asitkumar Patel and assorted members of the Patel clan and AkshayV.Rao)
Thsi was just tooo coool
thanks for sharing !!
Verne, Wells Michael Crighton, Ray Bradbury and a host of other modern sience fiction writers can not have imagined this!