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TED talks were held in India this year, the first time it’s been held outside US. The venue was Infosys Technologies Mysore, India. One of the key speakers at the event was Pranav Mistry, the man behind the innovative piece of technology called the ‘Sixth Sense’. Sixth Sense bridges the gap between the real world and the digital world. This small device comprised of a small projector, mirror and a camera has amazing capabilities built into which can all be invoked by hand gestures. You can take pictures by making the camera framing gesture with your hands, project maps on to the nearest surface, check the current time by drawing a circle on your wrist, or draw ‘@’ symbol to check your mail. The device also analyses the object the person is interacting with and projects more information about it. For example if you are reading a news paper, it projects related videos on the paper.
Pranav Mistry is a tech genius from Gujarat, India currently pursuing PHD at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His innovation is one of the many innovative gadgets to come out of the famous Media Lab at MIT.
Video Links: Pranav Mistry @ TED India
Author:RSB
Hey, I am a student at UTD. I saw your ad while heading through a long series of corridors to avoid the cold front.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy watching ted talks, always full of interesting people and ideas. I am a huge fan of augmented reality. Ted Talks are great. I think Microsoft's photosynth was featured on it once.
Wouldn't it be neat to blanket the campus with photos and have a virtual model to show our friends and family 20 or 30 years later? My camera is too old and the photos it takes are of a poor quality. I do wonder what the administration would think of the idea though.
-Matthew
Hey Kumar, Thats very nice update about TED India and your projection of Mistry and his works is appreciable.
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Hey Mathew,
ReplyDeleteHa ha.. Thanks for u r comments. What do u do?
cognitive science. sorry I didn't reply sooner, hopefully someone who cares will read this eventually.
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Mathew I couldn't get this "better go post there as it closer to the top!"
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