Sixth Sense
Summary
Pranav Mistry is the inventor of SixthSense, a device one wears “that enables new interactions between the real world and the world of data.”
In this video, Mistry shares the impetuses that drove him to invent a variety of devices that allow, or will allow, people to interact directly with their computers without the need of keyboard and mouse.
He started out with a “gesture interface device”, simply by cannibalizing two mice and using the rollers within! Rather than using a keyboard and mouse to interact with a computer, Mistry wanted to use his computer in the same way that he interacts in the physical world. This device acted as a motion sensing device, so that whatever movement he did in the physical world is replicated in the digital world.
From this starting point, Mistry went on to improve sticky notes. He wished to connect the normal face of sticky notes to the digital world.
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDFKYrSJefc
Keywords: Pranav Mistry, TED, India, tedindia, sixth sense
