Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology

The "Sixth Sense" TUI has been developed at the MIT Media Lab under Pranav Mistry and Pattie Maes and was presented at 2009 Ted conferences. The major goal of this fascinating device is to bring the digital world closer to the physical world by getting rid of extra digital objects such as an iPhone or a computer and using the already available objects around you and reusing them as interfaces. The device takes form of a simple necklace consisted a mirror, camera, and projector and colored caps to go on your fingers. This way, the "Sixth Sense" allows you to manipulate both physical and digital information with your natural physical behaviors. Without having to carry a computer screen or any standard digital interfaces, the entire world around you becomes a desktop or an application screen. The Sixth Sense can perform various tasks: from creating digital art works on a random wall you find on the streets to dialing a call on your palm. You can even take a photo simply by gesturing a camera with your four fingers. The incredible flexibility to move between applications and even between various types of interfaces (computer screen to a piece of paper with printed texts) breaks the boundaries that we often find on the standard computer screen. This device allows total control over the vast pool of information by making them available anytime and anywhere.