The sixth sense technology
Posted on 22 March 2009 by R. MAK.
Many of us might have heard about the sixth sense in Hollywood movies, but ever thought that you will be able to use it as a technology?
If you are from those who just believe that there are only five senses then I must say you are wrong. Because, those five senses are provided by nature. Now technology is going to provide you an addition sense named as sixth sense. It’s an exciting new research from MIT students which have been experimented successfully, and soon we will find it in the market as a wearable gestural interface.
How Sixth Sense Works
The technology in itself is nothing more than the combination of some stunning technologies, but the idea of combining those technologies is really great. The technology is mainly based on hand gesture recognition, image capturing, processing, and manipulation, etc. The camera is used to recognize and track user’s hand gestures and physical objects using computer-vision based techniques, while the projector is used to project visual information on walls or on any physical thing around us. Other hardware includes mirror and colored caps to be used for fingers.
The software of the technology uses the video stream, which is captured by the camera, and also tracks the location of the tips of the fingers to recognize the gestures. This process is done using some techniques of computer vision.
Sixth Sense Applications
The sixth sense also implements map which lets the user display the map on any physical surface and find his destination by just using his gestures. The device is cool enough that it can display current time on your wrist as well as recognize people by projecting information related to them.
The important thing is that the device is a mobile device. Means, it is so light that we can take it with us where ever we want to. It is as small as a cell phone and is so simple to use.
Sixth Sense Availability and Price
The device is also not an expensive one; the introductory price is just $350.
Sixth sense technology in action
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hi , i m mechanical engineer from india. i really surprised when i listen abt this technology.
i really very excited to buy this. Kindly launch this as soon as possible here in my country.
Thanks
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What would my tag cloud be? What do I want it to be? Are those the same? Can I manipulate my own meta-data through some kind of ‘optimization’. Do I have to really optimize my life or can I simply spam myself with all kids of keywords ala ‘black-hat seo‘?
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pls launh tis produdt in india, i am an engineering student from chennai
ohhhhh……this is an awesome technology……superb…..i was suprised when i heard this…..
keep goin……
i m instrumentation engineer from india. i really surprised when i listen abt this technology.
this sounds really great.but could you give us some more details about the working of projector,camera etc. n also the computer vision techniques used for it.
I’m an engineering student & I was really surprised about techno marvel design of sixth sense,but I’m eager to about its working principle & further applications….
not technical.just the projector is displaying info outside.phone,camera ,cell phone are common words,no special invention,
iam an engineer fron india
i hear’d sixth sense by pranav and it’s intreasting i’m a ece from india
AUSM!! ABOUT EARING UR NEW INVENTION. I’M STUDYING INDIPLOMA COM. 2ND YR AND IM WORKING ON UR TOPIC AS MY THEAM ON POSTER PRESENTATION WOULD U PLZ GIVE ME SOMR MORE DETAIL INFORMATION ABOUT ITS WORKING .WAITING FOR REPLY
really ausm project by yuong star pranav….am verymuch intrested in studying about this project..i need what r the technologies implemented and how that gesturs interface with phone….