The Thrilling Power of

SixthSense Technology
Pranav Mistry
To see this video go to www.ted.com and type in the
keyword sixthsense
Or click the link below in slideshow mode…
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/
pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_technology.html
 SixthSense Technology

1. In 2000, he developed a motion sensing

device using 2 mice.
2. This technology merges your real world
and your digital world.
3. Take pictures with your hands
4. Imagine dialing a phone using the palm of
your hand
 SixthSense Technology

5. A web cam pinched to a piece of paper

becomes an IPAD.
6. The camera tracks your fingers.
7. You are able to move around and interact
with people but still use a computer.
 Natal Project

 Go to www.youtube.com and type in the key words natal project or click the link
below in slideshow mode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPIbGnBQcJY

Natal Project
1. What is Milo able to do?
2. What do you think computers will look like in 10
years?
3. What will we be able to do with them?
 Pattie Maes and
Pranav Mistry
demo SixthSense
To see this video go to www.ted.com and type in the keyword
sixthsense or click the link below in slideshow mode.
http://www.ted.com/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html
 What’s the Point?

 We don’t have easy access to information that

we can use in our everyday lives.
 If we go to McDonalds to buy a Big Mac, we
don’t pull out our mobile device and do a
Google search to find the nutritional info and
reviews on the taste.
 It is not handy enough. We need something
that is easier to use – hence SixthSense.
 Cost and Size

 It would not cost more than today’s cell

phones. Right now the cost is just $350. Soon
it will be even cheaper.
 At this point it is small and fits around your
neck but in the future it will be even smaller.
 SeventhSense

 The system will recognize the book and find the

rating on Amazon.com
 Its not perfect yet, maybe in 10 years we will even
have the SixthSense brain implant so that we won’t
have to wear anything.
 Explain what you think SeventhSense would look like
and be able to do?
We just saw the development of a
computer that will be mounted on
your body.
Pretend that you have invented
such a device. Answer the
following questions…
 Computer that mounts on your body…

1. Give this computer a name

2. Describe it in more detail
3. Why should people buy it?
4. Where will it be sold?
5. How much will you charge for this computer?
6. What will the slogan be?
7. What type of person would be most inclined to
buy it?
 Bibliography

 Mistry, Pranav. The Thrilling Potential of SixthSense

Technology. Ted.com video. November, 2009.
 Maes, Pattie and Pranav Mistry. Pattie Maes and
Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense. Ted.com video.
March, 2009.
 Molyneaux, Peter. Project Natal Milo Demo.
Youtube video. June 2, 2009.