Pranav Mistry : The inventor of 'SixthSense' (WUW - Wear Ur World) technology

'SixthSense' is a wearable gestural interface gadget that augments the physical world around us with digital information and lets us use natural hand gestures to interact with that information. By using a camera and a tiny projector mounted in a pendant like wearable device, 'SixthSense' sees what you see and visually augments any surfaces or objects we are interacting with. It projects information onto surfaces, walls, and physical objects around us, and lets us interact with the projected information through natural hand gestures, arm movements, or our interaction with the object itself.

The current prototype system costs approximately $350 to build. Mr. Pranav Mistry a MIT Media Lab student from India is the inventor of 'SixthSense'.


VIDEO: Demonstration of 'SixthSense' / WUW - Wear Ur World by Pranav Mistry at TED Talks Video

VIDEO: Presentation of 'SixthSense' by Ms. Pattie Maes on TED Talks Video

>>> Read more here: http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/


About Mr. Pranav Mistry

Mr. Pranav Mistry is currently working as a Research Assistant and PhD candidate at the MIT Media Lab (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). He is working under Ms. Pattie Maes (Director, Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT Media Lab). Before joining MIT Pranav Mistry worked as a UX Researcher with Microsoft. He received his Master in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT and Master of Design from IIT Bombay. He has completed bachelors degree in Computer Science and Engineering. His is from Palanpur - his hometown - which is situated in northern Gujarat in India.

>>> Web site: http://www.pranavmistry.com/

Orkut Celebrates Indian Independence Day with Special Logo

Orkut.com -the major social networking community website has changed its logo, specially for India on the eve of Indian Independence Day. India is going to celebrate her 60th year of Independence on 15th August 2007. The site now sports a tricolour logo matching the Indian national flag colour on their login page. See the figure given below.



This is the result of the ongoing efforts by Google to keep Orkut on the top of Social Networking Platform which is facing tough sites like competition from Myspace, Hi5, Facebook etc. It is interesting to note that on Orkut, India counts third in terms of number of users after Brazil and US.

Orkut has also started an opinion poll, targeting Indians globally. Orkut users are being asked various questions like - Who is their favourite global Indian? Which is their favourite movie and Where should India focus on in the next 10 years for economic growth?

Follow the under given links to take part in the opinion poll:


Which Indian inspires you the most?
India is synonymous with...
Who is your favorite Indian fictional character?
Will India be a permanent member of the UN Security Council by 2010?
What should be the most important focus area for India during the next 10 years?
Which is the most popular movie since independence?
Your favorite "Global" Indian is....



CLICK here for more info from the official Orkut Blog >>>

Switch networks with NetSelector

NetSelector is a very useful program for people on the move, who frequently need to connect their Laptops to different networks (LAN/WAN/WiFi). NetSelector allows to change network settings like IP address, DNS, Gateway, network shares, network drives and proxy servers in one click.




NetSelector is not limited to a specific browser for setting the proxy, there is a plug-in interface that allows to configure nearly any browser. At the moment, there are plug-ins for Firefox and Internet Explorer.

Visit the NetSelector homepage.

You will need the .Net Framework 2.0 to be able to run NetSelector.
[ Download from HERE]


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