Kyle Rafferty Biomedical Engineering University of Rhode Island

 Developed by Pranav Mistry  Research assistant/PhD candidate MIT  Portable device that is worn around neck  Consists of:  Camera  Colored Markers  Projector  *a smart phone

 Camera: tracks the movement of the colored markers using movement algorithms.  Colored Markers: Red, blue, green, and yellow tape worn on the users fingertips for tracking purposes.  Projector: Projects stored data onto most any surface.  Smart phone: needed for internet connection and computing power

 Recognizes hand movements  Examples from online demonstrations:  Make frame with hands: camera takes picture  Google map onto wall  Draw circle on wrist: projects digital clock  Movement of text book/web info onto page  Airline ticket updates  symbol: check for you  Many more capabilities (it’s on youtube or TED website)

 Cost: ~300$  Software will be open source  Many possible medical applications using the technology  Surgical procedures (using tracking capabilities)  Rehabilitation techniques

 Sources:  “About (Pranav Mistry)” pranav::mistry Apr  Mistry, Pranav. “About (SixthSense)” Apr 2,  “Pranav Mistry’s: The Thrilling Potential of SixthSense Computing-Future of Interface”. Boxesandarrows. Feb Apr  Publications:  P. Mistry, P. Maes. SixthSense – A Wearable Gestural Interface. To be appeared in SIGGRAPH Asia 2009, Sketch. Yokohama, Japan  P. Mistry, P. Maes. SixthSense – A Wearable Gestural Interface. To be appeared in SIGGRAPH Asia 2009, Emerging Technologies. Yokohama, Japan  P. Mistry. The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology. TEDIndia Mysore, India 2009The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology.  P. Mistry, P. Maes, L. Chang. WUW - Wear Ur World - A Wearable Gestural Interface. In the CHI '09 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems. Boston, USA. 2009