Top 3 TedTalks: 6 Million Views for the Inventor of Sixth Sense

Pranav Mistry is the Director of research at  Samsung Research America. As a PhD student at MIT he invented SixthSense, a wearable device that enables interactions between the real world and the world of data. This speech is the third most watched TedTalk in the world, having garnered over 6 million views.

http://www.ted.com At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data -- including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper \"laptop.\" In an onstage Q&A, Mistry says he'll open-source the software behind SixthSense, to open its possibilities to all.

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http://www.ted.com At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data -- including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper \"laptop.\" In an onstage Q&A, Mistry says he'll open-source the software behind SixthSense, to open its possibilities to all.

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