MIT developing the sixth sense

What might happen if we were really connected all the time? Newspapers would actually have video in them, book reviews would appear on book covers as you pick them up and you could check the time just by tapping your fingers on your wrist. Or at least that’s the vision in this MIT demo.

Two things strike me about this excellent video from MIT. First, you can’t knock someone who’s prepared to walk around looking as ridiculous as the guy covered in all the gear. I’d do it in a flash if it were me. Second, I love seeing the incredible approach at MIT where so much stuff actually gets prototyped. Don’t bother pontificating about how it might work. Build a prototype and see how it might work.

28th April 2009

Ben Childs

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