"Sixth Sense" device gets a standing ovation (despite the creep factor)

Pranav Mistry, a grad student at MIT's Media Lab and former UX researcher for Microsoft, has developed a wearable device that "enables new interactions between the real world and the world of data." That sounds dry, but once you watch the 9-minute demo that TED.com just rolled out, which features Lab leader Pattie Maes, you'll know why Mistry's work is getting a whole lot of buzz.

Maes ends her talk with the phrase "ultimate brain implant." Take a look: 

You can read a full interview with Pranav on the TED blog.

All I can add is "wow." Any thoughts?

-- Holly Thomas

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  • Holly - the creep factor of that isn't nearly as high as this guy: www.physorg.com/news155989930.html He's inserting a camera in his eye socket for documentaries... -Nancy

  • AMAZING !!! BRAVO PRANAV !!Withoutyur device I can predict this is going to be the best product of the century.

  • sixth sense device can be put to a whole lot of uses. the minute I saw it I felt it would be a great boon to surgeons and also to people who possess very poor memory.

  • God we don't need this.. Useless stuff

  • Fantastic for your genius invention! We pray you long and brilliant life!

  • Amazing to see how quickly things are changing--what seems incredible now will be commonplace how soon--ten years? Five? And the range of reactions intrigues me, from "fantastic!" to "oh no!". Thanks for your comments. -- Holly

  • Very nice and Excellent!!! work-from-homt-earn-dollars.blogspot.com

  • awesome...pranav ur genius ..the amount of hardword,commitment towards ur project will definately lead to great height of success in ur life great innovation..[since sixth sense device is not that too clostly as said ]it can be said -->great minds to global market will help common people also all the best!!!!!!!!

  • Great effort by Pranav --- i dont think sixth sense is the correct title for the device - its device which is giving a access to whole world of information, more like mobile laptop kind a device which csan be used any where and on any surface. Sixth sense meaning is somehting which you predict which is going to happen/ gut feeling.

  • Hats off Pranav thats wat i can say and hope you can design it more better

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