Andrea Colaço: The next tech for the smart-everything era http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXM6OJl31-M
Published on 2 Dec 2013 http://inktalks.com Goa-born researcher Andrea Colaço shows us what she has in store for consumer tech. With digital devices shrinking from bulky desktops to wearable accessories, how will we interact with technology in the future? Andrea demonstrates her work on these evolving interfaces, which work on what comes most naturally to human communication -- hand gestures. ABOUT INK: INKtalks are personal narratives that get straight to the heart of issues in 18 minutes or less. We are committed to capturing and sharing breakthrough ideas, inspiring stories and surprising perspectives--for free! Watch an INKtalk and meet the people who are designing the future--now. http://INKtalks.com ABOUT ANDREA COLACO Andrea hails from Goa, and is currently a PhD student at the MIT Media Lab. Her research focuses on creating novel user interfaces in the smart-everything era. Recently, she invented a miniature, low-power 3D sensor for touch-less gestural input to mobile devices and other wearable tech (like the Google Glass). Andrea is also an aspiring tech entrepreneur -- her startup, 3dim, is producing a compact, low-power mobile 3D camera. In her spare time she enjoys mentoring young geeks. In 2010 she co-founded the Media Lab Design and Innovation workshop series, conducted annually in partnership with top Indian universities. Category Science & Technology Licence Standard YouTube Licence http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXM6OJl31-M [Thanks to Lui Godinho, ex-Herald now in the UK, for sharing this link! --FN] -- FN Phone +91-832-2409490 Mobile +91-9822122436
