Sabi ni Richard noong Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 10:33 PM: > Reality trumps vision. Demo in TED March 2009 of Sixth Sense from the MIT > Media Labs. > > http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html
More at http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/ . The hardware costs $350, consisting of off-the-shelf web cam, portable projector, mirror, and smart phone. The smart phone, however, makes me question the $350 cost, although it could be one of the cheaper smart phones, so the cost sounds realistic. One of the news coverage links indicates that the prototype could be ready for the mass market in five years, and the gear, which only a geek would wear, could shrink down to the size of a button on your shirt. This I gotta see. -- Daniel O. Escasa independent IT consultant and writer contributor, Free Software Magazine (http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com) personal blog at http://descasa.i.ph Twitter page at http://www.twitter.com/silverlokk If we choose being kind over being right, we will be right every time. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
