Thursday, May 19, 2011

The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology


Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology


About this talk

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.

About Pranav Mistry

Pranav Mistry is the inventor of SixthSense, a wearable device that enables new interactions between the real world and the world of data


Pranav Mistry: MIT grad student

Pranav Mistry is the inventor of SixthSense, a wearable device that enables new interactions between the real world and the world of data.






Why you should listen to him:

Pranav Mistry is a PhD student in the Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT's Media Lab. Before his studies at MIT, he worked with Microsoft as a UX researcher; he's a graduate of IIT. Mistry is passionate about integrating the digital informational experience with our real-world interactions.
Some previous projects from Mistry's work at MIT includes intelligent sticky notes, Quickies, that can be searched and can send reminders; a pen that draws in 3D; and TaPuMa, a tangible public map that can act as Google of physical world. His research interests also include Gestural and Tangible Interaction, Ubiquitous Computing, AI, Machine Vision, Collective Intelligence and Robotics.





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Monday, May 2, 2011

THE EFFECT OF MODERN TECHNOLOGIES ON COMMUNICATION PRACTICES

THE EFFECT OF MODERN TECHNOLOGIES ON COMMUNICATION PRACTICES

Music technology today

Music technology today Music is a universal language. Music is admired by all the people in the world. Today music can be composed using latest technologies like MIDI, computer software,etc. These technologies provide musicians with comfortable environment to compose music with high quality.This attracts and guides the children to develop their music skills. In this,

The modern technology has changed the communication landscape in different ways.  New information and communication technologies have offered means for paradigm shift in personal and business communication. There is little doubt in the fact that modern technologies have brought about a revolutionary transformation in the ways through which we communicate.  As the world ushers the new information age, there a different technological devices like television, hand phones, personal computers, the internet, and others that have established themselves as necessary in our daily life and have greatly changed the communication landscape reducing the world into a global village (Dephoff).    In the new information technology era, gone are the days when it took days to relay a message form one person to the other or from one organization to the other, as today, it takes the click of a button, in a matter of few seconds, to relay the intended information. However, it is important to note that while modern technologies have had positive impacts on communication, they also have hand negative impacts on communication practices.

Modern communication technologies have changed the speed of communication (Nelson).  Previously a letter sent through the post office took many days to reach destination and even in a neighborhood, it would take some few hours (Wainwright).  This has been drastically changed with the advent of new technologies. It only takes few seconds to pass on information from the source to the receiver.  An email is delivered in a matter of seconds, especially in countries that have broad bandwidth.   Tex messaging takes only few second to reach the receiver even if they are miles away from the sender.  It is possible today to reach anybody from any part of the world within the shortest time possible as long as they are within a telephone line.  In addition, it is possible today to address people far away within just few seconds through vide conferencing and other technologies. What is the implication of this on communication technologies?  There are many way in which the speed of communication has changed communication practices. First, people are communication more often because it only takes few seconds to reach other people.  Previously, speed was a major constraint on communication practice because people could speak only ones in a while (Covell 77).  Today, a father who is working in a different state can call his families every other morning and evening therefore bringing closer the social bond.  Second, this has encouraged long distance communication.  A father who was working in a different state from however the family lives was discouraged to communicate often because it took longer timer to relay information. This has greatly changed with the new technologies and long distance communication has now been enabled. With the growing wave of globalization, it is now possible for people to communicate with their families and friends in other continents.

Modern technologies have increased accessibility to communication devices thereby bring more people together (Nelson). Previously, one of the major barriers to worldwide communication was inaccessibility to communication devices. Although people were willing to communicate, it became difficult to participate in the global practice because they were alienated. For example, only those who could afford costly trunk calls could communicate with friends and families in different states or continents. However, this has been drastically changed with the advent of new communication technologies.  With cheap communication.





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