sixthsence

SIXTHSENCE

Well:) Just imagine if u r palm as mobile, U r eyes having capacity of taking pictures like we take in digi cam!! and can transfer to our computer or take its printout whenever we want, Reading news paper like the news paper showed in HARRY POTTER, Getting the details of person whomever we want by just seeing that person. Now stop imagining because the time has come to achieve all these with SIXTHSENCE:)

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

'SixthSense' is a wearable gestural interface that augments the physical world around us with digital information and lets us use natural hand gestures to interact with that information.

We've evolved over millions of years to sense the world around us. When we encounter something, someone or some place, we use our five natural senses to perceive information about it; that information helps us make decisions and chose the right actions to take. But arguably the most useful information that can help us make the right decision is not naturally perceivable with our five senses, namely the data, information and knowledge that mankind has accumulated about everything and which is increasingly all available online. Although the miniaturization of computing devices allows us to carry computers in our pockets, keeping us continually connected to the digital world, there is no link between our digital devices and our interactions with the physical world. Information is confined traditionally on paper or digitally on a screen. SixthSense bridges this gap, bringing intangible, digital information out into the tangible world, and allowing us to interact with this information via natural hand gestures. ‘SixthSense’ frees information from its confines by seamlessly integrating it with reality, and thus making the entire world your computer.

The SixthSense prototype is comprised of a pocket projector, a mirror and a camera. The hardware components are coupled in a pendant like mobile wearable device. Both the projector and the camera are connected to the mobile computing device in the user’s pocket. The projector projects visual information enabling surfaces, walls and physical objects around us to be used as interfaces; while the camera recognizes and tracks user's hand gestures and physical objects using computer-vision based techniques. The software program processes the video stream data captured by the camera and tracks the locations of the colored markers (visual tracking fiducials) at the tip of the user’s fingers using simple computer-vision techniques. The movements and arrangements of these fiducials are interpreted into gestures that act as interaction instructions for the projected application interfaces. The maximum number of tracked fingers is only constrained by the number of unique fiducials, thus SixthSense also supports multi-touch and multi-user interaction.

The SixthSense prototype implements several applications that demonstrate the usefulness, viability and flexibility of the system. The map application lets the user navigate a map displayed on a nearby surface using hand gestures, similar to gestures supported by Multi-Touch based systems, letting the user zoom in, zoom out or pan using intuitive hand movements. The drawing application lets the user draw on any surface by tracking the fingertip movements of the user’s index finger. SixthSense also recognizes user’s freehand gestures (postures). For example, the SixthSense system implements a gestural camera that takes photos of the scene the user is looking at by detecting the ‘framing’ gesture. The user can stop by any surface or wall and flick through the photos he/she has taken. SixthSense also lets the user draw icons or symbols in the air using the movement of the index finger and recognizes those symbols as interaction instructions. For example, drawing a magnifying glass symbol takes the user to the map application or drawing an ‘@’ symbol lets the user check his mail. The SixthSense system also augments physical objects the user is interacting with by projecting more information about these objects projected on them. For example, a newspaper can show live video news or dynamic information can be provided on a regular piece of paper. The gesture of drawing a circle on the user’s wrist projects an analog watch.

The current prototype system costs approximate $350 to build.

REFRENCE:
http://www.ted.com/speakers/pranav_mistry.html

CHECKOUT THIS VIDEO HOW THIS SIXTHSENCE WORK:)
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html

Nick Vujicic..........

Well!!.....
This one video, it has hit me at the core. Its an inspiration, a motivation to let you move forward in life inspite of all failures, no matter what happens. Yes, the human spirit can handle much more than we realize. Everytime I see the video I tell myself "Oh man, I'm so blessed, why the hell I complain?". Not to hide, I'll have my eyes filled. Everyone in the world should watch this video 'cos it could definitely change the lives of many.

The man Nick Vujicic is my new idol. He says

Nick is thankful for what he HAS.
He's not bitter for what he does NOT have.
I have never met a bitter person who was thankful.
I have never met a thankful person who was bitter.
In life you have a choice: Bitter or BETTER?

He has lot more to tell you and definitely you'll have lot more to learn from him, do visit his website - http://lifewithoutlimbs.org.

You can also read about him on Wikipedia.

Watch Video here.. click on this link.

source:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8ZuKF3dxCY&feature=related

There was some problem with my blog editor.. I was keep on trying to upload that video here but because of that prob i couldn't. Whatever it is u can view that video in YOUTUBE or on above link.. DON MISS IT......

VENKATRAMAN RAMAKRISHNAN

Well!! Once again its time to feel proud about our country and indian's contribution to this wolrd. ANAND AGARWALA has done marvelous work with his new software BUMPTOP. Now its VENKATRAMAN RAMAKRISHNAN who won the NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY 2009 "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome"




Venkataraman Ramakrishan Born in 1952 in Chidambaram, Ramakrishnan shares the Nobel prize with Thomas E Steitz (US) and Ada E Yonath (Israel) for their "studies of the structure and function of the ribosome".Ramakrishnan earned his B.Sc. in Physics (1971) from Baroda University and his Ph.D. in Physics (1976) from Ohio University.He moved into biology at the University of California, San Diego, where he took a year of classes, then conducted research with Dr Mauricio Montal, a membrane biochemist."This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry awards Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A Steitz and Ada E Yonath for having showed what the ribosome looks like and how it functions at the atomic level," the Nobel committee said in its citation.All three have used a method called X-ray crystallography to map the position for each and every one of the hundreds of thousands of atoms that make up the ribosome, it said.
"This year's three Laureates have all generated 3D models that show how different antibiotics bind to the ribosome. These models are now used by scientists in order to develop new antibiotics, directly assisting the saving of lives and decreasing humanity's suffering," the citation said.

Better known as Venky among friends, Ramakrishnan started out as a theoretical physicist. After graduate school, he designed his own 2-year transition from physics to biology.As a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University, he worked on a neutron-scattering map of the small ribosomal subunit of E Coli. He has been studying ribosome structure ever since.
Ramakrishnan has authored several important papers in academic journals.In the August 26, 2000 issue of Nature, Ramakrishnan and his coworkers published the structure of the small ribosomal subunit of Thermus thermophilus, a heat-stable bacterium related to one found in the Yellowstone hot springs. With this 5.5 Angstrom-resolution structure, Ramakrishnan's group identified key portions of the RNA and, using previously determined structures, positioned seven of the subunit's proteins.In the September 21, 2000 issue of Nature, Ramakrishnan published two papers. In the first of these, he presents the 3 Angstrom structure of the 30S ribosomal subunit.His second paper reveals the structures of the 30S subunit in complex with three antibiotics that target different regions of the subunit. In this paper, Ramakrishnan discusses the structural basis for the action of each of these drugs.After his postdoctoral fellowship, Ramakrishnan joined the staff of Brookhaven National Laboratory in ther US. There, he began his collaboration with Stephen White to clone the genes for several ribosomal proteins and determine their three-dimensional structures.

He was also awarded a Guggenheim fellowship during his tenure there, and he used it to make the transition to X-ray crystallography.Ramakrishnan moved to the University of Utah in 1995 to become a professor in the Department of Biochemistry. There, he initiated his studies on protein-RNA complexes and the entire 30S subunit.He since moved to the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, where he is a Senior Scientist and Group Leader in the Structural Studies Division. He joins the list of several Nobel laureates who worked at the laboratory.

source:
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/29207/indian-born-ramakrishnan-wins-nobel.html
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2009/

BUMPTOP

Well!!! i was watching TED talks... while watching i just felt like to see who are all speakers in this TED..And i start immediately browsing that and i found several speakers. In that i found one name called "Anand Agarwala" i was surprised to see a chap of around my age in TED.And jus gone through his talk.... And stunned once his talk was over... It was not actually a talk But it was a presentation of his BUMTOP software Which is an irresistible new desktop interface with a satisfyingly three-dimensional physicality and a fresh approach to interactivity.His BumpTop software applies a 3D metaphor and rough-and-tumble interactivity that delights anyone who sees it in action.

In addition to its raw play-with-me fun , BumpTop is also an inspiring example of unconventional thinking. The BumpTop world is a physical space, where traditional point-and-click movement is replaced with a more literal "push and pull" approach, and the icons each possess a weight that reflects their relative importance. Meanwhile, commands are executed via a novel set of pen/stylus shortcuts that go well beyond the limited click-and-drag way of doing things.

I hav dowloaded its free version.. Its jus superb to use. Go through it once i hope u all gonna like it:)

JAI HO ANAND AGARWALA:)


Web site: BUMPTOP

TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design)

For those of you who dont know what TED is?

TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) is an academic organization owned by the Sapling Foundation, a non-profit foundation. TED is well-known for its annual, invitation-only conference devoted to "ideas worth spreading". TED is famous for its lectures, known as TED Talks, which originally focused on technology, entertainment and design, but have now expanded in scope to a broad set of topics including science, arts, politics, education, culture, business, global issues, technology and development.

TED speakers have included such people as former U.S. President Bill Clinton, U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Nobel laureates James D. Watson, Jane Goodall, Al Gore, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Billy Graham and a lot more.

Career After Graduation-Current trends in INdia

Well!!! What next after graduation? Is a Million dollar question which is hammering to my head from the first day of final year. Stil yet i haven't got the answer.
Bloody Recession which Freezes the most of jobs, Which mainly put me to take this question a bit seriously:) Realy I dont hav any interest in higher studies but everyone guiding and sujjesting for Higher studies only. So just gave same question which is million dollar question for me in Google search engine..and come up with this information... after going through this article now to choose which area is become a Billion dollar question for me:)

in reference to: Career After Graduation – Current Trends in India (view on Google Sidewiki)