Pranav Mistry. Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Pranav Mistry Compléments Pranav Mistry est un chercheur (ingénieur, inventeur et designer) né en 1981 à Palanpur, dans le nord du Gujarat en Inde. Il vit et travaille aujourd'hui aux États-Unis où il finit un doctorat et travaille actuellement en tant qu'assistant de recherche et doctorant au Media lab du MIT. Domaines d'étude[modifier | modifier le code] Pranav Mistry s'est spécialisé en informatique ubiquitaire et dans certaines approches transdisciplinaires de l'informatique.
Il s'est surtout fait connaitre[2],[3] pour une invention (ordinateur et interface dématérialisés) dite « SixthSense » ("6ème sens" en français), parfois aussi dénommée WUW (pour « Wear Ur World » [4]). Philosophie[modifier | modifier le code] À la fois intéressé par le design, l'art, l'architecture, la technologie et la psychologie ou le Web sémantique, il explique sur sa page personnelle[5] qu'il « aime voir la technologie du point de vue design et vice-versa »".
TaPuMa. Tangible Public Map. MIT Media Lab. What is TaPuMa TaPuMa is a digital, tangible public map that allows people to use their own objects to display pertinent information on the map. Where does TaPuMa come from? TaPuMa comes from the class MAS834 Tangible Interfaces in December 2006. Pranav Mistry, Chaochi Chang, Tsuyoshi Kuroki and Kahn Jekarl came up with the idea of TaPuMa and made a prototype of it, and submitted a paper to CHI Work-In-Progress.
After the submission, the team has decided to take a next step to MIT TaPuMa. Below example illustrates how TaPuMa will work in an airport. Meanwhile, Mr. MIT TaPuMa MIT TaPuMa is a TaPuMa which are placed in MIT. Contributions of TaPuMa From a practical viewpoint – TaPuMa is a renovated version of public map. As a Tangible Interface – Tangible Interfaces uses special designed objects, like RFID-tagged plastic packs. As a User Interface – TaPuMa realizes object-oriented interactions in the real world. Quickies. intelligent sticky notes. • Imagine you scribbled a sticky note about an upcoming meeting appointment with your work-colleague; you placed the note on your desktop. Unfortunately, you have overlooked the note, completely forgetting about the meeting and went for lunch with a friend; however you receive a reminder about your appointment with your colleague via a friendly text message on your mobile phone. • While washing the dishes in the kitchen, the sink garbage disposal breaks down.
You make a note, so that you do not forget to email your landlord about the malfunctioning garbage disposal. At the computer later in the night, you are reminded, via a friendly message, to email your landlord. . • The grocery list that you created on a paper sticky note is automatically synchronized with the task-lists in your mobile phone and computer.
. • Your mom prefers writing on paper rather than using mobile phones and computers. Sixthsense - An open source project that allows people to create their own SixthSense Device and augment the current codebase with their own apps. Pranav Mistry. Pranav Mistry | Profile on TED.com. Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense. Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology.