Sixth sense technology

We, humans, interact with the world using our five senses. But as the name suggests this technology brings forward an additional sixth sense. A sixth sense is an ESP(Extra Sensory Perception) that aims at a more developed future with both the physical and digital world connected without the help of hardware devices. We come to a step nearer to this goal of the sixth sense with the introduction of sixth sense technology. The origin of sixth sense technology can be traced back to Steve Mann who implemented a wearable computer in the form of a neck-projector coupled with a camera system in 1990. In later years, following his footsteps, Pranav Mistry, a young research scientist at MIT came up with new applications for this technology. Thus, the sixth sense technology was developed at Media labs at MIT and was coined Wear Ur World (WUW). The device has various applications such as the drawing application in which movement of the index finger is recognized and the user can draw on any surface. The other applications include mapping, reading newspapers, checking time by drawing a wristwatch, etc. Other than being portable, this device also serves as a computer and saves time spent searching for information.

WHY CHOOSE SIXTH SENSE TECHNOLOGY?

This sixth sense technology provides us with the freedom of interacting with the digital world using hand gestures. This technology has a wide application in the field of artificial intelligence. This methodology can aid in the synthesis of bots that will be able to interact with humans.

This technology enables people to interact in the digital world as if they are interacting in the real world. The Sixth Sense prototype implements several applications that demonstrate the usefulness, viability, and flexibility of the system.

WHAT IS SIXTH SENSE?

The sixth sense in scientific or nonscientific terms is defined as Extra Sensory Perception. It involves the reception of information not gained through any of the five senses. Namely the data, information, and knowledge that mankind has accumulated about everything available online.

The sixth sense technology employs a sixth sense which is in reality a wearable pendent-like device. This device is actually a mini-projector coupled with a camera and a cell phone, designed for obeying hand gestures. Using simple hand gestures, touch screens can be obtained from any surface for various applications.

Sixth Sense technology is a technology with which a system could be trained to recognize and percept real-world objects and react as desired. Sixth Sense technology bridges the gap between the physical world and the digital world, bringing intangible, digital information out into the tangible world, and allowing us to interact with this information via natural hand gestures. Sixth Sense Technology is implemented in ‘Sixth Sense/WUW (wear your world) using gesture recognition, augmented reality,?computer vision, and radio frequency identification. It’s a just-born concept that allows users to connect with the internet seamlessly. Without the use of a keyboard, or mouse we can see videos access, change, and move data simply. But this concept bottlenecks lead to modification of the same by using commands instead of gestures. Sixth Sense technology could be integrated with voice recognition. Bluetooth devices and laser projectors could be used.

APPLICATION OF SIXTH SENSE TECHNOLOGY

• The drawing application lets users draw on any surface by observing the movement of the index finger.
• Sixth Sense 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/her mail.
• The device can also tell us the arrival, departure, or delay time of our airplane on our tickets.
• Some of the more practical uses are reading a newspaper.
• In this case, more information is needed, pick any page and the device gives additional information on the text, comments, and a lot more add-on features and also helps us to view the rating and to add more.
• To know the time, all one has to do is to just gesture by drawing a circle on the wrist and there appears a wristwatch.

?FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS

Imagine a world where Sixth Sense Technology is applied everywhere. In the educational field, the number of hardware components could be reduced. The usage of paper and electricity could decrease. Students could use any wall or any surface wherever they are to carry out activities that are done on a PC. Security will be assured for everyone. It could be helpful in rendering defense services. In the medical field, it could be implied to check the genuinity of drugs. It could be implemented to monitor the agricultural lands. Blind people could be able to read books and recognize objects. It could be used for the betterment of handicapped people. The sixth sense could make the world magical.