ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Pattie Maes - Researcher
As head of the MIT Media Lab's Fluid Interfaces Group, Pattie Maes researches the tools we use to work with information and connect with one another.

Why you should listen

Pattie Maes was the key architect behind what was once called "collaborative filtering" and has become a key to Web 2.0: the immense engine of recommendations -- or "things like this" -- fueled by other users. In the 1990s, Maes' Software Agents program at MIT created Firefly, a technology (and then a startup sold to Microsoft) that let users choose songs they liked, and find similar songs they'd never heard of, by taking cues from others with similar taste. This brought a sea change in the way we interact with software, with culture and with one another.

Now Maes is working on a similarly boundary-breaking initiative. She founded Fluid Interfaces Group, also part of the MIT Media Lab, to rethink the ways in which humans and computers interact, partially by redefining both human and computer. In Maes' world (and really, in all of ours), the computer is no longer a distinct object, but a source of intelligence that's embedded in our environment. By outfitting ourselves with digital accessories, we can continually learn from (and teach) our surroundings. The uses of this tech -- from healthcare to home furnishings, warfare to supermarkets -- are powerful and increasingly real.

More profile about the speaker
Pattie Maes | Speaker | TED.com
Pranav Mistry - Director of research, Samsung Research America
As an MIT grad student, Pranav Mistry invented SixthSense, a wearable device that enables new interactions between the real world and the world of data.

Why you should listen

When Pranav Mistry was a PhD student in the Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT's Media Lab, he worked with lab director Pattie Maes to create some of the most entertaining and thought-provoking interfaces the world had ever seen. And not just computer interfaces, mind you -- these are ways to help the digital and the actual worlds interface. Imagine: 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. And of course the legendary SixthSense, which is now open sourced

Before his studies at MIT, he worked with Microsoft as a UX researcher; he's a graduate of IIT. Now, as director of research at Samsung Research America, Mistry heads the Think Tank Team, an interdisciplinary group of researchers that hunts for new ways to mix digital informational with real-world interactions. As an example, Mistry launched the company's smartwatch, the Galaxy Gear, in 2013.

More profile about the speaker
Pranav Mistry | Speaker | TED.com
TED2009

Pattie Maes + Pranav Mistry: Meet the SixthSense interaction

Peti Mejs (Pattie Maes) i Pranav Mistri (Pranav Mistry): Pogledajte interakciju sa Šestim čulom

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Ova demonstracija koju prikazuje Peti Mejs sa MIT-a, a na čijem je čelu Pranav Mistri, bila je pravi hit na TED-u. To je uređaj sa projektorom koji može da se nosi i koji pravi osnovu za istinsku interakciju sa našim okruženjem. Zamislite "Suvišni izveštaj" i više od toga.
- Researcher
As head of the MIT Media Lab's Fluid Interfaces Group, Pattie Maes researches the tools we use to work with information and connect with one another. Full bio - Director of research, Samsung Research America
As an MIT grad student, Pranav Mistry invented SixthSense, a wearable device that enables new interactions between the real world and the world of data. Full bio

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I've been intriguedzaintrigiralo by this questionпитање
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of whetherда ли је we could evolveеволуирати or developразвити a sixthшесто senseсмисао --
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da li bismo mogli razviti šesto čulo -
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a senseсмисао that would give us seamlessбеспрекорно accessприступ
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čulo koje bi nam dalo neometan
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and easyлако accessприступ to meta-informationMeta-informacije
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i lak pristup meta-informacijama,
koje možda negde postoje,
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or informationинформације that mayможе existпостоје somewhereнегде
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that mayможе be relevantрелевантно to help us make the right decisionодлука
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a mogu biti relevantne i pomoći nam
da donesemo pravilnu odluku
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about whateverшта год it is that we're comingдолазе acrossпреко.
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u vezi bilo čega s čim se susrećemo.
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And some of you mayможе argueаргуе,
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Neki od vas bi možda rekli,
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well, don't today'sданас cellмобилни phonesтелефони do that alreadyвећ?
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pa, zar današnji mobilni
telefoni to već ne rade?
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But I would say no.
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Ali rekla bih ne.
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When you meetсусрет someoneнеко here at TEDTED --
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Kada upoznate nekog ovde na TED-u,
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and this is the topврх networkingумрежавање placeместо, of courseкурс, of the yearгодине --
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a ovo je naravno,
najbolje mesto za umrežavanje,
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you don't shakeмућкати somebody'sНеко је handруку
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ne rukujete se s nekim,
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and then say, "Can you holdдржати on for a momentтренутак
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a onda kažete:
"Sačekajte malo, molim vas,
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while I take out my phoneтелефон and GoogleGoogle you?"
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dok izvadim svoj telefon
i izguglam vas?"
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Or when you go to the supermarketсупер маркет
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Ili kad odete u supermarket
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and you're standingстојећи there in that hugeогромно aisleprolaz
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i stojite ispred velike police
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of differentразличит typesврсте of toiletтоалет papersновине,
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sa različitim vrstama toalet papira,
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you don't take out your cellмобилни phoneтелефон, and openотворен a browserpregledač,
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ne izvadite svoj mobilni telefon,
ne otvorite pretraživač,
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and go to a websiteвеб сајт to try to decideодлучити
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i odete na stranicu da biste odlučili
koji je od tih različitih toalet papira
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whichкоја of these differentразличит toiletтоалет papersновине
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is the mostнајвише ecologicallyеколошки responsibleодговоран purchaseкупити to make.
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ekološki najodgovornija kupovina.
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So we don't really have easyлако accessприступ
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Tako da nemamo zaista lak pristup
svim ovim bitnim informacijama,
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to all this relevantрелевантно informationинформације
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that can just help us make optimaloptimalno decisionsОдлуке
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koje nam mogu pomoći
da donesemo optimalne odluke
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about what to do nextследећи and what actionsакције to take.
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o tome šta uraditi sledeće
i koje poteze preduzeti.
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And so my researchистраживање groupгрупа at the MediaMediji LabLaboratorija
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I tako je moja istraživačka
grupa iz Medijske laboratorije
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has been developingразвој a seriesсерије of inventionsизуме
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razvila niz izuma
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to give us accessприступ to this informationинформације
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koji nam daju pristup ovim informacijama
na lak način,
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in a sortврста of easyлако way,
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withoutбез requiringkoji zahteva that the userкорисник changesПромене any of theirњихова behaviorпонашање.
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bez zahteva da korisnik promeni
bilo šta u svom ponašanju.
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And I'm here to unveilotkrivaju
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Ja sam ovde da otkrijem
naš poslednji proizvod
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our latestнајновије effortнапор,
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and mostнајвише successfulуспјешно effortнапор so farдалеко,
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i najuspešniji do sada,
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whichкоја is still very much a work in processпроцес.
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koji je još uvek u procesu izrade.
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I'm actuallyзаправо wearingноси the deviceуређај right now
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U stvari, upravo sada nosim ovaj uređaj,
i otprilike smo ga sastavili "zbrda-zdola"
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and we'veми смо sortврста of cobbledKaldrma it togetherзаједно
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with componentsкомпоненте that are off the shelfpolica --
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sa standardizovanim komponentama -
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and that, by the way, only costтрошак 350 dollarsдолара
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koje, inače, koštaju samo 350 dolara
u ovom trenutku.
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at this pointтачка in time.
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I'm wearingноси a cameraКамера, just a simpleједноставно webcamWeb kamera,
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Nosim kameru, jednostavnu veb-kameru,
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a portableпреносив, battery-poweredbaterije projectionпројекција systemсистем with a little mirrorогледало.
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prenosivi, projekcioni sistem
sa malim ogledalom koji napaja baterija.
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These componentsкомпоненте communicateкомуницирајте to my cellмобилни phoneтелефон in my pocketџеп
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Te komponente komuniciraju
sa mobilnim telefonom u mom džepu
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whichкоја actsделује as the communicationкомуникација and computationрачунање deviceуређај.
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koji služi kao komunikacijski
i računarski uređaj.
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And in the videoвидео here we see my studentученик PranavPranav MistryMistri,
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Moj student Pranav Mistri
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who'sко је really the geniusгеније who'sко је been implementingИмплементација
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on je zapravo genije
koji je implementirao
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and designingдизајнирање this wholeцела systemсистем.
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i dizajnirao celi sistem.
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And we see how this systemсистем
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I vidimo kako mu ovaj sistem dozvoljava
da priđe bilo kojoj površini
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letsомогућава him walkходати up to any surfaceповршина
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and startпочетак usingКористећи his handsруке to interactИнтерактивно with the informationинформације
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i počne da koristi svoje ruke
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that is projectedпројектован in frontфронт of him.
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koje se projektuju ispred njega.
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The systemсистем tracksтрацкс the fourчетири significantзначајно fingersпрстима.
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Sistem prati četiri prsta.
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In this caseслучај, he's wearingноси simpleједноставно markermarker capsкапице
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U ovom slučaju, on nosi
jednostavne čepove od markera
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that you mayможе recognizeпрепознати.
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koje možda prepoznajete.
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But if you want a more stylishsa stilom versionверзија
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Ali ako želite elegantniju verziju,
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you could alsoтакође paintбоје your nailsnokti in differentразличит colorsбоје.
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mogli biste takođe nalakirati
nokte u različitim bojama.
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And the cameraКамера basicallyу основи tracksтрацкс these fourчетири fingersпрстима
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Kamera, u osnovi,
prati ova četiri prsta
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and recognizesprepoznaje any gesturesгестове that he's makingстварање
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i prepoznaje bilo koji gest
koji on napravi,
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so he can just go to, for exampleпример, a mapМапа of Long BeachPlaža,
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tako da, na primer, on može
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zoomзоом in and out, etcитд.
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zumira i odzumira, itd.
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The systemсистем alsoтакође recognizesprepoznaje iconiclegendarne gesturesгестове
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suchтаква as the "take a pictureслика" gestureгест,
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and then takes a pictureслика of whateverшта год is in frontфронт of you.
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i zatim uslika ono što je ispred vas.
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And when he then walksшетње back to the MediaMediji LabLaboratorija,
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he can just go up to any wallзид
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on može prići bilo kojem zidu
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and projectпројекат all the picturesслике that he's takenузети,
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i projektovati slike koje je uslikao,
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sortврста throughкроз them and organizeорганизовати them,
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sortirati i organizovati ih,
menjati im veličinu itd,
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and re-sizeponovo podesite veličinu them, etcитд.,
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again usingКористећи all naturalприродно gesturesгестове.
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ponovo koristeći samo prirodne gestove.
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So, some of you mostнајвише likelyвероватно were here two yearsгодине agoпре
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Neki od vas su verovatno
bili ovde pre dve godine
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and saw the demodemo by JeffJeff HanHan
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i videli demonstraciju Džefa Hana,
pa neki od vas možda misle:
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or some of you mayможе think, "Well, doesn't this look like the MicrosoftMicrosoft SurfacePovršina TableTabela?"
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"Pa, zar ovo ne izgleda
kao Majkrosoftov površinski sto?"
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And yes, you alsoтакође interactИнтерактивно usingКористећи naturalприродно gesturesгестове,
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I da, takođe delujete
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bothи једно и друго handsруке, etcитд.
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obe ruke, itd.
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But the differenceразлика here is that you can use any surfaceповршина,
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Ali razlika ovde je to što
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you can walkходати to up to any surfaceповршина,
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možete prići bilo kojoj površini,
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includingукључујући your handруку if nothing elseдруго is availableдоступан
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uključujući vašu ruku,
ako ništa drugo nije dostupno,
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and interactИнтерактивно with this projectedпројектован dataподаци.
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i delovati uzajamno
sa projektovanim podacima.
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The deviceуређај is completelyу потпуности portableпреносив,
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Uređaj je u potpunosti prenosiv,
i može biti -
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and can be ...
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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So one importantважно differenceразлика is that it's totallyтотално mobileмобилни.
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Dakle, važna razlika je
da je u potpunosti mobilan.
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AnotherDrugi even more importantважно differenceразлика is that in massмаса productionпроизводња
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Druga, još važnija razlika je,
da u masovnoj proizvodnji
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this would not costтрошак more tomorrowсутра than today'sданас cellмобилни phonesтелефони
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ovo sutra ne bi koštalo više,
nego mobilni telefoni danas
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and would actuallyзаправо not sortврста of be a biggerвеће packagingпаковање --
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u većem pakovanju -
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could look a lot more stylishsa stilom
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izgledalo bi elegantnije
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than this versionверзија that I'm wearingноси around my neckврат.
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nego ova verzija koju nosim oko vrata.
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But other than lettingизнајмљивање some of you liveживи out your fantasyфантазија
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Ali pored toga što bi neki od vas
proživeli svoju fantaziju,
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of looking as coolхладан as TomToma CruiseKrstarenje in "MinorityManjina ReportIzveštaj,"
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izgledajući kul kao Tom Kruz
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the reasonразлог why we're really excitedузбуђени about this deviceуређај
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razlog zašto smo zapravo
uzbuđeni zbog ovog uređaja
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is that it really can actчинити as one of these sixth-sensešesto čulo devicesуређаји
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je taj što on deluje zaista
kao jedan od uređaja šestog čula,
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that givesдаје you relevantрелевантно informationинформације
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koji vam daje važne informacije
o bilo čemu što je ispred vas.
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about whateverшта год is in frontфронт of you.
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So we see PranavPranav here going into the supermarketсупер маркет
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Ovde vidimo Pranava kako
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and he's shoppingшопинг for some paperпапир towelsпешкири.
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i kupuje papirne ubruse.
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And, as he picksizdvajanja up a productпроизвод the systemсистем can recognizeпрепознати
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proizvod koji uzima,
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the productпроизвод that he's pickingбирање up,
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usingКористећи eitherили imageслика recognitionпризнање or markermarker technologyтехнологија,
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ili tehnologiju markera
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and give him the greenзелен lightсветло or an orangeнаранџаста lightсветло.
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i dati mu zeleno ili narandžasto svetlo.
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He can askпитати for additionaldodatne informationинформације.
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Može da zatraži dodatne informacije.
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So this particularпосебно choiceизбор here
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is a particularlyпосебно good choiceизбор, givenдато his personalлични criteriaкритеријуми.
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je naročito dobar, uzevši u obzir
njegove lične kriterijume.
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Some of you mayможе want the toiletтоалет paperпапир with the mostнајвише bleachbelilo in it
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Neki od vas će možda želeti onaj papir
koji je najviše izbeljen
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ratherприлично than the mostнајвише ecologically-responsibleekološki odgovorna choiceизбор.
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umesto izbora onog
koji je ekološki najrazumniji.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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If he picksizdvajanja up a bookкњига in the bookstoreкњижара,
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Ukoliko u knjižari uzme knjigu,
može videti ocenu na Amazonu,
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he can get an AmazonAmazon ratingrejting --
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it getsдобива projectedпројектован right on the coverпоклопац of the bookкњига.
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ona se pojavi baš na omotu knjige.
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This is Juan'sJuan je bookкњига, our previousПретходна speakerзвучник,
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Ovo je knjiga Huana,
našeg prethodnog govornika,
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whichкоја getsдобива a great ratingrejting, by the way, at AmazonAmazon.
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koja, uzgred, ima sjajnu ocenu na Amazonu.
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And so, PranavPranav turnsокреће се the pageстрана of the bookкњига
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Pranav okreće stranice knjige
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and can then see additionaldodatne informationинформације about the bookкњига --
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i može videti
dodatne informacije o knjizi -
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readerчитач commentsкоментари, maybe sortврста of informationинформације by his favoriteомиљени critickritičar, etcитд.
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komentare čitaoca, informacije koje je dao
njegov omiljeni kritičar itd.
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If he turnsокреће се to a particularпосебно pageстрана
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Ukoliko okrene na određenu stranu,
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he findsфиндс an annotationobjašnjenje za by maybe an expertстручњак of a friendпријатељ of oursнаша
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nailazi na komentar, recimo eksperta
ili našeg prijatelja
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that givesдаје him a little bitмало of additionaldodatne informationинформације
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koji mu pruža dodatne informacije
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about whateverшта год is on that particularпосебно pageстрана.
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o nečemu sa te konkretne strane.
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ReadingČitanje the newspaperновине --
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Ako čitate novine -
nikada ne moraju biti stare.
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it never has to be outdatedzastario.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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You can get videoвидео annotationsobjašnjenjima of the eventдогађај that you're readingчитање about
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Možete dobiti video komentare
za događaje o kojima čitate.
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You can get the latestнајновије sportsспорт scoresрезултати etcитд.
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Možete dobiti
najnovije sportske rezultate, itd.
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This is a more controversialконтроверзно one.
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Ovo je više kontroverzno.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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As you interactИнтерактивно with someoneнеко at TEDTED,
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Dok komunicirate s nekim na TED-u,
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maybe you can see a wordреч cloudоблак of the tagsoznake,
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možda možete videti oblačić
sa ključnim rečima,
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the wordsречи that are associatedповезани with that personособа
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rečima koje su povezane sa tom osobom
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in theirњихова blogблог and personalлични webвеб pagesстранице.
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na njihovim blogovima
i ličnim veb stranama.
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In this caseслучај, the studentученик is interestedзаинтересован in camerasкамере, etcитд.
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U ovom slučaju, studenta
zanimaju kamere i slično.
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On your way to the airportаеродром,
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Na putu do aerodroma,
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if you pickпицк up your boardingукрцавање passпасс, it can tell you that your flightлет is delayedодложен,
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ukoliko uzmete vašu bording kartu,
možete videti da je let odložen,
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that the gateврата has changedпромењено, etcитд.
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da je promenjen gejt itd.
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And, if you need to know what the currentТренутни time is
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A ukoliko vam treba trenutno vreme,
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it's as simpleједноставно as drawingцртеж a watch --
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jednostavno nacrtate sat -
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
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on your armрука.
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na svojoj ruci.
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So that's where we're at so farдалеко
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Dotle smo za sada stigli
u razvijanju ovog šestog čula
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in developingразвој this sixthшесто senseсмисао
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that would give us seamlessбеспрекорно accessприступ to all this relevantрелевантно informationинформације
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koje bi nam dalo nesmetan pristup
svim ovim bitnim informacijama
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about the things that we mayможе come acrossпреко.
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o stvarima sa kojima se susrećemo.
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My studentученик PranavPranav, who'sко је really, like I said, the geniusгеније behindиза this.
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Moj student Pranav, koji je pravi genije
koji se nalazi iza svega ovoga.
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(ApplauseAplauz) (StandingStoji ovationовације)
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(Aplauz i klicanje)
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He does deserveзаслужују a lot of applauseаплауз
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Zaista zaslužuje velik aplauz,
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because I don't think he's sleptспавала much in the last threeтри monthsмесеци, actuallyзаправо.
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jer mislim da u protekla tri meseca
nije baš puno spavao.
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And his girlfriendдевојка is probablyвероватно not very happyсрећан about him eitherили.
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A i njegova devojka nije
baš presrećna zbog ovoga.
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But it's not perfectсавршен yetјош увек, it's very much a work in progressнапредак.
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Ali još uvek nije savršeno,
još uvek radimo na ovome.
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And who knowsзна, maybe in anotherдруги 10 yearsгодине
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I ko zna, možda ćemo za 10 godina
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we'llдобро be here with the ultimateкрајњи sixthшесто senseсмисао brainмозак implantimplant.
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biti ovde sa savršenim implantom
za mozak za šesto čulo.
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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(Aplauz)
Translated by Mile Živković
Reviewed by Milenka Okuka

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Pattie Maes - Researcher
As head of the MIT Media Lab's Fluid Interfaces Group, Pattie Maes researches the tools we use to work with information and connect with one another.

Why you should listen

Pattie Maes was the key architect behind what was once called "collaborative filtering" and has become a key to Web 2.0: the immense engine of recommendations -- or "things like this" -- fueled by other users. In the 1990s, Maes' Software Agents program at MIT created Firefly, a technology (and then a startup sold to Microsoft) that let users choose songs they liked, and find similar songs they'd never heard of, by taking cues from others with similar taste. This brought a sea change in the way we interact with software, with culture and with one another.

Now Maes is working on a similarly boundary-breaking initiative. She founded Fluid Interfaces Group, also part of the MIT Media Lab, to rethink the ways in which humans and computers interact, partially by redefining both human and computer. In Maes' world (and really, in all of ours), the computer is no longer a distinct object, but a source of intelligence that's embedded in our environment. By outfitting ourselves with digital accessories, we can continually learn from (and teach) our surroundings. The uses of this tech -- from healthcare to home furnishings, warfare to supermarkets -- are powerful and increasingly real.

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Pranav Mistry - Director of research, Samsung Research America
As an MIT grad student, Pranav Mistry invented SixthSense, a wearable device that enables new interactions between the real world and the world of data.

Why you should listen

When Pranav Mistry was a PhD student in the Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT's Media Lab, he worked with lab director Pattie Maes to create some of the most entertaining and thought-provoking interfaces the world had ever seen. And not just computer interfaces, mind you -- these are ways to help the digital and the actual worlds interface. Imagine: 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. And of course the legendary SixthSense, which is now open sourced

Before his studies at MIT, he worked with Microsoft as a UX researcher; he's a graduate of IIT. Now, as director of research at Samsung Research America, Mistry heads the Think Tank Team, an interdisciplinary group of researchers that hunts for new ways to mix digital informational with real-world interactions. As an example, Mistry launched the company's smartwatch, the Galaxy Gear, in 2013.

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