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.

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

Pattie Maes + Pranav Mistry: Meet the SixthSense interaction

Pattie Maes demonstrerer "Sjette Sans," game-changing teknologi man kan gå med

Filmed:
11,289,293 views

Denne demo -- fra Pattie Maes's laboratorium ved MIT, med Pranav Mistry i spidsen -- var det hotte emne ved TED. Det er et apparat man kan gå med, med en projektor der baner vej for omfattende interaktion med vores omgivelser. Tænk på "Minority Report" og lidt til.
- 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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of whetherom we could evolveudvikle sig or developudvikle a sixthsjette sensefølelse --
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a sensefølelse that would give us seamlesssømløs accessadgang
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and easylet accessadgang to meta-informationmeta-oplysninger
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or informationinformation that maykan existeksisterer somewhereet eller andet sted
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that maykan be relevantrelevant to help us make the right decisionafgørelse
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about whateveruanset hvad it is that we're comingkommer acrosset kors.
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om hvad det end er vi møder på vores vej.
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And some of you maykan argueargumentere,
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well, don't today'sdagens cellcelle phonestelefoner do that alreadyallerede?
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But I would say no.
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Men jeg ville sige nej.
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When you meetmøde someonenogen here at TEDTED --
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and this is the toptop networkingnetværk placeplacere, of courseRute, of the yearår --
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you don't shakeryste somebody'snogen er handhånd
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and then say, "Can you holdholde on for a momentøjeblik
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og så siger, "Kan du lige vente et øjeblik
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while I take out my phonetelefon and GoogleGoogle you?"
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mens jeg finder min telefon frem og googler dig?"
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Or when you go to the supermarketsupermarked
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and you're standingstående there in that hugekæmpe stor aislemidtergangen
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og man står der i den kæmpestore gang
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of differentforskellige typestyper of toilettoilet paperspapirer,
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med forskellige slags toiletpapir,
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you don't take out your cellcelle phonetelefon, and openåben a browserbrowser,
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finder man ikke sin telefon frem, åbner browseren,
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and go to a websiteinternet side to try to decidebeslutte
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whichhvilken of these differentforskellige toilettoilet paperspapirer
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is the mostmest ecologicallyøkologisk responsibleansvarlig purchasekøb to make.
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er det mest økologisk ansvarlige køb at gøre.
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So we don't really have easylet accessadgang
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to all this relevantrelevant informationinformation
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that can just help us make optimaloptimal decisionsbeslutninger
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about what to do nextNæste and what actionshandlinger to take.
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And so my researchforskning groupgruppe at the MediaMedier LabLab
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has been developingudvikle a seriesserie of inventionsopfindelser
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to give us accessadgang to this informationinformation
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til at give os adgang til denne information
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in a sortsortere of easylet way,
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på en nem måde,
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withoutuden requiringder kræver that the userbruger changesændringer any of theirderes behavioropførsel.
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uden at det kræver at brugeren
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And I'm here to unveilafsløre
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our latestseneste effortindsats,
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vores seneste præstation,
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and mostmest successfulvellykket effortindsats so farlangt,
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whichhvilken is still very much a work in processbehandle.
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I'm actuallyrent faktisk wearingiført the deviceenhed right now
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and we'vevi har sortsortere of cobbledbrostensbelagte it togethersammen
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og vi har på en måde flikket den sammen
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with componentskomponenter that are off the shelfhylde --
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med standardkomponenter --
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and that, by the way, only costkoste 350 dollarsdollars
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og det kostede, for øvrigt, kun 350 dollars
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at this pointpunkt in time.
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på dette tidspunkt.
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I'm wearingiført a camerakamera, just a simpleenkel webcamwebcam,
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a portabletransportabel, battery-poweredBatteri drevne- projectionfremspring systemsystem with a little mirrorspejl.
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et bærbart, batteridrevet projektion system
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These componentskomponenter communicatekommunikere to my cellcelle phonetelefon in my pocketlomme
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whichhvilken actshandlinger as the communicationmeddelelse and computationberegning deviceenhed.
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hvilket fungerer som kommunikations-
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And in the videovideo here we see my studentstuderende PranavSophia Vedsted MistryMistry,
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who'shvem der er really the geniusgeni who'shvem der er been implementingimplementerer
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and designingdesigne this wholehel systemsystem.
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And we see how this systemsystem
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letslader him walk up to any surfaceoverflade
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and startStart usingved brug af his handshænder to interactinteragere with the informationinformation
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that is projectedprojiceret in frontforan of him.
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der projiceres foran ham.
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The systemsystem tracksspor the fourfire significantvæsentlig fingersfingre.
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In this casetilfælde, he's wearingiført simpleenkel markermarkør capskasketter
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that you maykan recognizegenkende.
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som I måske genkender.
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But if you want a more stylishstilfuld versionversion
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you could alsoogså paintmaling your nailsnegle in differentforskellige colorsfarver.
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kunne man også lakere sine negle i forskellige farver.
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And the camerakamera basicallyi bund og grund tracksspor these fourfire fingersfingre
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and recognizesgenkender any gesturesfagter that he's makingmaking
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so he can just go to, for exampleeksempel, a mapkort of Long BeachBeach,
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zoomzoom in and out, etcetc.
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zoome ind og ud, osv.
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The systemsystem alsoogså recognizesgenkender iconicikoniske gesturesfagter
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suchsådan as the "take a picturebillede" gesturegestus,
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som "tag et billede" gestussen,
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and then takes a picturebillede of whateveruanset hvad is in frontforan of you.
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And when he then walksgåture back to the MediaMedier LabLab,
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he can just go up to any wallvæg
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and projectprojekt all the picturesbilleder that he's takentaget,
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sortsortere throughigennem them and organizeorganisere them,
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se dem igennem og organisere dem,
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and re-sizere-størrelse them, etcetc.,
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again usingved brug af all naturalnaturlig gesturesfagter.
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So, some of you mostmest likelysandsynligt were here two yearsflere år agosiden
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and saw the demodemo by JeffJeff HanHan
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or some of you maykan think, "Well, doesn't this look like the MicrosoftMicrosoft SurfaceOverflade TableTabel?"
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And yes, you alsoogså interactinteragere usingved brug af naturalnaturlig gesturesfagter,
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But the differenceforskel here is that you can use any surfaceoverflade,
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you can walk to up to any surfaceoverflade,
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includinginklusive your handhånd if nothing elseandet is availableledig
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and interactinteragere with this projectedprojiceret datadata.
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The deviceenhed is completelyfuldstændig portabletransportabel,
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and can be ...
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og kan …
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So one importantvigtig differenceforskel is that it's totallyhelt mobilemobil.
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En vigtig forskel er at den er fuldstændig bærbar.
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AnotherEn anden even more importantvigtig differenceforskel is that in massmasse productionproduktion
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this would not costkoste more tomorrowi morgen than today'sdagens cellcelle phonestelefoner
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and would actuallyrent faktisk not sortsortere of be a biggerstørre packagingemballage --
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could look a lot more stylishstilfuld
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than this versionversion that I'm wearingiført around my neckhals.
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But other than lettingudlejning some of you livelevende out your fantasyfantasi
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of looking as coolfedt nok as TomTom CruiseKrydstogt in "MinorityMindretal ReportRapport,"
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the reasongrund why we're really excitedbegejstret about this deviceenhed
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er grunden til vi er så begejstrede for dette apparat
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is that it really can acthandling as one of these sixth-sensesjette sans devicesenheder
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at det virkelig kan fungere som en af de sjettesansapparater
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that givesgiver you relevantrelevant informationinformation
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about whateveruanset hvad is in frontforan of you.
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So we see PranavSophia Vedsted here going into the supermarketsupermarked
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and he's shoppinghandle ind for some paperpapir towelshåndklæder.
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og han er på indkøb efter køkkenrulle.
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And, as he pickspicks up a productprodukt the systemsystem can recognizegenkende
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the productprodukt that he's pickingplukke up,
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usingved brug af eitherenten imagebillede recognitionanerkendelse or markermarkør technologyteknologi,
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and give him the greengrøn lightlys or an orangeorange lightlys.
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He can askSpørg for additionalyderligere informationinformation.
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So this particularsærlig choicevalg here
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is a particularlyisær good choicevalg, givengivet his personalpersonlig criteriakriterier.
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er et særlig godt valg, ud fra hans personlige kriterier.
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Some of you maykan want the toilettoilet paperpapir with the mostmest bleachblegemiddel in it
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ratherhellere than the mostmest ecologically-responsibleøkologisk ansvarlig choicevalg.
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If he pickspicks up a bookBestil in the bookstoreboghandel,
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he can get an AmazonAmazon ratingrating --
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it getsfår projectedprojiceret right on the coverdække over of the bookBestil.
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This is Juan'sJuans bookBestil, our previoustidligere speakerhøjttaler,
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whichhvilken getsfår a great ratingrating, by the way, at AmazonAmazon.
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And so, PranavSophia Vedsted turnsdrejninger the pageside of the bookBestil
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and can then see additionalyderligere informationinformation about the bookBestil --
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readerlæser commentskommentarer, maybe sortsortere of informationinformation by his favoritefavorit critickritiker, etcetc.
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If he turnsdrejninger to a particularsærlig pageside
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he findsfund an annotationanmærkning by maybe an expertekspert of a friendven of oursvores
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that givesgiver him a little bitbit of additionalyderligere informationinformation
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about whateveruanset hvad is on that particularsærlig pageside.
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ReadingLæsning the newspaperavis --
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it never has to be outdatedforældede.
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You can get videovideo annotationsanmærkninger of the eventbegivenhed that you're readinglæsning about
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maybe you can see a wordord cloudSky of the tagsTags,
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the wordsord that are associatedforbundet with that personperson
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in theirderes blogblog and personalpersonlig webweb pagessider.
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i deres blog og personlige hjemmesider.
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In this casetilfælde, the studentstuderende is interestedinteresseret in cameraskameraer, etcetc.
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On your way to the airportlufthavn,
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if you pickplukke up your boardingboarding passpassere, it can tell you that your flightflyvningen is delayedforsinket,
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når man henter sit boarding pass, kan det fortælle en
om ens fly er blevet forsinket,
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that the gatePort has changedændret, etcetc.
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at gaten er ændret, osv.
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And, if you need to know what the currentnuværende time is
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it's as simpleenkel as drawingtegning a watch --
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er det så simpelt som at tegne et ur --
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on your armarm.
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på ens arm.
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So that's where we're at so farlangt
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Så det er der vi er på nuværende tidspunkt
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in developingudvikle this sixthsjette sensefølelse
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that would give us seamlesssømløs accessadgang to all this relevantrelevant informationinformation
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about the things that we maykan come acrosset kors.
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om tingene vi muligvis møder på vores vej.
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My studentstuderende PranavSophia Vedsted, who'shvem der er really, like I said, the geniusgeni behindbag this.
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Min studerende Pranav, der i virkeligheden,
som jeg sagde, geniet bag dette.
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He does deservefortjener a lot of applausebifald
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Han fortjener virkelig meget applaus
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because I don't think he's sleptsov much in the last threetre monthsmåneder, actuallyrent faktisk.
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fordi jeg tror ikke han har sovet meget i løbet af
de sidste tre måneder, faktisk.
08:15
And his girlfriendkæreste is probablysandsynligvis not very happylykkelig about him eitherenten.
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Og hans kæreste er sikkert heller ikke særlig glad for ham.
08:18
But it's not perfectperfektionere yetendnu, it's very much a work in progressfremskridt.
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Men det er ikke perfekt endnu,
det er i høj grad en igangværende udvikling.
08:23
And who knowskender, maybe in anotheren anden 10 yearsflere år
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Og hvem ved, måske om 10 år
08:26
we'llgodt be here with the ultimateultimative sixthsjette sensefølelse brainhjerne implantimplantat.
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vil vi stå her med det ultimative sjette sans hjerneimplantat.
08:31
Thank you.
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Tak.
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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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