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
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Pattie Maes + Pranav Mistry: Meet the SixthSense interaction

Pattie Maesek soinean eraman daitekeen "Seigarren zentzumena" teknologia berritzailea erakusten digu

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Pranav Mistryren gidaritzapeko Pattie Maesen MITeko laborategiak aurkezten zuen erakustaldi honek sekulako arrakasta izan zuen TEDen. Soinean eraman daitekeen tresna bat da, gure ingurumenarekin interakzio sakonean jardutea errazten duen proiektore bat duena. Imajinatu "Minority Report", bada hori baino ere gehiago.
- 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 intrigued by this question
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of whether we could evolve or develop a sixth sense --
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a sense that would give us seamless access
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and easy access to meta-information
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erabaki egokia hartzen laguntzeko esanguratsua izan daitekeen
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or information that may exist somewhere
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metainformazioa edo nonbait dagoen informazioa
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that may be relevant to help us make the right decision
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modu egokian eskuratzea
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about whatever it is that we're coming across.
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ahalbidetuko diguna.
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And some of you may argue,
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well, don't today's cell phones do that already?
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eta gaur egungo sakelako telefono batzuek ez al dute hori egiten?
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But I would say no.
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Eta nik esan behar dut ezetz.
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When you meet someone here at TED --
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Hemen, TEDen norbaitekin juntatzen zarenean
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and this is the top networking place, of course, of the year --
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--eta hauxe da, hain zuzen, harremanak egiteko urteko lekurik egokiena--
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you don't shake somebody's hand
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and then say, "Can you hold on for a moment
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esaten "Itxoin dezakezu pixka bat
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while I take out my phone and Google you?"
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telefonoa hartu eta Googlen zutaz informazioa lortzen dudan bitartean?"
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Or when you go to the supermarket
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and you're standing there in that huge aisle
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eta hainbat motatako komuneko paperez betetako
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of different types of toilet papers,
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you don't take out your cell phone, and open a browser,
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ez duzu hartzen zure sakelako telefonoa, nabigatzailea ireki,
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and go to a website to try to decide
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eta webgune batera jotzen komuneko paper horietako
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which of these different toilet papers
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is the most ecologically responsible purchase to make.
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erosteko egokiena erabakitzeko?
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So we don't really have easy access
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to all this relevant information
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erabakirik egokiena hartzen lagunduko digun
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that can just help us make optimal decisions
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about what to do next and what actions to take.
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hori guztia.
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And so my research group at the Media Lab
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Horrela bada, Media Labeko nire ikerketa-taldea
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has been developing a series of inventions
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asmakuntza batzuk garatzen ibili da
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to give us access to this information
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informazio hori guztia
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in a sort of easy way,
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modu errazean eskuragarri jartzeko
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without requiring that the user changes any of their behavior.
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erabiltzaileak bere portaera aldatu beharrik gabe.
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And I'm here to unveil
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our latest effort,
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gure azken ahaleginaren berri emateko.
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and most successful effort so far,
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Orain arte egin dugun ahalegin arrakastatsuena izan da,
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which is still very much a work in process.
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nahiz eta oraindik prozesuan dagoen zerbait den hein handi batean.
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I'm actually wearing the device right now
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Oraintxe bertan soinean dut tresna
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and we've sort of cobbled it together
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eta konbinazio moduko bat egin dugu
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with components that are off the shelf --
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merkatuan aurkitzen diren eta oraintxe bertan 350 dolar
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and that, by the way, only cost 350 dollars
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besterik kostatzen ez diren
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at this point in time.
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I'm wearing a camera, just a simple webcam,
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a portable, battery-powered projection system with a little mirror.
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bateriaz elikaturiko proiektore eramangarri bat ispilu txiki batekin.
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These components communicate to my cell phone in my pocket
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Osagai horiek aldi berean komunikazio- eta informatika-tresna den
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which acts as the communication and computation device.
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nire sakelako telefonoarekin komunikatzen dira.
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And in the video here we see my student Pranav Mistry,
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Eta bideoan nire ikasle Pranav Mistry ikusten dugu,
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who's really the genius who's been implementing
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benetan inplementazioa egiten eta sistema osoa diseinatzen
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and designing this whole system.
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ibili den jenioa dena.
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And we see how this system
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Eta ikusten dugu nola sistema honek
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lets him walk up to any surface
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uzten dion edozein lekutan ibiltzen
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and start using his hands to interact with the information
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eta eskuak erabiltzen, aurrean proiektatzen den informazioarekin
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that is projected in front of him.
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interakzioan jarduteko.
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The system tracks the four significant fingers.
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Sistemak lau hatz esanguratsuen jarraipena egiten du.
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In this case, he's wearing simple marker caps
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Kasu honetan, errotuladore-tapoiak daramatza
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that you may recognize.
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antzemango zenuen bezala.
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But if you want a more stylish version
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Baina bertsio finago bat nahi baduzu,
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you could also paint your nails in different colors.
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margotu ditzakezu zure azazkalak kolore desberdinetan.
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And the camera basically tracks these four fingers
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Eta kamerak lau hatz horien jarraipena egingo du
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and recognizes any gestures that he's making
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eta hura egiten ari den keinu guztiak ezagutzen ditu.
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so he can just go to, for example, a map of Long Beach,
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Horrela joan daiteke, adibidez, Long Beacheko mapa batera,
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zoom in and out, etc.
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zooma hurbildu eta urrundu, etab.
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The system also recognizes iconic gestures
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Sistemak keinu ikonikoak ere ezagutzen ditu, hala nola
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such as the "take a picture" gesture,
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argazki bat ateratzeko keinua,
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and then takes a picture of whatever is in front of you.
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eta aurrean duzun edozeren argazkia ateratzen du.
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And when he then walks back to the Media Lab,
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Eta Media Labera itzultzen denean,
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he can just go up to any wall
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joan daiteke edozein paretaren aurrera
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and project all the pictures that he's taken,
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eta bertan proiektatu atera dituen argazkiak,
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sort through them and organize them,
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haiek ordenatu eta antolatu,
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and re-size them, etc.,
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tamainaz aldatu, etab.,
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again using all natural gestures.
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berriro ere keinu naturalak erabiliz.
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So, some of you most likely were here two years ago
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and saw the demo by Jeff Han
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or some of you may think, "Well, doesn't this look like the Microsoft Surface Table?"
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edo zuetako batzuek pentsatuko duzue, "Beno, honek ez al du bada Microsoft Surface Tableren itxura bera?"
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And yes, you also interact using natural gestures,
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Eta halaxe da, bi kasuetan keinu naturalak,
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both hands, etc.
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bi eskuak, etab. erabiliz izaten dira interakzioak.
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But the difference here is that you can use any surface,
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Baina aldea da kasu honetan edozein gainazal erabil dezakezula,
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you can walk to up to any surface,
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edozein gainazal erabil dezakezula,
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including your hand if nothing else is available
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baita zeure eskua ere, besterik ez baduzu, eta
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and interact with this projected data.
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interakzioan jardun dezakezula proiektaturiko datu horiekin.
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The device is completely portable,
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Tresna guztiz eramangarria da,
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and can be ...
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eta ...posible dela
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(Applause)
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So one important difference is that it's totally mobile.
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Hortaz alde nabarmena da guztiz mugikorra dela.
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Another even more important difference is that in mass production
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Beste desberdintasun are nabarmenagoa da, masiboki ekoiztuz gero,
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this would not cost more tomorrow than today's cell phones
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and would actually not sort of be a bigger packaging --
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eta ez lukeela tamaina handiagoa izango,
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could look a lot more stylish
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lepoaren inguruan daramadan bertsio honek baino itxura
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than this version that I'm wearing around my neck.
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But other than letting some of you live out your fantasy
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of looking as cool as Tom Cruise in "Minority Report,"
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Tom Cruise "Minority Report"en bezain bikain agertzeko fantasia bizi izatea ahalbidetzeko balio izan dezakeelako baino areago
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the reason why we're really excited about this device
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tresna honek liluratzen bagaitu da,
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is that it really can act as one of these sixth-sense devices
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benetan jardun dezakeelako aurrean duzun edozeri buruz
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that gives you relevant information
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about whatever is in front of you.
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seigarren zentzumenezko tresna horien moduan.
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So we see Pranav here going into the supermarket
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and he's shopping for some paper towels.
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And, as he picks up a product the system can recognize
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Eta, produktu bat hartzen duelarik, sistemak jakin dezakeela
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the product that he's picking up,
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hark zer produktu hartu duen,
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using either image recognition or marker technology,
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irudien ezagutza nahiz markatzaileen teknologia erabiliz,
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and give him the green light or an orange light.
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eta argi berdea edo argi laranja erakusten diola.
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He can ask for additional information.
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Informazio gehigarria eska dezake.
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So this particular choice here
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is a particularly good choice, given his personal criteria.
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oso aukera ona da, bere irizpide pertsonalak kontuan izanda.
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Some of you may want the toilet paper with the most bleach in it
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rather than the most ecologically-responsible choice.
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ekologikoenak
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If he picks up a book in the bookstore,
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Liburu-denda batean liburu bat hartzen badu,
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he can get an Amazon rating --
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Amazonen prezioa lor dezake.
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it gets projected right on the cover of the book.
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Liburuaren azalean proiektaturik ikusiko du.
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This is Juan's book, our previous speaker,
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Juanen liburua da, gure aurreko hizlariarena,
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which gets a great rating, by the way, at Amazon.
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And so, Pranav turns the page of the book
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Eta Pranav-ek liburuaren orrialdea pasatzen du eta
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and can then see additional information about the book --
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liburuari buruzko informazio gehigarria ikus dezake --
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reader comments, maybe sort of information by his favorite critic, etc.
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irakurleen iruzkinak, agian gogokoena duen kritikariaren informazioa, etab.
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If he turns to a particular page
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he finds an annotation by maybe an expert of a friend of ours
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informazio gehigarria eskaintzen dion
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that gives him a little bit of additional information
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about whatever is on that particular page.
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orrialde jakin horretan dagoen edozer gauzaz.
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Reading the newspaper --
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it never has to be outdated.
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inoiz ez da zaharkiturik geratuko.
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(Laughter)
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You can get video annotations of the event that you're reading about
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Irakurtzen ari zaren albisteari buruzko bideoak lor ditzakezu.
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You can get the latest sports scores etc.
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This is a more controversial one.
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Horrek eztabaida gehiago sor dezake.
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(Laughter)
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As you interact with someone at TED,
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TEDen norbaitekin interakzioan ari zarelarik,
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maybe you can see a word cloud of the tags,
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the words that are associated with that person
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in their blog and personal web pages.
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In this case, the student is interested in cameras, etc.
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Kasu honetan, ikaslea kameretan, etab. dago interesatua.
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On your way to the airport,
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if you pick up your boarding pass, it can tell you that your flight is delayed,
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that the gate has changed, etc.
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atea aldatu dela, etab.
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And, if you need to know what the current time is
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Eta, jakin behar baduzu une horretan zer ordu den,
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it's as simple as drawing a watch --
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zure eskumuturrean erloju bat marraztea bezain gauza erraza da.
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on your arm.
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So that's where we're at so far
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Beraz, hortxe gaude oraindainokoan
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in developing this sixth sense
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aurkitzen ditugun gauzei buruz informazio esanguratsu hori guztia eskuratzeko aukera
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that would give us seamless access to all this relevant information
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about the things that we may come across.
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My student Pranav, who's really, like I said, the genius behind this.
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Nire ikasle Pranav, benetakoa dena, esan dudan bezala, da horren atzean dagoen jenioa.
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(Applause) (Standing ovation)
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He does deserve a lot of applause
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Txalo asko behar ditu
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because I don't think he's slept much in the last three months, actually.
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zeren ez dut uste lo askorik egin duenik azken hiru hilabeteotan.
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And his girlfriend is probably not very happy about him either.
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Eta bere neska laguna ere ez da izango berarekin oso pozik.
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But it's not perfect yet, it's very much a work in progress.
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Baina hori ez da perfektua oraindik, lan handia egiten ari gara.
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And who knows, maybe in another 10 years
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Eta, nork daki, beste 10 urte beharko ditugu
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we'll be here with the ultimate sixth sense brain implant.
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seigarren zentzunenaren garuneko inplantearekin hemen egon gaitezen.
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Thank you.
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Eskerrik asko
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(Applause)
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Translated by Andoni Sagarna
Reviewed by Alvaro Moya

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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.

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.

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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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