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

Pattie Maes demostreaza "Al saselea simt", o tehnologie portabila cu aplicare in diverse aspecte ale vietii

Filmed:
11,289,293 views

Aceasta demostratie - oferita de laboratorul de la MIT al lui Pattie Maes, condus de Pranav Mistry - a fost un zvon lansat de TED. Este un echipament portabil dotat cu un proiector care deschide calea pentru o profunda interactiune cu mediul in care traim. Imaginati-va ca sunteti in filmul "Minority Report" si apoi restul.
- 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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telefoanele celulare din ziua de azi fac asta deja, nu-i asa?
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But I would say no.
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Dar eu v-as raspunde ca nu.
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When you meetîntâlni someonecineva here at TEDTED --
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while I take out my phonetelefon and GoogleGoogle you?"
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pana imi scot telefonul si caut informatii despre tine pe Google?"
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Or when you go to the supermarketsupermarket
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and you're standingpermanent there in that hugeimens aisleculoar
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si stati in fata unui urias raft
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of differentdiferit typestipuri of toilettoaletă papershârtii,
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cu diferite tipuri de hartie de toaleta
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doar nu va scoateti telefonul mobil, deschideti browserul
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despre ce sa facem in continuare si ce actiuni sa intreprindem.
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care sa va dea acces la aceste informatii
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fara sa fie necesar ca utilizatorul sa-si schimbe comportamentul.
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our latestcele mai recente effortefort,
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whichcare is still very much a work in processproces.
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pe care l-am "carpacit"
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with componentscomponente that are off the shelfraft --
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cu componente care exista deja
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and that, by the way, only costa costat 350 dollarsdolari
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si care costa doar 350 de dolari
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at this pointpunct in time.
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a portableportabil, battery-poweredbaterii projectionproeminență systemsistem with a little mirroroglindă.
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un sistem de proiectie portabil cu baterii, dotat cu o mica oglinda.
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whichcare actsacte as the communicationcomunicare and computationcalcul devicedispozitiv.
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care actioneaza ca un dispozitiv de comunicare si calcul.
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And in the videovideo here we see my studentstudent PranavMirel MistryMistry,
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si proiectat intregul sistem.
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letspermite him walkmers pe jos up to any surfacesuprafaţă
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il lasa sa utilizeze orice suprafata
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and startstart usingutilizând his handsmâini to interactinteracționa with the informationinformație
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si sa inceapa sa-si foloseasca mainile pentru a interactiona cu informatia
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that is projectedproiectat in frontfață of him.
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care este proiectata in fata lui.
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pe care le-ati recunoscut desigur.
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so he can just go to, for exampleexemplu, a mapHartă of Long BeachPlajă,
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cum ar fi gestul de a fotografia,
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and then takes a pictureimagine of whateverindiferent de is in frontfață of you.
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si chiar face o poza a ceea ce este in fata voastra.
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And when he then walksplimbări back to the MediaMass-media LabLaborator,
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he can just go up to any wallperete
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and projectproiect all the picturespoze that he's takenluate,
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and saw the demodemo by JeffJeff HanHan
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bothambii handsmâini, etcetc.
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But the differencediferență here is that you can use any surfacesuprafaţă,
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you can walkmers pe jos to up to any surfacesuprafaţă,
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ca te poti indrepta catre orice suprafata,
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and interactinteracționa with this projectedproiectat datadate.
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si sa interactionezi cu aceste date proiectate.
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and can be ...
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So one importantimportant differencediferență is that it's totallyintru totul mobilemobil.
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of looking as coolmisto as TomTom CruiseCroaziera in "MinorityMinoritate ReportRaport,"
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de a arata la fel de cool ca si Tom Cruise in "Minority Report",
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motivul pentru care noi suntem extrem de bucurosi de acest dispozitiv
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is that it really can actact as one of these sixth-senseal şaselea-simţ devicesdispozitive
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este pentru ca el chiar poate actiona ca un dispozitiv de tipul al saselea simt,
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that gives you relevantrelevant informationinformație
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about whateverindiferent de is in frontfață of you.
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despre orice se gaseste in fata voastra.
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si cumparand prosoape de hartie.
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and give him the greenverde lightușoară or an orangeportocale lightușoară.
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avem de-a face cu o alegere buna, luata pe criterii personale.
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Some of you mayMai want the toilettoaletă paperhârtie with the mostcel mai bleachBleach in it
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he can get an AmazonAmazon ratingrating --
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despre ceea ce se gaseste pe acea pagina.
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care nu trebuie sa fie niciodata "de ieri".
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You can get videovideo annotationsadnotări of the eventeveniment that you're readingcitind about
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You can get the latestcele mai recente sportssport scoresscoruri etcetc.
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the wordscuvinte that are associatedasociate with that personpersoană
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in theiral lor blogblogul and personalpersonal webweb pagespagini.
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In this casecaz, the studentstudent is interestedinteresat in camerascamere, etcetc.
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if you pickalege up your boardingîmbarcare passtrece, it can tell you that your flightzbor is delayedîntârziat,
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that the gatePoartă has changedschimbat, etcetc.
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daca poarta de imbarcare s-a schimbat, et cetera.
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And, if you need to know what the currentactual time is
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it's as simplesimplu as drawingdesen a watch --
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este la fel de simplu ca si cum ai desena un ceas --
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on your armbraţ.
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pe mana.
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So that's where we're at so fardeparte
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that would give us seamlessfără sudură accessacces to all this relevantrelevant informationinformație
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Translated by Octavian Vidican
Reviewed by Stoica Cristina

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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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