This demo -- from Pattie Maes' lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry -- was the buzz of TED. It's a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine "Minority Report" and then some.

This demo -- from Pattie Maes' lab at MIT -- was the buzz of TED. It's a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine "Minority Report" and then some.

I've been talking about this device for few years now and it is the forerunner of a whole set of new mainstream devices that will see over the next 5 -1 0 years.

Wow! Hands-on practicality and futuristic vision all in one... for $350 a unit, if one were available for sale. How you can really be mobile with all your computer technology and more at your fingertips, literally. Now, all these people need to do is get together with David Kelley at IDEO to make it look sleeker and feel more natural to wear. I'm sure they'll have something phenomenal in a few years! Thanks to Allie at http://lifelessons4u.wordpress.com/ for the heads-up, beating me to this one on TED.com. :-)

This demo -- from Pattie Maes' lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry -- was the buzz of TED. It's a wear

Pattie Maes talks about the future of technology

Sixth Sense is a wearable device that enables new interactions between the real world and the world of data.

Pattie Maes' lab at MIT (and spearheaded by her student Pranav Mistry), was the buzz of TED2009. Sixth Sense is a wearable device with a projection screen that paves the way for profound, data-rich interaction with our environment. Imagine Minority Report and then some. (Recorded in February 2009 in Long Beach, California. Duration: 08:42.)