New Ways for Computers to Interact with People and Physcial Objects

This video podcast really opened my eyes to the possibilities for new ways to interact with computers. Pranav Mistry demonstrates many amazing technologies he’s developed to help us interact with the objects around us in more natural ways. Check out the video to see demonstrations of:

• Wearable computers which project the user interface onto walls, blank sheets of paper, or even skin
• The ability to place real, physical objects on computer screens and the computer interprets the object as a request for information. For example, placing an airline boarding pass on the screen would retrieve directions on how to walk to the departure gate.
• Facial recognition software that retrieves information about the person and/or their expertise and then projects information about the person onto their shirt
• The ability to use your fingers to grab text and/or images in printed material and drop it into a document you are editing by touching a touch screen.

See the video on the TED.com site or download it from iTunes.