What is the digital world? It is the digitalized presentation of the real world in some special machines such as computer. Due to the invention of the computer technology, our world has been divided into tow parts: the real world and digital one. People are now used to communicate through the digital world by transforming signals from one to another. But, why cannot we break the boundary among the two worlds and combine into the only one? That is the future!
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The Sixth-Sense technology utilizes some simple equipment to realize the control between the real world and digital one which is first established by Pranav Mistry in MIT 2009. Sensors, cameras, projectors, wireless communication module, processor and some memories are employed in the Sixth-Sense technology. The sensors and cameras can pick up information from real world directly or by the finger movements. A processor then receives information from the real world and recognizes pictures by fuzzy intelligent technology. It controls the projectors to present the information from digital world at any surface such as a paper, a wall or even human skin. A mass of information is stored in the mass memory and the wireless module is employed to renew signals and communicate with each other.
Just take an example of my recent trip in Thailand. When I visited to the Grand Palace in Bangkok, the beautiful palace impressed me a lot. I could use the Sixth-Sense technology to take photos just by framing the scene by our fingers. The camera and sensors then would identify the boundary of our fingers, while the processor would control the camera to take photos. Meanwhile, the camera would also transfer the scene to the fuzzy intelligent processor so as to search the venue information stored in the mass memory. Finally, information would be projected by the projector to any surface. Thus, when I was walking around the Palace, I could conveniently review the palace history information projected onto the ground. It would also be possible for me to share my instant photos with friends only if I accessed to internet with a wireless communication module. So amazing, right? So, with the Six-Sense technology, we can easily get any information about any place we go to.
Originally, the real world is interlinked with the digital world through communication equipments. However, the Six-Sense Technology liberates us from computers and makes people shuttle free between real world and digital world. It is definitely the KILLER APP if any enterprise can combine these hardware and software together and launch it with a reasonable price. By then, The Sixth-Sense Technology which could only be seen in the Sci-fi movie must be a mainstream communication technology in the next century. And now the future is coming!
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