Sixth sense Technology and Security concerns

Research Assistant at MIT, Pranav Mistry is currently pursuing his PhD at MIT. Sixth sense prototype is made up of different parts and he is the mastermind behind it. He uses all the useless devices and is made up of mirror, camera and pocket projector. It can be used very simply and gestures are easy to learn. In order to snap a picture a user has to make a rectangular in the air with fingers. The user can easily access the picture to edit them. In order to make a call also he just has to touch digital keys on one’s palm. In order to check the time users just have to gesture a circle on a wrist. If you want to read a book, newspaper sixth sense can scan it and provide you every detail. This device comes in handy so it can be a substitute of a computer or laptop. Checking emails, web browsing and everything uses in everyday life can be done by just a hand gestures.

There are some security concerns about this product so this product is not in the market yet. This product can be a huge problem as this product is invading other’s privacy. For example: Person can never tell that sixth sense is taking a picture as picture can be captured by just a hand gesture. . It is not private for just the user when the device is projecting in a hard surface. As it is in detail people around the user can easily see the projection. Also, there is a great issue about the vision of the user as the projection is better in dark areas and night times rather than mornings. Mistry has announced that the price of this device is $ 350 each. The manufacture’s and people who have been waiting for this product does not know when this is available on the market. Even they did not know if the work on this device is completely stopped.