Book of the Black Dog

This is a TED talk by Pattie Maes, who runs a lab at MIT, presented the “6th Sense” system. It’s mostly the work of one of her students, Pranav Mistry. Pattie claims that nothing shown is customized. By using a lanyard system with bobbles clipped to it they’ve managed to make a system that doesn’t incite peels of laughter in general public. Oh, and it is affordable (sub-$300 in its current state, doubtless to come down if its massed produced). Its a fulfillment of practical “smart” apparel. It looks very very doable. The talk is about 8 minutes long. Check it out.