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SixthSense' is a wearable gestural interface that augments the physical world around us with digital information and lets us use natural hand gestures to interact with that information.
We've evolved over millions of years to sense the world around us. When we encounter something, someone or some place, we use our five natural senses to perceive information about it; that information helps us make decisions and chose the right actions to take. But arguably the most useful information that can help us make the right decision is not naturally perceivable with our five senses, namely the data, information and knowledge that mankind has accumulated about everything and which is increasingly all available online. Although the miniaturization of computing devices allows us to carry computers in our pockets, keeping us continually connected to the digital world, there is no link between our digital devices and our interactions with the physical world. Information is confined traditionally on paper or digitally on a screen. SixthSense bridges this gap, bringing intangible, digital information out into the tangible world, and allowing us to interact with this information via natural hand gestures. ‘SixthSense’ frees information from its confines by seamlessly integrating it with reality, and thus making the entire world your computer.

The SixthSense prototype is comprised of a pocket projector, a mirror and a camera. The hardware components are coupled in a pendant like mobile wearable device. Both the projector and the camera are connected to the mobile computing device in the user’s pocket. The projector projects visual information enabling surfaces, walls and physical objects around us to be used as interfaces; while the camera recognizes and tracks user's hand gestures and physical objects using computer-vision based techniques. The software program processes the video stream data captured by the camera and tracks the locations of the colored markers (visual tracking fiducials) at the tip of the user’s fingers using simple computer-vision techniques. The movements and arrangements of these fiducials are interpreted into gestures that act as interaction instructions for the projected application interfaces. The maximum number of tracked fingers is only constrained by the number of unique fiducials, thus SixthSense also supports multi-touch and multi-user interaction.

The SixthSense prototype implements several applications that demonstrate the usefulness, viability and flexibility of the system. The map application lets the user navigate a map displayed on a nearby surface using hand gestures, similar to gestures supported by Multi-Touch based systems, letting the user zoom in, zoom out or pan using intuitive hand movements. The drawing application lets the user draw on any surface by tracking the fingertip movements of the user’s index finger. SixthSense also recognizes user’s freehand gestures (postures). For example, the SixthSense system implements a gestural camera that takes photos of the scene the user is looking at by detecting the ‘framing’ gesture. The user can stop by any surface or wall and flick through the photos he/she has taken. SixthSense also lets the user draw icons or symbols in the air using the movement of the index finger and recognizes those symbols as interaction instructions. For example, drawing a magnifying glass symbol takes the user to the map application or drawing an ‘@’ symbol lets the user check his mail. The SixthSense system also augments physical objects the user is interacting with by projecting more information about these objects projected on them. For example, a newspaper can show live video news or dynamic information can be provided on a regular piece of paper. The gesture of drawing a circle on the user’s wrist projects an analog watch.

The current prototype system costs approximate $350 to build. Instructions on how to make your own prototype device can be found here (coming soon).

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company slogans

· 3M: "Innovation"

· Agere Systems: "How Communication Happens"

· Agilent: "Dreams Made Real"

· Airbus: "Setting the Standards"

· Amazon.com: "…and You're Done"

· AMX: "It's Your World. Take Control"

· Anritsu: "Discover What's Possible

· AT&T: "Your World. Delivered"

· ATG Design Services: "Circuit Design for the RF Impaired"

· ATI Technologies: "Get In the Game"

· BAE Systems: "Innovating for a Safer World"

· Ball Corporation: "The Leader in Small Space and Rocket Systems"

· BellSouth: "Listening, Answering"

· Blackhawk: "Powering DSP Development"

· Boeing: "Forever New Frontiers"

· Bose Corporation: "Better Sound Through Research"

· Bowers & Wilkins (Speaker Mfg.): "Listen and You Will See"

· BP Microsystems: "Setting the Standard in Device Programming"

· Cadence: "How Big Can You Dream?"

· Canon: "Know How"

· Cingular Wireless: "Raising the Bar"

· Cisco Systems: "This is the Power of the Network. Now."

· Cirrus Logic: "Leading the Digital Entertainment Revolution"

· Compaq (HP): "Inspiration Technology"

· Cypress Semiconductor: "Driving the Communication Revolution"

· Datel (C&D Tech): "Innovation and Excellence"

· Dell Computer: "Get More out of Now"

· DuPont: "The Miracles of Science"

· EM Research: "The ultimate source for miniature frequency synthesizers"

· Ericsson: "Taking You Forward"

· Fiber-Span, LLC: "RF On Fiber"

· Ford: "Built for the Road Ahead"

· Fujitsu: "The Possibilities are Infinite"

· General Dynamics: "Strength On Your Side"

· General Electric: "Imagination at Work"

· GigaLane: "Innovation and Excellence in RF & Microwave"

· Griff Specialty Paper and Film: "Materials that Create Solutions"

· Hitachi: "Inspire the Next"

· Hewlett-Packard: "Invent"

· Honeywell: "We are Honeywell"

· IBM: "We Make IT Happen"

· IDT: "Powering What's Next"

· IFI: "The Power of Choice"

· I.F. Engineering Corp: "Your challenge is our progress"

· Infineon: "Keep on Thinking"

· Intel: "Intel Inside"

· Intersil: "Technology at the Speed of Life"

· ITT: "Engineered for Life"

· JRC: "You Don't Need Wires to Communicate"

· Keithley: "A Greater Measure of Confidence"

· Kodak: "A Virtual World of Live Pictures"

· Linksys: "At Linksys - We are making connectivity easier"

· Linx Technologies: "Wireless Made Simple"

· Lockheed Martin: "We Never Forget Who We're Working For"

· MegaPhase: "Our Customers Connect With Us™"

· Micrel: "The Infinite Bandwidth Company"

· Micron: "The Future of Memory"

· Mitsubishi Semiconductor: "Changes for the Better"

· Motorola: "Digital DNA" "Hello. Moto"

· muRata: "Innovator in Electronics"

· mWAVE Industries, LLC: "Your Partner In Antenna Technology"

· National Semiconductor: "The Sight & Sound of Information"

· NEC Corporation: "Empowered by Innovation"

· Nokia: "Connecting People"

· Nortel Networks: "Business Without Boundaries"

· Orbital Sciences Corporation: "The Leader in Small Space and Rocket Systems"

· Panasonic: "Ideas for Life"

· Philips: "Sense and Simplicity"

· PMC-Sierra: "Accelerating The Broadband Revolution"

· Pragma: "Operate at Your Optimum"

· RCAT Systems: "You push the limits. We measure it."

· RF Bites: "Helping RF Designers one Bite at a time"

· RF Cafe: A Disruptive Web Presence"
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· Rohde & Schwarz: "Pushing Limits"

· Thor Labs: "Photonics in the Fast Lane"

· Samsung Electronics: "Imagine"

· ST Microelectronics: "More Intelligence Solutions"

· Sun Microsystems: "The Network Is The Computer"

· Texas Instruments: "The World Leader in DSP and Analog" "Technology for Innovators"

· Unisys: "We Make It Happen"

· United Technologies Corporation: "This Is Momentum"

· Verizon Wireless: "Can You Hear Me Now? Good."

· vidaRF: "Simple Solutions for Complex Connections"

· Vodafone: "How Are You?"

· Xilinx: "The Programmable Logic Company"

· XMA Corporation: "When Performance Matters"

Keyboard shortcuts...

• F1: Help
• CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu
• ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs
• ALT+F4: Quit program
• SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item permanently
• Windows Logo+L: Lock the computer (without using CTRL+ALT+DELETE)

Windows program key combinations

• CTRL+C: Copy
• CTRL+X: Cut
• CTRL+V: Paste
• CTRL+Z: Undo
• CTRL+B: Bold
• CTRL+U: Underline
• CTRL+I: Italic

Mouse click/keyboard modifier combinations for shell objects

• SHIFT+right click: Displays a shortcut menu containing alternative commands
• SHIFT+double click: Runs the alternate default command (the second item on the menu)
• ALT+double click: Displays properties
• SHIFT+DELETE: Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin

General keyboard-only commands

• F1: Starts Windows Help
• F10: Activates menu bar options
• SHIFT+F10 Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object
• CTRL+ESC: Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item)
• CTRL+ESC or ESC: Selects the Start button (press TAB to select the taskbar, or press SHIFT+F10 for a context menu)
• CTRL+SHIFT+ESC: Opens Windows Task Manager
• ALT+DOWN ARROW: Opens a drop-down list box
• ALT+TAB: Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window)
• SHIFT: Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature
• ALT+SPACE: Displays the main window's System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window)
• ALT+- (ALT+hyphen): Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window's System menu (from the MDI child window's System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the child window)
• CTRL+TAB: Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program
• ALT+underlined letter in menu: Opens the menu
• ALT+F4: Closes the current window
• CTRL+F4: Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window
• ALT+F6: Switch between multiple windows in the same program (for example, when the Notepad Find dialog box is displayed, ALT+F6 switches between the Find dialog box and the main Notepad window)

Shell objects and general folder/Windows Explorer shortcuts

For a selected object:

• F2: Rename object
• F3: Find all files
• CTRL+X: Cut
• CTRL+C: Copy
• CTRL+V: Paste
• SHIFT+DELETE: Delete selection immediately, without moving the item to the Recycle Bin
• ALT+ENTER: Open the properties for the selected object

To copy a file

Press and hold down the CTRL key while you drag the file to another folder.

To create a shortcut

Press and hold down CTRL+SHIFT while you drag a file to the desktop or a folder.

General folder/shortcut control

• F4: Selects the Go To A Different Folder box and moves down the entries in the box (if the toolbar is active in Windows Explorer)
• F5: Refreshes the current window.
• F6: Moves among panes in Windows Explorer
• CTRL+G: Opens the Go To Folder tool (in Windows 95 Windows Explorer only)
• CTRL+Z: Undo the last command
• CTRL+A: Select all the items in the current window
• BACKSPACE: Switch to the parent folder
• SHIFT+click+Close button: For folders, close the current folder plus all parent folders

Windows Explorer tree control

• Numeric Keypad *: Expands everything under the current selection
• Numeric Keypad +: Expands the current selection
• Numeric Keypad -: Collapses the current selection.
• RIGHT ARROW: Expands the current selection if it is not expanded, otherwise goes to the first child
• LEFT ARROW: Collapses the current selection if it is expanded, otherwise goes to the parent

Properties control

• CTRL+TAB/CTRL+SHIFT+TAB: Move through the property tabs

Accessibility shortcuts

• Press SHIFT five times: Toggles StickyKeys on and off
• Press down and hold the right SHIFT key for eight seconds: Toggles FilterKeys on and off
• Press down and hold the NUM LOCK key for five seconds: Toggles ToggleKeys on and off
• Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK: Toggles MouseKeys on and off
• Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN: Toggles high contrast on and off

Microsoft Natural Keyboard keys

• Windows Logo: Start menu
• Windows Logo+R: Run dialog box
• Windows Logo+M: Minimize all
• SHIFT+Windows Logo+M: Undo minimize all
• Windows Logo+F1: Help
• Windows Logo+E: Windows Explorer
• Windows Logo+F: Find files or folders
• Windows Logo+D: Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop
• CTRL+Windows Logo+F: Find computer
• CTRL+Windows Logo+TAB: Moves focus from Start, to the Quick Launch toolbar, to the system tray (use RIGHT ARROW or LEFT ARROW to move focus to items on the Quick Launch toolbar and the system tray)
• Windows Logo+TAB: Cycle through taskbar buttons
• Windows Logo+Break: System Properties dialog box
• Application key: Displays a shortcut menu for the selected item

Microsoft Natural Keyboard with IntelliType software installed

• Windows Logo+L: Log off Windows
• Windows Logo+P: Starts Print Manager
• Windows Logo+C: Opens Control Panel
• Windows Logo+V: Starts Clipboard
• Windows Logo+K: Opens Keyboard Properties dialog box
• Windows Logo+I: Opens Mouse Properties dialog box
• Windows Logo+A: Starts Accessibility Options (if installed)
• Windows Logo+SPACEBAR: Displays the list of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys
• Windows Logo+S: Toggles CAPS LOCK on and off

Dialog box keyboard commands

• TAB: Move to the next control in the dialog box
• SHIFT+TAB: Move to the previous control in the dialog box
• SPACEBAR: If the current control is a button, this clicks the button. If the current control is a check box, this toggles the check box. If the current control is an option, this selects the option.
• ENTER: Equivalent to clicking the selected button (the button with the outline)
• ESC: Equivalent to clicking the Cancel button
• ALT+underlined letter in dialog box item: Move to the corresponding item