Pranav Mistry | MIT grad student | Research assistant and PhD candidate at MIT Media Lab
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The Media Laboratory, MIT 322,Wiesner Building, E15, 20 Ames Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139Pranav Mistry is the inventor of SixthSense, a wearable device that enables new interactions between the real world and the world of data.
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Pranav Mistry is a PhD student in the Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT's Media Lab. Before his studies at MIT, he worked with Microsoft as a UX researcher; he's a graduate of IIT. Mistry is passionate about integrating the digital informational experience with our real-world interactions.
Some previous projects from Mistry's work at MIT includes intelligent sticky notes, Quickies, that can be searched and can send reminders; a pen that draws in 3D; and TaPuMa, a tangible public map that can act as Google of physical world. His research interests also include Gestural and Tangible Interaction, Ubiquitous Computing, AI, Machine Vision, Collective Intelligence and Robotics.
Pranav Mistry (b. 1981 in Palanpur, India) is the inventor of SixthSense. He is a research assistant and a PhD candidate at MIT Media Lab. SixthSense has recently attracted global attention. Designer, Engineer and Inventor, Pranav Mistry is passionate about integrating the world of information with our real world interactions. Among some of his previous work, Pranav has made intelligent sticky notes that can be searched, located and can send reminders and messages; a pen that can draw in 3D; and a public map that can act as Google of physical world. Pranav holds a Master in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT and Master of Design from IIT Bombay besides his Bachelor degree in Computer Engineering. Pranav’s research interests include Ubiquitous computing, Gestural and Tangible Interaction, AI, Augmented reality, Machine vision, Collective intelligence and Robotics.
Sixth Sense has been awarded 2009 Invention Award by Popular Science. Pranav also won Young Innovator Award TR35 by Technology Review. Mistry has been called "one of the two or three, best inventors in the world right now" by Chris Anderson.
Born 1981
Palanpur,Gujarat,India.
Residence Massachusetts
Nationality Indian
Institutions Research assistant and PhD candidate at MIT Media Lab
Alma mater Gujarat University
IIT Bombay
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisor Pattie Maes
Known for Inventor of Sixth Sense
Notable awards 2009 Invention Award By Popular Science
TR35 2009 by Technology Review
Locations
Palanpur,Gujarat,India.
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