Upcoming Technology: "The Sixth Sense"

Straight from the MIT's Pattie Maes Lab comes the "Sixth Sense", the newest in motion based technology. Users wear a camera and projector as well as pointers in order to capture movement. The camera responds to common gestures such as forming a your hands as a camera to take picutres. The camera also reponds to various objects placed in front of it to give more information about it, e.g. books, plane tickets, and even people. See for yourself:

TED-"The Sixth Sense"

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More websites.

Have nothing to do today? Why don't you expand your mind with these websites.

TED.com is the official website for the TED (technology, entertainment, design) conference. Here you will find some of the most intelligent people in the people in the world talk about various topics including TED, politics, culture, and the like. The lectures are not that long (about 20 minutes), so you can always watch them as a study break.

FORA.tv is a similar website with more lengthy discussions akin to those held at Penn. These are not as technologically based, but are great to watch anyway. They cover topics such as the economy, green technology, culture, and others. Check it out.

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Summer opportunities.

I hope everyone is having an excellent week so far. Here are some links for your enjoyment. These are most applicable to undergraduates.

Are you an undergrad interested in your PhD? Then the McNair Scholars program might be right for you. Here you participate in a 6 week summer research program mentored by a faculty member. The research experience is one many great benefits of the program. The deadline for this is March 23, 2009.

Perhaps you are interested in working after graduation. The MLT prepration program may be of interest to you. Here you get summer workshops and training to become a leader in the business world and get an edge in the competitive market. This is wonderful for networking as well. This program is only open to rising juniors (Spring semester sophomores), but freshmen can apply for next year. The deadline for this is April 15, 2009.

Once again, the links:

McNair Scholars: http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/aap/mcnair/index.php

MLT Prep: http://www.ml4t.org/join/programs/prep

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