Pranav Mistry
Global SVP of Research at Samsung | Inventor of SixthSense | World Economic Forum Young Global Leader
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Pranav Mistry is Global Senior Vice President of Research at Samsung and Head of Think Tank Team. He invented SixthSense, the legendary wearable device now open-sourced, and led development of Samsung Galaxy Gear and Project Beyond.
Pranav earned a PhD from MIT Media Lab in Fluid Interfaces, where he created Mouseless, Sparsh, Quickies, and Blinkbot. The World Economic Forum named him a Young Global Leader in 2013.
He won Popular Sciences Invention of the Year and was named in CREATIVITY 50s Most Creative People of the Year. Pranav speaks on innovation, wearables, and bringing digital and real worlds together.
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The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology
At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data -- including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper "laptop." In an onstage Q&A, Mistry says he'll open-source the software behind SixthSense, to open its possibilities to all.
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