A Web you can wear
APR 22, 2009
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.023276
The Christian Science Monitor : At first glance, Sixth Sense seems disarmingly simple: a Web cam, projector, and battery pack hang around user’s neck on a lanyard. The components, which together cost about $350, plug into an Internet-enabled mobile phone that rests in the wearer’s pocket.
As the device’s name suggests, this straightforward design aims at a rather lofty goal: to make accessing the Internet seamless in ordinary life. People take in sights and smells without a conscious series of instructions. So why should we reach into our pockets to look up information online?
© 2009 American Institute of Physics
