Amit Zoran: The Chameleon Guitar

Posted on September 17th, 2009 in All Videos,Quickies,Technology

9 minutes

Blending the old with the new, the Chameleon Guitar uses a swappable soundboards to pick up the resonant qualities of various woods, metals, plastics, and well, pretty much anything to produce desired sounds. The boards can be built to mimic guitar sounds from classical guitars to electric guitars, and more. Designed by Amit Zoran under guidance from Pattie Maes and Marco Coppiardi, he is now working on the project as part of his Masters. Amit one day hopes to take the product to market.


Sixth Sense at TED

Posted on March 10th, 2009 in All Videos,Quickies,Technology

9 minutes

Pattie Maes, founder of the Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT Media Lab, speaks at TED in depth about the project Sixth Sense in collaboration with Pranav Mistry. While the project has received far spread interest and the availability of a short video earlier, Pattie’s talk at TED has now been released. Check it out to see many more demonstrations and potential applications for the Sixth Sense technology.


Sixth Sense

Posted on February 15th, 2009 in All Videos,Quickies,Technology

3 minutes

Pranav Mistry and Pattie Maes, working in the MIT Media Lab, have developed the Sixth Sense prototype which allows users to interact with information on any flat surface without the need for a touch screen.