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MIT Researchers Create a Cheap "6th Sense" Device
thefickler writes "MIT researchers have combined a mobile projector with a webcam and mobile phone to create a device that draws information from the environment. For example, the gadget recognizes products on store shelves and can provide product and price comparison information. The sixth-sense device was cobbled together from common parts costing just $300. While the gadget is not being primed for mass release, it represents a forward-thinking way of blending technology with our environment."
sight, hearing, touch, feel, taste, comparison shop? This isn't a sixth sense, no matter how you spin it. at least i hope that the heightened consumer knowledge would not be considered a valid way of perceiving the world.