Discussions
TR35: Shahram Izadi
Microsoft researcher Shahram Izadi explains the benefits of using touch in computing technology. Here, he discusses–and demonstrates–a new way of interacting with digital information on a touch screen.
The Electric Acid Test
On the Isle of Man, the beginnings of a marketable electric motorcycle.
Making Video as Easy to Edit as Text
Mozilla’s Chris Blizzard and Mark Surman demonstrate a novel insertion of Twitter feeds into real-time video streams and discuss how open-source video tools will make such innovation easy.
TR35: José Gómez-Márquez
Jose Gomez-Marquez, program director for the Innovations in International Health program at MIT, demonstrates some of the medical technologies he is developing for use in countries such as Nicaragua.
TR35: Adrien Treuille
Adrien Treuille, an assistant professor in the computer graphics group at Carnegie Mellon University, describes how better physics simulations could have implications in fields as diverse as architecture, racing, and medicine.
A Touch of Ingenuity
Ken Perlin, a professor of computer science at NYU, and Ilya Rosenberg, an NYU graduate student, show off their pressure-sensitive touch pads.
Digital Info on the Real World
Pranav Mistry, a graduate student at MIT, demos his augmented-reality system, SixthSense, in Cambridge, MA.
TR35: Kevin Fu
Kevin Fu, a software engineer and assistant professor of computer science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, explains how he secures RFID systems from would-be hackers.