I've been intrigued by this question of whether we could evolve or develop a sixth sense -- a sense that would give us seamless access and easy access to meta-information or information that may exist somewhere that may be relevant to help us make the right decision about whatever it is that we're coming across. And some of you may argue, "Well, don't today's cell phones do that already?" But I would say no. When you meet someone here at TED -- and this is the top networking place, of course, of the year -- you don't shake somebody's hand and then say, "Can you hold on for a moment while I take out my phone and Google you?" Or when you go to the supermarket and you're standing there in that huge aisle of different types of toilet papers, you don't take out your cell phone, and open a browser, and go to a website to try to decide which of these different toilet papers is the most ecologically responsible purchase to make.
Jakin-mina sortu izan digu seigarren zentzumen bat garatzeko agian izan genezakeen aukera horrek. Topatzen dugun edozeri buruz erabaki egokia hartzen laguntzeko esanguratsua izan daitekeen metainformazioa edo nonbait dagoen informazioa modu egokian eskuratzea ahalbidetuko diguna. Eta zuetako batzuek esango duzue: eta gaur egungo sakelako telefono batzuek ez al dute hori egiten? Eta nik esan behar dut ezetz. Hemen, TEDen norbaitekin juntatzen zarenean --eta hauxe da, hain zuzen, harremanak egiteko urteko lekurik egokiena-- ez diozu norbait bostekoa eman eta berehala esaten "Itxoin dezakezu pixka bat telefonoa hartu eta Googlen zutaz informazioa lortzen dudan bitartean?" Edo supermerkatura joaten zarenean eta hainbat motatako komuneko paperez betetako apalategi baten aurrean zaudenean, ez duzu hartzen zure sakelako telefonoa, nabigatzailea ireki, eta webgune batera jotzen komuneko paper horietako zein den ekologia aldetik erosteko egokiena erabakitzeko?
So we don't really have easy access to all this relevant information that can just help us make optimal decisions about what to do next and what actions to take. And so my research group at the Media Lab has been developing a series of inventions to give us access to this information in a sort of easy way, without requiring that the user changes any of their behavior. And I'm here to unveil our latest effort, and most successful effort so far, which is still very much a work in process. I'm actually wearing the device right now and we've sort of cobbled it together with components that are off the shelf -- and that, by the way, only cost 350 dollars at this point in time.
Beraz ez dugu benetan eskura erabakirik egokiena hartzen lagunduko digun informazio esanguratsu hori guztia. Horrela bada, Media Labeko nire ikerketa-taldea asmakuntza batzuk garatzen ibili da informazio hori guztia modu errazean eskuragarri jartzeko erabiltzaileak bere portaera aldatu beharrik gabe. Eta hemen nago gure azken ahaleginaren berri emateko. Orain arte egin dugun ahalegin arrakastatsuena izan da, nahiz eta oraindik prozesuan dagoen zerbait den hein handi batean. Oraintxe bertan soinean dut tresna eta konbinazio moduko bat egin dugu merkatuan aurkitzen diren eta oraintxe bertan 350 dolar besterik kostatzen ez diren osagai batzuekin.
I'm wearing a camera, just a simple web cam, a portable, battery-powered projection system with a little mirror. These components communicate to my cell phone in my pocket which acts as the communication and computation device. And in the video here we see my student Pranav Mistry, who's really the genius who's been implementing and designing this whole system. And we see how this system lets him walk up to any surface and start using his hands to interact with the information that is projected in front of him. The system tracks the four significant fingers. In this case, he's wearing simple marker caps that you may recognize. But if you want a more stylish version, you could also paint your nails in different colors.
Kamera bat daramat, webcam sinple bat, bateriaz elikaturiko proiektore eramangarri bat ispilu txiki batekin. Osagai horiek aldi berean komunikazio- eta informatika-tresna den nire sakelako telefonoarekin komunikatzen dira. Eta bideoan nire ikasle Pranav Mistry ikusten dugu, benetan inplementazioa egiten eta sistema osoa diseinatzen ibili den jenioa dena. Eta ikusten dugu nola sistema honek uzten dion edozein lekutan ibiltzen eta eskuak erabiltzen, aurrean proiektatzen den informazioarekin interakzioan jarduteko. Sistemak lau hatz esanguratsuen jarraipena egiten du. Kasu honetan, errotuladore-tapoiak daramatza antzemango zenuen bezala. Baina bertsio finago bat nahi baduzu, margotu ditzakezu zure azazkalak kolore desberdinetan.
And the camera basically tracks these four fingers and recognizes any gestures that he's making so he can just go to, for example, a map of Long Beach, zoom in and out, etc. The system also recognizes iconic gestures such as the "take a picture" gesture, and then takes a picture of whatever is in front of you. And when he then walks back to the Media Lab, he can just go up to any wall and project all the pictures that he's taken, sort through them and organize them, and re-size them, etc., again using all natural gestures.
Eta kamerak lau hatz horien jarraipena egingo du eta hura egiten ari den keinu guztiak ezagutzen ditu. Horrela joan daiteke, adibidez, Long Beacheko mapa batera, zooma hurbildu eta urrundu, etab. Sistemak keinu ikonikoak ere ezagutzen ditu, hala nola argazki bat ateratzeko keinua, eta aurrean duzun edozeren argazkia ateratzen du. Eta Media Labera itzultzen denean, joan daiteke edozein paretaren aurrera eta bertan proiektatu atera dituen argazkiak, haiek ordenatu eta antolatu, tamainaz aldatu, etab., berriro ere keinu naturalak erabiliz.
So, some of you most likely were here two years ago and saw the demo by Jeff Han, or some of you may think, "Well, doesn't this look like the Microsoft Surface Table?" And yes, you also interact using natural gestures, both hands, etc. But the difference here is that you can use any surface, you can walk up to any surface, including your hand, if nothing else is available, and interact with this projected data. The device is completely portable, and can be --
Beraz, zuetako batzuk izango zineten seguru asko hemen duela bi urte ikusiko zenuten Jeff Han-ek egin zuen demoa edo zuetako batzuek pentsatuko duzue, "Beno, honek ez al du bada Microsoft Surface Tableren itxura bera?" Eta halaxe da, bi kasuetan keinu naturalak, bi eskuak, etab. erabiliz izaten dira interakzioak. Baina aldea da kasu honetan edozein gainazal erabil dezakezula, edozein gainazal erabil dezakezula, baita zeure eskua ere, besterik ez baduzu, eta interakzioan jardun dezakezula proiektaturiko datu horiekin. Tresna guztiz eramangarria da,
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So, one important difference is that it's totally mobile. Another even more important difference is that in mass production, this would not cost more tomorrow than today's cell phones and would actually not sort of be a bigger packaging -- could look a lot more stylish than this version that I'm wearing around my neck. But other than letting some of you live out your fantasy of looking as cool as Tom Cruise in "Minority Report," the reason why we're really excited about this device is that it really can act as one of these sixth-sense devices that gives you relevant information about whatever is in front of you. So we see Pranav here going into the supermarket and he's shopping for some paper towels. And, as he picks up a product, the system can recognize the product that he's picking up, using either image recognition or marker technology, and give him the green light or an orange light. He can ask for additional information. So this particular choice here is a particularly good choice, given his personal criteria. Some of you may want the toilet paper with the most bleach in it rather than the most ecologically responsible choice.
Hortaz alde nabarmena da guztiz mugikorra dela. Beste desberdintasun are nabarmenagoa da, masiboki ekoiztuz gero, ez lukeela kosta behar etorkizunean gaurko telefono mugikorrak kostatzen direna baino gehiago eta ez lukeela tamaina handiagoa izango, lepoaren inguruan daramadan bertsio honek baino itxura txukunagoa izango lukeela. Baina, zuetako batzuk Tom Cruise "Minority Report"en bezain bikain agertzeko fantasia bizi izatea ahalbidetzeko balio izan dezakeelako baino areago tresna honek liluratzen bagaitu da, benetan jardun dezakeelako aurrean duzun edozeri buruz informazio esanguratsua ematen dizuten seigarren zentzumenezko tresna horien moduan. Horrela, hemen ikusten dugu Pranav supermerkatura doala eta paperezko xukaderak erosten dituela. Eta, produktu bat hartzen duelarik, sistemak jakin dezakeela hark zer produktu hartu duen, irudien ezagutza nahiz markatzaileen teknologia erabiliz, eta argi berdea edo argi laranja erakusten diola. Informazio gehigarria eska dezake. Beraz aukera jakin hori oso aukera ona da, bere irizpide pertsonalak kontuan izanda. Zuetako batzuek paperezko xukaderak ahalik eta zurienak nahiko dituzue eta ez ekologikoenak
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If he picks up a book in the bookstore, he can get an Amazon rating -- it gets projected right on the cover of the book. This is Juan's book, our previous speaker, which gets a great rating, by the way, at Amazon. And so, Pranav turns the page of the book and can then see additional information about the book -- reader comments, maybe sort of information by his favorite critic, etc. If he turns to a particular page, he finds an annotation by maybe an expert or a friend of ours that gives him a little bit of additional information about whatever is on that particular page. Reading the newspaper -- it never has to be outdated.
Liburu-denda batean liburu bat hartzen badu, Amazonen prezioa lor dezake. Liburuaren azalean proiektaturik ikusiko du. Juanen liburua da, gure aurreko hizlariarena, oso prezio ona duena, jakina, Amazonen. Eta Pranav-ek liburuaren orrialdea pasatzen du eta liburuari buruzko informazio gehigarria ikus dezake -- irakurleen iruzkinak, agian gogokoena duen kritikariaren informazioa, etab. Orrialde jakin batera joaten bada informazio gehigarria eskaintzen dion aditu baten oharra aurkituko du orrialde jakin horretan dagoen edozer gauzaz. Egunkaria irakurtzen duenean -- inoiz ez da zaharkiturik geratuko.
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You can get video annotations of the events that you're reading about. You can get the latest sports scores, etc. This is a more controversial one.
Irakurtzen ari zaren albisteari buruzko bideoak lor ditzakezu. Lor ditzakezu kiroletako azken emaitzak, etab. Horrek eztabaida gehiago sor dezake.
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As you interact with someone at TED, maybe you can see a word cloud of the tags, the words that are associated with that person in their blog and personal web pages. In this case, the student is interested in cameras, etc. On your way to the airport, if you pick up your boarding pass, it can tell you that your flight is delayed, that the gate has changed, etc. And, if you need to know what the current time is, it's as simple as drawing a watch --
TEDen norbaitekin interakzioan ari zarelarik, agian ikusi ahal izango dituzu tag-en hitz-hodei bat, alegia, pertsona horri loturik bere blogean eta web orri pertsonaletan dauden hitzak. Kasu honetan, ikaslea kameretan, etab. dago interesatua. Aireportura zoazela, zure hegaldiko txartela hartzen baduzu, esan ahal izango dizu zure hegaldia atzeratu egin dela, atea aldatu dela, etab. Eta, jakin behar baduzu une horretan zer ordu den, zure eskumuturrean erloju bat marraztea bezain gauza erraza da.
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on your arm.
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So that's where we're at so far in developing this sixth sense that would give us seamless access to all this relevant information about the things that we may come across. My student Pranav, who's really, like I said, the genius behind this.
Beraz, hortxe gaude oraindainokoan aurkitzen ditugun gauzei buruz informazio esanguratsu hori guztia eskuratzeko aukera emango ligukeen seigarren zentzumenaren garapenean. Nire ikasle Pranav, benetakoa dena, esan dudan bezala, da horren atzean dagoen jenioa.
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He does deserve a lot of applause, because I don't think he's slept much in the last three months, actually. And his girlfriend is probably not very happy about him either. But it's not perfect yet, it's very much a work in progress. And who knows, maybe in another 10 years we'll be here with the ultimate sixth sense brain implant.
Txalo asko behar ditu zeren ez dut uste lo askorik egin duenik azken hiru hilabeteotan. Eta bere neska laguna ere ez da izango berarekin oso pozik. Baina hori ez da perfektua oraindik, lan handia egiten ari gara. Eta, nork daki, beste 10 urte beharko ditugu seigarren zentzunenaren garuneko inplantearekin hemen egon gaitezen.
Thank you.
Eskerrik asko
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