MIT makes sixth sense gadget

BOFFINS at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a portable "sixth sense" device that can turn any any surface into a touch-screen for computing, controlled by simple hand gestures.

The gadget can take snaps if you draw a frame around a scene with your hands or project a watch face with the proper time on a wrist.

It is what you get when you combine $300 worth of Web cam, a battery-powered projector, a mobile telephone and some bling. µ

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