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" Technology is only meaningful when it reaches the people. "
Pranav Mistry
Technology
People
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" When you talk about objects, one other thing automatically comes attached to that thing, and that is gestures: how we manipulate these objects, how we use these objects in everyday life. We use gestures not only to interact with these objects, but we also use them to interact with each other. "
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" As far as solving India's problems with technology is concerned, I think there are some wrong assumptions in making computing work at the grassroots. We need to go beyond the notion of technology being all about computers. "
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" The digital world has power because it has dynamic information, but it's important that we stay human instead of being another machine sitting in front of a machine. "
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" Our time is a time for crossing boundaries. "
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" I am keen to serve one-sixth of the world's population where the miracles of science and technology would multiply manifold for betterment of mankind. "
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" For true augmented reality, the display would have to dynamically focus, which would require additional hardware on the glasses to read your eye. "
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" For me, how an appliance looks is as important as how efficiently it works. "
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" I'm sure that the ideas being incubated at places like Startup Village today will form the core of the technologies of tomorrow. "
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" We wanted to make a wearable of tomorrow that is designed for everyone. I can proudly say Galaxy Gear is tomorrow's state of the art. "
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" My lab is like a fantasy world - it is more like a 'James Bond' movie! "
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" The real world is not in one direction. "
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" As seventh graders, my classmates and I would make rockets to see what made them fly and models of remote-controlled motor boats because Palanpur had heavy rainfall. "
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" There is a revolution taking place in school and college campuses in India, and particularly in Kerala, much like the one that sowed the seeds of Silicon Valley in the U.S. "
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Like
" I think that integrating information to everyday objects will not only help us to get rid of the digital divide, the gap between these two worlds, but will also help us, in some way, to stay human, to be more connected to our physical world. "
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" Att our MIT lab, there are people from diverse backgrounds like architecture, psychology, and philosophy, giving a holistic touch to the creation of any technology we may have in mind. "
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" I get bored after I invent something because I hate talking about it every time. "
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" I have always been interested in exploring how we can leverage our knowledge about everyday objects, and how we use them, in order to interact with our digital world. "
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" Our research centres are everywhere, in India, China, Turkey, Japan, and we all work as a team all the time. "
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Team
" Exposure to fields like design to technology and from art to psychology gave me a quite nice/interesting viewpoint to the world. "
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Technology
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" There is no link between our digital devices and our interactions with the physical world. "
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" In computing, everything happens inside this rectangular screen. I want to get the pixels out, paint the world, and allow us to interact with it. "
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" Unlike other children, I did not get a branded video game. Mine was an open circuit that even buzzed. "
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" Many of my projects are inspired by Indian mythology. We have read that in the ancient times, people could expand their body parts, extend arms - all of that reads like a dream. But all this can be done using technology based on simple solutions. "
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" I have a background in technology, design, architecture, arts and sciences. I see myself as a multi-dimensional person. "
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" With Gear, you're able to make calls and receive calls without ever taking your phone out of your pocket. "
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" I am not interesting in making money. I go to the most expensive restaurant in Boston to have dinner. It is where billionaires come to eat. Even if I become richer, I will still have to go there to eat. After some time, money doesn't make a difference. "
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" One of my ongoing projects is to expand third-eye technology whereby two people can watch two different things on a screen or type in two different languages on the same surface - all they have to do is wear a pair of hi-tech glass spectacles. "
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" We've evolved over millions of years to sense the world around us. We use our five natural senses to perceive information. But the huge amount of information mankind has accumulated and stored online cannot be perceived by these senses. "
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" I would do anything that helps people do things better. Even if the Indian government comes to me for anything, I would be very open. "
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