If you think that Microsoft Surface was cool and reminded you of Tom Cruise shifting thorugh a myraid of images in Minority Report, wait till you see this presentation by Pattie Maes at Ted. The project was designed, developed and implemented in the MIT labs and spear headed by Pranav Mistry.
The sixth sense is a wearable device with a camera and projector which can understand gestural movements by hand and interact with physical world around us be it in a super market or in a book store or displaying cell phone keyboard on your palm and dialing number from there. Please click on the link below and see the 9 minute long video to realize the power of technology and how it is going to affect our day to day life in the future:
http://www.ted.com/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html

