This demo — from Pattie Maes’ lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry — was the buzz of TED. It’s a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine “Minority Report” and then some.

Pattie Maes demos the Sixth Sense | Video on TED.com.

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I haven’t seen the movie “…Benjamin Button” but this looks absolutely fascinating. I wonder what the “next level” is? I saw previews of Beowulf and it looked fake in too many places to not be distracting. I don’t recall whether the movie was very successful.

What about the uncanny valley? Are we there yet? Can we avoid it by trying to seamlessly merge real and CGI?

Ed Ulbrich shows how Benjamin Button got his face | Video on TED.com.

This guy has a very interesting perspective. It’s amazing how soon we forget how blessed we are.

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“Picture yourself on an island with only a Bible. You’ve never been to a church-you’ve never even heard of one. The only ideas you have about church are what you’ve read in your Bible. Then you enter a building labeled “church” for the first time. What would you expect to experience as you entered that building? Now compare that to what you actually experience when you attend church.” -Francis Chan

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I really think 2K9 is really going to be one of those years where change happens. Not because it was a campaign slogan or the mantra of the new prez, but because 2007-2008 has really shaken some foundations and we’re all having to stop and do some deep thinkin’

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