Sixth Sense Technology

[Deathcrow]

http://www.ted.com/talks/pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_technology.html

[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrtANPtnhyg[/video]


This is worth the watch. I found it very interesting.

"At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data -- including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper "laptop." In an onstage Q&A, Mistry says he'll open-source the software behind SixthSense, to open its possibilities to all."

 

[Adam]

This video is from 2009. It's gone nowhere, fast.

 

[Deathcrow]

This video is from 2009. It's gone nowhere, fast.

Yea, everything starts off slow.

 

[Adam]

If it was really that good some major corporation would of bought it from him.

 

[Deathcrow]

If it was really that good some major corporation would of bought it from him.

Things at the beginning are always more expensive than they would be if they were mass produced. This also means that it will take more time to become a finished and polished product that they can pass off to the consumers.

The planning, designing, and production phase takes the most time and is the most expensive. Once all of that is done and they are able to mass produce things they become cheap and speed right along.

This is similar to the vision of laser weapons in the Navy which they now say is only 2 years away from being integrated onto Navy ships:
"The military has spent hundreds of millions on the development of the various systems, but once they're installed, the government predicts that they would be relatively cheap to operate, considering they're not using conventional munitions. The Congressional report estimates that it will cost the Navy the equivalent of less than a dollar per shot to use the laser weapons versus, say, short-range air-defense interceptor missiles that generally cost around $800,000 to $1.4 million each."
Source

 

[Adam]

If it was really that good some major corporation would of bought it from him.

Things at the beginning are always more expensive than they would be if they were mass produced. This also means that it will take more time to become a finished and polished product that they can pass off to the consumers.

The planning, designing, and production phase takes the most time and is the most expensive. Once all of that is done and they are able to mass produce things they become cheap and speed right along.

This is similar to the vision of laser weapons in the Navy which they now say is only 2 years away from being integrated onto Navy ships:
"The military has spent hundreds of millions on the development of the various systems, but once they're installed, the government predicts that they would be relatively cheap to operate, considering they're not using conventional munitions. The Congressional report estimates that it will cost the Navy the equivalent of less than a dollar per shot to use the laser weapons versus, say, short-range air-defense interceptor missiles that generally cost around $800,000 to $1.4 million each."
Source

Lasers shoot straight and only straight. Missiles can shoot in any and all directions. They will be used for completely different things.

 

[Deathcrow]

Lasers shoot straight and only straight. Missiles can shoot in any and all directions. They will be used for completely different things.

No one said otherwise? In fact the quote only compares the kind of missile that these lasers would replace. "The Congressional report estimates that it will cost the Navy the equivalent of less than a dollar per shot to use the laser weapons versus, say, short-range air-defense interceptor missiles that generally cost around $800,000 to $1.4 million each."

Why do you try to start debates that don't exist?

 

[Adam]

Lasers shoot straight and only straight. Missiles can shoot in any and all directions. They will be used for completely different things.

No one said otherwise? In fact the quote only compares the kind of missile that these lasers would replace. "The Congressional report estimates that it will cost the Navy the equivalent of less than a dollar per shot to use the laser weapons versus, say, short-range air-defense interceptor missiles that generally cost around $800,000 to $1.4 million each."

Why do you try to start debates that don't exist?

I'm saying the laser won't replace the missiles. They will both be used.

 

[Deathcrow]

Lasers shoot straight and only straight. Missiles can shoot in any and all directions. They will be used for completely different things.

No one said otherwise? In fact the quote only compares the kind of missile that these lasers would replace. "The Congressional report estimates that it will cost the Navy the equivalent of less than a dollar per shot to use the laser weapons versus, say, short-range air-defense interceptor missiles that generally cost around $800,000 to $1.4 million each."

Why do you try to start debates that don't exist?

I'm saying the laser won't replace the missiles. They will both be used.

I am just quoting the source. You can go there and let them know that lasers won't be replacing short-range air-defense interceptor missiles.

"The weapons are designed to track and fire on threats to a warship that could include anything from armed drones and small "swarm" boats to incoming missiles and aircraft."