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| Pranav Mistry |
Born :- 14 May 1981 Palanpur, Gujarat
Institutions :- Research assistant and PhD candidate at MIT Media Lab
Known for :- Inventor of SixthSense ,Mouseless, SPARSH and TeleTouch
awards :- Invention Award(2009), TR35(2009)
Father :- Kirti Mistry
Mother :- Smt. Nayana Mistry
Biography
Pranav Mistry Recently joined Samsung electronic as the Director of Research. Previously he was a research assistant and a PhD candidate at MIT Media Lab.
Before joining MIT Pranav worked as a UX Researcher with Microsoft. Pranav holds a Master's degree in Media Arts and Sciences fromMIT and Master of Design from Industrial Design Center, IIT Mumbai. He has completed Bachelors’ degree in Computer Science and Engineering. He is from Palanpur, which is situated in northern Gujarat in India. Mistry is best known for his work onSixthSense. Among some of his other work, Pranav has invented Mouseless – an invisible computer mouse; SPARSH – a novel way to copy-paste data between digital devices; Quickies – intelligent sticky notes that can be searched, located and can send reminders and messages; Blinkbot - a gaze and blink controlled robot; a pen that can draw in 3D; and a public map that can act asGoogle of physical world. Pranav’s research interests include Augmented reality, Ubiquitous computing, Gestural interaction, AI,Machine vision, Collective intelligence and Robotics.
Pranav's research on SixthSense was awarded the 2009 Invention Award by Popular Science. He was also named to the MITTechnology Review TR35 as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35. In 2010, he was named to Creativity Magazine's Creativity 50. Mistry has been called "one of ten, best inventors in the world right now" by Chris Anderson. Mistry has been listed as one of the 15 Asian Scientists To Watch by Asian Scientist Magazine on 15 May 2011. GQ India listed Pranav as one of the most powerful Digital Indians.[9][10] He was listed as one of the 37 Indians of Tomorrow by India Today. Recently, Pranav Mistry was honored as Young Global Leader 2013 by World Economic Forum.
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