About the video:
Andrea Colaço shows next-gen interaction with computational sensors, revolutionizing how we interact with technology. Her research delves into natural user interfaces, utilizing human gestures to communicate with digital devices. By leveraging optical sensors and machine learning algorithms, Andrea is pioneering advancements in smartwatches, Google Glass, and beyond. This Goa-born researcher is pushing the boundaries of traditional touch-based interfaces, creating intuitive ways for machines to recognize hand gestures.
Join us to explore how Andrea’s work is shaping the future of consumer tech, shrinking devices from desktops to wearables. Discover how these evolving interfaces promise to transform human communication with technology, making interactions more seamless and natural.
About Andrea Colaço:
Andrea hails from Goa, and is currently a PhD student at the MIT Media Lab. Her research focuses on creating novel user interfaces in the smart-everything era. Recently, she invented a miniature, low-power 3D sensor for touch-less gestural input to mobile devices and other wearable tech (like the Google Glass). Andrea is also an aspiring tech entrepreneur — her startup, 3dim, is producing a compact, low-power mobile 3D camera. In her spare time she enjoys mentoring young geeks. In 2010 she co-founded the Media Lab Design and Innovation workshop series, conducted annually in partnership with top Indian universities.
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