Sixth Sense Technology:
When the Digital World Meet the Real World
Technology Evaluations
When a new technology comes out, it is vital to evaluate whether it is safe, ethical, or other social issues. In order to spread a technology in the world, we have to make sure it has positive effect. For such a new invention, Sixth Sense shows reliable quality from following points.
Security: Information security means protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, perusal, inspection, recording or destruction (Schneider, 2011). Considering of Sixth Sense, we know its network accesses through the smart phone's network which is same as the current network process, such as 4G or WiFi.
Ethics: Since this technology is created by Dr. Mistry, who claimed it is created in MIT Media Lab, we can assume that there is no copy right issue involved in. Although there might be similar concept, Sixth Sense is the first production published. In this case, it can be seen as the first model of this technology.
In addition, Dr. Mistry said it will be a open source. "Rather than waiting for that time to come, I want people to make their own system. Why not?," Mistry says in an article on Rediff Business. In this point, it gives chance for more people experience it.
Legal: MIT Media Lab is authority in the field of information technology, and much of the inventions published by MIT Media Lab. Sixth Sense is also published by MIT Media Lab, so we are confident of its authority.
Social: As Sixth Sense gives more convenience to communicate with others (according to the feature that it will show names when you run into a guy), it makes your social life becomes easier. For other features claimed before, the main point is making life more convenience, and helping people build a healthy social life.
From above four point, Sixth Sense is a highly recommend technology because it not only connects the digital and the real world, but also is a reliable technology to be relied on.
