Pranav Mistry is an Indian computer scientist known for many interesting innovations, including the Sixth Sense and the Samsung Galaxy Gear smart watch. At the age of just 35, this young man is the head of the Think Tank Team and the Director of Research at Samsung.
Known to have developed in less than five months, Sixth Sense made Mistry a celebrity in the field of IT. The device is like a pendant which people can wear, but is a combination of a mini projector, camera, sensors and computing device. It helps users to use their fingers to interact with different objects around them. Mistry’s other inventions include the Mouseless, an invisible mouse with an infrared camera and laser; Sparsh, a way to transfer data between devices easily by simple touch gestures, and Blinkbot, a system which use users’ blink to control a robot. Yet another, Quickies are smart sticky notes that can send reminders and messages to users.
For his works, Mistry was made the Young Global Leader, 2013 by the World Economic Forum. In May 2011 he was listed as one of the 15 Asian scientists to Watch by the Asian Scientist Magazine.
Pranav Mistry was born on 14th May 1981 in Palanpur, Gujarat. After schooling he pursued bachelor’s degree in computer science. The bright boy then moved to the US, and obtained a master’s degree in media arts and sciences from MIT and later, a PhD at the MIT media lab. Mistry also holds a master of design degree from the Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay.
After his studies, Mistry worked in various companies, including the Microsoft, Google, and NASA.
In 2012, he joined Samsung as the director of research. Currently, he is the global vice president of the company.