INTERNET SPEED TO INCERASE 1000 times....MIT

FLOW SWITCHING by MIT SCIENTISTS

After using optical fibre technology in Internet the dimensions of internet has been changed drastically.By using this optical fibre technology the speed and also quality of communication has been increased quite effectively.The scientists are saying that by advancing the technology used in optical fibres we can increase the current speed of internet to 1000 faster than present.Massachusetts institute of technology scientists has found the main problem in optical fibre technology and they have suggested a technology to improve and repair the problem in optical technology....the suggested technology is "FLOW SWITCHING"

What the problem in present optical fibre technology?
The use of optical fibre technology had revolutionised the process of communication.in these cables communication will travel in the form of light energy.By using this cables we have the ability to send this wavelengths of light so different types of data can be send in only one cable.After this communication has travelled through optical fibre to destination place then this optical signals will be transformed into electrical signals.We use a router to transform these signals.So ROUTERS play important role in this optical communication.The speed of communication in optical cables will be fast but after communication at routers a lot of time is being wasted to transform each signal.So the speed of internet is not up to the mark as said by MIT scientists.Information from various places and various types of data after travelling through these optical fibres reach the routers at one point of time,so the routers doesn't have the capacity to transform that large information at unit time so it stores some information in its memory and transforms one signal after the other.The time required to this is not more than few milli seconds but this time is lot more than time requires by information to travel through optical fibres.So to solve this problem MIT scientists opted a new form of solution by FLOW SWITCHING.

What is this FLOW SWITCHING ?

Network traffic means...to transfer large amount of information we use a dedicated path(for example in optical fibre cables each company owns a wavelength to transfer their data and this wavelength should not be used by any other company).The scientists are saying that by using flow switching in this we can improve the speed.For example if the information transfer between two cities is very large then the transfer of information from one side of dedicated path will be transformed into electric signals by router.So by this the information from all sides cannot be reached to the router.In dedicated lines the bandwidth will be same at all times.If servers will not use the total bandwidth then bandwidth will be left unused.and if the information in more then there is possibility of over bandwidth in dedicated lines.And if we use flow switching then this problem will not arise.In flow switching the bandwidth will change in a perfect interval.In this flow switching if the information to send is large then the router will use another wavelength of light and if information is less then another company will use this wavelength so that so bandwidth is wasted in either of dedicated lines.So by using this flow switching we can improve the speed of internet up to 100 times minimum and 1000 times maximum of current speed as told by head of scientists of MIT Vincent chan.

Is speed necessary ?

Japan and South korea stands first in among the countries those are served with high speed internet.In these countries the average net speed is about 86 Mbps .But in our country India the average net speed is about 849 Kbps (1024 kb=1 Mb) so it is about 0.8 Mbps which is about 1% of the speed in Japan.In India the netzens using 5 Mbps and more speed is about 0.6% and 256 Kbps and below is about 26%.But if we ask scientists that if there is a demand for the internet speed,the answers from them are quite different.Cisco systems principal engineer Ori Geristal says that there is present demand for internet speed but in future if we use HD(High Definition) videos and Tv's then this flow switching technology must be used.but if we use this then present all routers should be changed and their will be lot of process to take place...so I think MIT scientists are working and advancing this technology and may be 5 years or odd in future we expect FLOSWITCHING TECHNOLGY to be implemented in OPTICAL FIBRE TECHNOLOGY.So then in India we expect the average net speed 1000 times than present speed as 400-500 Mbps ..i.e. a movie can be downloaded within you write the name of movie on the CD you want to load upon.....So expect that speed not know but after 5 years or odd...
I on behalf of you Wish the best to the scientists of MIT and specially to VINCENT CHAN...
ALL THE BEST MITians......

Pranav mistry...THE GENIUS

Pranav mistry who is an INDIAN MIT student invented a new device called as SIXTH SENSE DEVICE......this device is the most exciting device ...

About Pranav

zombie is his nickname.Palanpur is his hometown, which is situated in northern Gujarat in India.He has completed his bachelors degree in Computer Science and Engineering. He received his Master in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT and Master of Design from IIT Bombay. Before joining MIT he worked as a UX Researcher with Microsoft.Currently, he is a Research Assistant and PhD candidate at the MIT Media Lab.
He loves to see technology from design perspective and vice versa. This vision reflects in almost all of his projects and research work as well. in short, he does what he love and he love what he does. he is a 'Desigineer'.....
to know more about him see his CV

He did many projects in the field of science and technology which you can see them at his personal web page whose link is given at the end...
His projects include sixthsense device,mouseless,third eye,project child,sandesh,gold in the machine,road runner,akshar and many more...of which sithsense device is the one I like the most primariliy.....

he is the speaker for TED 2009 talk on SITHSENSE ...u can watch the video from below link..

pranav@sithsense

About SIXTHSENSE DEVICE

'SixthSense' is a wearable gestural interface that augments the physical world around us with digital information and lets us use natural hand gestures to interact with that information.

We've evolved over millions of years to sense the world around us. When we encounter something, someone or some place, we use our five natural senses to perceive information about it; that information helps us make decisions and chose the right actions to take. But arguably the most useful information that can help us make the right decision is not naturally perceivable with our five senses, namely the data, information and knowledge that mankind has accumulated about everything and which is increasingly all available online. Although the miniaturization of computing devices allows us to carry computers in our pockets, keeping us continually connected to the digital world, there is no link between our digital devices and our interactions with the physical world. Information is confined traditionally on paper or digitally on a screen. SixthSense bridges this gap, bringing intangible, digital information out into the tangible world, and allowing us to interact with this information via natural hand gestures. ‘SixthSense’ frees information from its confines by seamlessly integrating it with reality, and thus making the entire world your computer.

The SixthSense prototype is comprised of a pocket projector, a mirror and a camera. The hardware components are coupled in a pendant like mobile wearable device. Both the projector and the camera are connected to the mobile computing device in the user’s pocket. The projector projects visual information enabling surfaces, walls and physical objects around us to be used as interfaces; while the camera recognizes and tracks user's hand gestures and physical objects using computer-vision based techniques. The software program processes the video stream data captured by the camera and tracks the locations of the colored markers (visual tracking fiducials) at the tip of the user’s fingers using simple computer-vision techniques. The movements and arrangements of these fiducials are interpreted into gestures that act as interaction instructions for the projected application interfaces. The maximum number of tracked fingers is only constrained by the number of unique fiducials, thus SixthSense also supports multi-touch and multi-user interaction.

The SixthSense prototype implements several applications that demonstrate the usefulness, viability and flexibility of the system. The map application lets the user navigate a map displayed on a nearby surface using hand gestures, similar to gestures supported by Multi-Touch based systems, letting the user zoom in, zoom out or pan using intuitive hand movements. The drawing application lets the user draw on any surface by tracking the fingertip movements of the user’s index finger. SixthSense also recognizes user’s freehand gestures (postures). For example, the SixthSense system implements a gestural camera that takes photos of the scene the user is looking at by detecting the ‘framing’ gesture. The user can stop by any surface or wall and flick through the photos he/she has taken. SixthSense also lets the user draw icons or symbols in the air using the movement of the index finger and recognizes those symbols as interaction instructions. For example, drawing a magnifying glass symbol takes the user to the map application or drawing an ‘@’ symbol lets the user check his mail. The SixthSense system also augments physical objects the user is interacting with by projecting more information about these objects projected on them. For example, a newspaper can show live video news or dynamic information can be provided on a regular piece of paper. The gesture of drawing a circle on the user’s wrist projects an analog watch.
The current prototype system costs approximate $350 to build.

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Awards and acheivements:

.Winner of ‘TR35 2009’ award, Technology Review.
.Winner of ‘INVENTION OF THE YEAR 2009’ award, Popular Science.
.Winner of ‘Young Indian Innovator 2009’ award, Digit Magazine.
.Speaker for TED 2009 talk on ‘sixthsense’, TED 2009, Long Beach, CA.
.2nd in SPACE competition in SIGGRAPH2004.
.1st in Innovation Fair at India level, for project MARBO.
.All India 3rd in Open Hardware Contest in Techfest @ IIT Bombay for DATAG2.02.
.3rd in Model Presentation at INGENIUM 2002.
.3rd in Creative art competition organized by ISRO.
.1st in Design competition organized by IEEE, India chapter.
.2nd in website designing organized by ACES.
.Selected for the Dirubhai Ambani Foundation Award for securing the 1st rank in district.
.2nd in on the spot Model Making contest in Techfest @ IIT Bombay.

you can look up at pranav mistry's projects at pranav@projects
Pranav mistry's portiflio of his projects at pranav@portfolio
Pranav mistry's sixthsense device at pranav@sixthsensedevice