Sitting Machines and a Sixth Sense

First off, I want to comment on the video "Pattie Maes demos the Sixth Sense". The technology that Pranav Mistry created - a projector, cellphone, mirror, and camera mixture - is pretty freaking amazing. I am so amazed at how any idea can become a reality with a little bit of brains and funding. I mean, our world could create anything they wanted...I no doubt believe that clones are already being created behind closed doors. However, how far are we willing to go, and how much are we willing to create, before it is just too much technology?

Pranav Minstry stated at the end of his Ted Talk that sixth sense technology will "help us to stay human...and to be more connected to our physical world." He said that this technology will "help us avoid being machines sitting in front of other machines." But just because we've removed someone from sitting in front of a machine to now being able to walk around with that machine, doesn't make us any less dependent on technology. I agree that these "sixth sense" machines would be cool and nifty to have. But at what point do we say we don't need this stuff to survive? Is it really necessary to our survival and needs to have a computer on us at all times that is able to tell us which paper towel we are most likely to buy? Won't our brains do that for us? I'm pretty sure no one, or no thing, can tell me what type of paper towel I want to buy more than my own self.

The problem I'm having with technology these days is how dependent people become on them. I'll admit, I have a hard time going a day without my cell phone or the computer (I can definitely go days without social media though). But if it really came down to it, I mean, really came down to it, do I need my computer or cell phone to continue living? Uh, no. I'm still here regardless of my cell phone or computer, and I will continue to be here tomorrow regardless of if they are with me, too. I think Pranav Minstry is a flipping genius. How truly amazing it is that just one person has the capacity and capability to implement such an ingenious idea? Only...another problem is being created. Our world will stop sitting in front of computers and start taking them everywhere. Eventually, our problem will be that humans can't survive without technology. Then a whole new idea will have to be invented to get us away from being machines walking around with other machines.