Quotes from Pranav Mistry

Technology is only meaningful when it reaches the people.

Whatever science fiction movies we watch now, we can make the technology real in two days. What we can do is not important. What we should do is more important.

In computing, everything happens inside this rectangular screen. I want to get the pixels out, paint the world, and allow us to interact with it.

We've evolved over millions of years to sense the world around us. We use our five natural senses to perceive information. But the huge amount of information mankind has accumulated and stored online cannot be perceived by these senses.

We are looking for an era where computing will actually merge with the physical world.

There is no link between our digital devices and our interactions with the physical world.

I'm not a very big fan of science fiction. I think that I'm a very big fan of living in the physical world.

Computing is no more about work - it's all about making work happen with computers.

I have poor people skills, and I cannot become a minister.

I am keen to serve one-sixth of the world's population where the miracles of science and technology would multiply manifold for betterment of mankind.

Digital world is changing its home, and I am in search of an evolution that exists beyond the digital world.

I am not interesting in making money. I go to the most expensive restaurant in Boston to have dinner. It is where billionaires come to eat. Even if I become richer, I will still have to go there to eat. After some time, money doesn't make a difference.

I want to impact the world through futuristic yet affordable technologies to make the world a better place.

I'm good with digital technology, but I start to miss the physical world. I miss riding my bike, talking to friends.

Had I wanted, I could have set up my own company, secured funding, and made money. That proposition, however, does not excite me, since it would be a very self-centric goal.

Att our MIT lab, there are people from diverse backgrounds like architecture, psychology, and philosophy, giving a holistic touch to the creation of any technology we may have in mind.

The real world is not in one direction.

We wanted to make a wearable of tomorrow that is designed for everyone. I can proudly say Galaxy Gear is tomorrow's state of the art.

We have created something incredible. You don't need to get your phone out anymore. Gear takes the entirety of your digital world and places it right where you can see.

With Gear, you're able to make calls and receive calls without ever taking your phone out of your pocket.

I think that integrating information to everyday objects will not only help us to get rid of the digital divide, the gap between these two worlds, but will also help us, in some way, to stay human, to be more connected to our physical world.

For true augmented reality, the display would have to dynamically focus, which would require additional hardware on the glasses to read your eye.

Did you know that da Vinci was a painter, polymath, engineer, architect, biologist, and writer all rolled into one? He drew sketches of helicopters at a time when they weren't even invented!

I get bored after I invent something because I hate talking about it every time.