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Parnaz Instrument A complement to spiritual dance of sama

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Exo-Womb A space for ultimate VR experience

A space for ultimate VR experience inspired by Hugh Herr work at Media Lab

Parnaz Instrument A complement to spritual dance of sama

Sama is a persian spritual dance that requires the person to rotate for a long time.

The instrument proposed here can be played while the dancer is rotating and moving his hands.

Digital cosmetics What comes out when accurate depth mapping and projection is combined with plastic surgery and art

Digital cosmetics will be a big industry. It will have applications not only in entertainment and art but also in the medical cosmetic surgery procedures. The concept shows a simple case where the face is given a make up using augmented reality. This work was mentioned in "Future Avenues" channel.

Future of YoutubeA concept showing flying camera networks

This work was presented in TEDxBeaconstreet talk in 2014 as well as "Future Avenues" channel.

Gaseous solar cells Can gaseous medium be used to harvest solar energy?

When you think about old fluorescent light bulbs that use gas excitation with electric current, there is really no reason not to think about the reverse process! can illuminating a gas excite it or maybe even deionize it to produce electric current? The concept shows such idea.

Gaseous solar cells might be engineered to be much more efficient than current Si-based technology. The gaseous formfactor is expandable and thus can be much more appealing for space applications compared to current origami structures.

Olympus brain storming session 2014Potential applications for wireless detachable cameras

Possibilities for flexible displayesBrain storming demo for samsung

This concept is part of an extended brain storming session for Samsung at 2013

Coded nantennasAntennas that resonate with certain temporal codes

This work was part of an extended brain storming session for Prof. Capasso's group at Harvard (2014). The concepts are inspired by meta-surfaces and flat optics.