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Anirudh Sharma is a researcher and inventor whose work spans human factors, speech and vision interfaces, and system design. With a research background at the MIT Media Lab and now at Amazon Lab126, he builds novel computing interfaces that merge advanced sensing with real-world applications. His first venture developed and shipped gait-sensing haptic insoles to help elderly and visually impaired people navigate through tactile feedback- now used worldwide. He later co-founded Graviky Labs, which turns air pollution into usable materials. His contributions have earned recognition from MIT Technology Review (TR35), Forbes 30 Under 30, TIME 100, and TED Global.