Canadian Press does Eyeborg story

Story here.

Toronto filmmaker plans to use prosthetic eye camera for documentary

Big Brother is watching — and so is Little Brother.
Toronto filmmaker Rob Spence says he is getting a tiny video camera put inside a prosthetic eye to allow him to secretly film his subjects.

Spence says his goal is twofold: to raise awareness of constant surveillance in society and to get people talking unself-consciously.

George Orwell's old house surrounded by CCTV cameras!

This is so ironic its tiresome almost. I guess that's one of the problems I have selling the idea for this documentary. Even my reaction is a bit ho-hum, for God's sakes we have heard it all before. Yes, yes, we are turning into a Big Brother society. But, like, we are.

Story is here.

In case you aren't familiar with my other posts one of the main points of my film, Eye 4 an Eye (previous post about that here) is to examine how we are sleepwalking into an over-monitored Orwellian society. Am I a part of the problem or part of the solution if I get a camera-eye? Perhaps if I get you thinking about it more its the latter.

Cuz sent me an eye-tune -Oh Montreal

This fresh in my from my Cuz (Cuz=cousin) - who is now the official tune supplier for eyeborg.blogspot.com. He will supply appropriately eye-ish/cyborg-y songs that are good listening. Hey, trust me, Cuz knows his tunes. His eye-dentity I am afraid must remain secret for now.

So anyways, this just in from Cuz....

Cuz: "I'm deeming this the best track of the year. It is a long one, but soooo addictive, and no they are not from Montreal.....here's an almost full version."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2p9fDJsHNo

The lyrics mention "story of the eye". Sounds deep....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_of_the_eye#References

According to the lyrics, his wife and daughter had just left him. Ouch.

Wired.com does story on Eyeborg

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/12/eye-spy-filmmak.html

Bionic Eyes and Restoring Vision

A lot of people ask me if I am going to restore vision with my Bionic Eye. The answer is no, not right now but maybe later.

I am not restoring vision, I'm just modifying my prosthetic eye into a video camera with the same capabilities as a modern cell phone. I can stream the footage, save it to a hard-drive, or put it in my documentary film called Eye 4 an Eye.

Having one eye is almost as good as having two. Its not really that different except my squash game is a little off and you really have to check your blind spot carefully when you are changing lanes in traffic. I don't really need to restore any vision in my right eye....socket.

Here is a woman who lost vision completely and is getting sight restored. Its only rudimentary but its getting there.

Linda Moorfoot explains what its like:

"When I go to the grandkids' hockey game or soccer game I can see which direction the game is moving in. I can shoot baskets with my grandson, and I can see my granddaughter dancing across the stage. It's wonderful."

Check out an article about Linda and HER bionic eye here.

She uses a camera that is mounted to glasses. For many people who are blind, they have lost their eyes and need prosthetics for aeshetic reasons. What Steve Mann and I are working on could have applications for these people. And stay tuned for how Steve will help me watch 3D movies again with his cross eye-tap technology.

Ancient Evil!

http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/19/ancient-artificial-eye/

Neato. A 4800 year old prosthetic eye.

The 4,800-year-old artificial eye was recently found by archaeologists working at the Burnt City historical site in southeastern Iran, according to a report published by the Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies, a London-based research and educational program.