Friday, March 13, 2009

"Eyeborg"

A concise -- if rather graphic -- introduction to the relationship between cyborgs and the media.





One wonders if, sometime in the future, video-equipped eyes will be as common as Bluetooth headsets.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Quick google:
http://www.spycatcheronline.co.uk/sunglasses-camera-with-personal-digital-video-recorder-p-591.html
http://www.brickhousesecurity.com/spy-sunglasses-hidden-video-camera.html
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/01/how_to_make_video_spy_gla.html

This does not seem to be a big trend however, no matter how much people seem to like making stupid youtube videos. Maybe the quality is not good enough yet I dunno, seems like the perfect way to record events you go to.

>>One wonders if, sometime in the future, video-equipped eyes will be as common as Bluetooth headsets.

Not if I have to give up an eye to do it. But SF seems to go with lenses that can do everything, which does seem extremely cool. :)