Canadian film maker Rob Spence, who damaged his right eye in a childhood accident, is determined to replace it with a digital camera. “Team Eyeborg” has just succeeded in fitting Spence with an artificial eye containing a working LED – a step towards a camera-containing synthetic eye.
Canadian filmmaker Rob Spence, who damaged his right eye in a childhood accident, models a new LED replacement.
Spence has assembled a small team of enthusiastic engineers – Team Eyeborg – to work towards his final goal.
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The members of the Eyeborg project are trying to fit a digital camera, a wireless transmitter and a power supply into the prosthetic eye.
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Kosta Grammatis, lead engineer on the team, with a digital camera small enough to fit inside the eye. Installing an LED into the eyeball is a side project, but demonstrates it is possible to fit electronics and a power source inside.
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Spence’s eye cam will record anything that passes into his field of view. He plans to use it to provide a new perspective on the growth of surveillance in western societies.
(Image: Team Eyeborg)
