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Monday, August 29, 2011

Meet the eyeborg: Film-maker turns his prosthetic eye into a miniature video camera

A one-eyed documentary filmmaker has revealed how he has turned his prosthetic eye into a  miniature video camera.

Rob Spence, from Toronto, is able to record what he sees through his other eye. It is not linked to his brain and hasn't restored his vision.

Here's looking at you: Mr Spence's revolutionary eye camera in action

Here's looking at you: Mr Spence's revolutionary eye camera in action

He is working with the makers of a new video game - Deus Ex: Human Revolution - that imagines a world in 2027 when cyborgs roam the streets. They asked him to look at whether this fictional world was actually so far away.

'If you think about it, all this technology is moving towards the body,' he told the Metro.

'I've already started.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2030420/Meet-eyeborg-Film-maker-turns-prosthetic-eye-miniature-video-camera.html#ixzz1WQvStmDy

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