Rob Spence Implants A Bionic Camcorder In His Eye Videomaker
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Rob Spence Implants A Bionic Camcorder In His Eye Videomaker

Publication Title
Videomaker.com
Publication/Creation Date
August 30 2011
Creators/Contributors
Dan Bruns (creator)
Rob Spence (contributor)
Media Type
Magazine Article
Persuasive Intent
Information
Discursive Type
Responses To Inventions
Description
Rob Spence lost his eye at 13 and decided to make a ‘bionic camcorder’ to replace it. It will be used to film his day to day life. The camcorder features a “1.5mm low resolution camera, small circuit board, video transmitter, and a 3- volt rechargeable Varta microbattery.”
HCI Platform
Embeddable
Relation to Body
On
Related Body Part
Eye
Augments
Remembering, Seeing, Living
Technology Keywords
Cameras, Bionic Camcorder , Video Transmitter , Electronic Camcorder, Lifecasting, Lifelogging, Low Resolution Video Camera, Printed Circuit Board, Video Transmitter , Varta Rechargeable Microbattery, Transmitters, Bionic Eyes, Bionics, Live Broadcasting, Antennas, Television, Cyborgs, Prosthetic Eyes, Webcams
Keywords
Blind And Low Vision, Filmmaker, Privacy, Ethics, Surveillance, Everyday Life
Marketing Keywords
Varta, Eyeborg
Source
https://www.videomaker.com/videonews/2011/08/rob-spence-implants-a-bionic-camcorder-in-his-eye
Related Items
Videomaker Inc.
Dan Bruns
Rob Spence
Related Collections
Becoming Eyeborg: Rob Spence's Journey To Create A Digital Prosthetic Eye (2008-2014)
Surveillance Issues And Technologies
Date archived
December 4 2013
Last edited
July 5 2021
How to cite this entry
Dan Bruns. (August 30 2011). "Rob Spence Implants A Bionic Camcorder In His Eye Videomaker". Videomaker.com. Videomaker Inc.. Fabric of Digital Life. https://fabricofdigitallife.com/Detail/objects/124