'Eyeborg' filmmaker can record 30 minutes of footage with his Terminator-style prosthetic EYE that glows red and has an embedded video camera
Publication Title
The Daily MailPublication/Creation Date
January 15 2020Creators/Contributors
Ian Randall (creator)Rob Spence (contributor)
Next Eye Prosthesis (contributor)
Marcin Jaworski (contributor)
Phil Bowen (contributor)
Martin Ling (contributor)
Media Type
Newspaper ArticlePersuasive Intent
InformationDescription
Rob Spence, 47, went blind in his right eye as a child during a shotgun accident. When the eye was removed in 2008, he decided to replace it with a camera. His fake eyes each contain a tiny circuit board, battery and wireless transmitter. Mr Spence hopes to sell similar prosthetics and create an 'army of Eyeborgs'.""A previous iteration of the design featured a clear front-facing shell, through which the prosthetic's internal workings can be seen.
The latest models have significant improvements over the early versions, which could only film for around three minutes before the prosthetic would begin to overheat and Mr Spence would have to remove it".
"'I am excited to be partnering with a young ophthalmologist in Poland, Marcin Jaworski, who has a startup based on making prosthetic eyes with a 3D printer,' Mr Spence said.
'The company is called Next Eye Prosthesis and it will provide more exact and more accessible prosthetic eyes for the one-eyed people of the world — cheaper, more realistic, and faster to build,' he added."
HCI Platform
EmbeddableDiscursive Type
Responses To InventionsLocation on Body
EyeTechnology Keywords
Prosthetics, Prosthetic Eyes, Bionic Eyes, Circuit Board, Batteries, Wireless Connectivity, Transmitters, Cyborgs, Cameras, Video Cameras, Magnets, 3D PrintingSource
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7889747/Eyeborg-filmmaker-video-camera-prosthetic-eye-record-30-minutes.htmlRelated Objects
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