Thursday, March 5, 2009

Yo, look at dis camera in my eye dawg!

Filmmaker plans "Eyeborg" eye-socket camera (Reuters)

  • Posted on Thu Mar 5, 2009 12:38PM EST

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A Canadian filmmaker plans to have a mini camera installed in his prosthetic eye to make documentaries and raise awareness about surveillance in society.

Rob Spence, 36, who lost an eye in an accident as a teen-ager, said his so-called Project Eyeborg is to have the camera, a battery and a wireless transmitter mounted on a tiny circuit board. http://www.eyeborgblog.com/

"Originally the whole idea was to do a documentary about surveillance. I thought I would become a sort of super hero ... fighting for justice against surveillance," Spence said.

"In Toronto there are 12,000 cameras. But the strange thing I discovered was that people don't care about the surveillance cameras, they were more concerned about me and my secret camera eye because they feel that is a worse invasion of their privacy."

Spence, in Brussels to appear at a media conference, said no part of the camera would be connected to his nerves or brain.

He does not intend to create a reality TV show and the camera will be switched off when not needed, he said.

"I don't want to go into a locker room. I don't want to show the world me going to the bathroom either ... I'm not a life-caster and I don't plan to be one," he said.

(Reporting by Bate Felix; Editing by Louise Ireland)


So this mess is dope... i think if i had a prosthetic eye i would def put a camera in it... i mean imagine having first hand visuals from performances, or imagine smashing girls, jk... but for real though, it would be quite tite :]

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