tanyavlach.wordpress.com - 11/12/2008
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A cyborg is a cybernetic organism, a hybrid of machine and organism, a creature of social reality as well as a creature of fiction. - Donna J. Haraway
Eye-Cam
An intraocular installation of an eye-cam. An experiment in wearable technology, cybernetics, and perception.
I am attempting to ...
tanyavlach.wordpress.com - 11/12/2008
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Scleral Shell, Prosthesis designed by Dr. Danz. Photo
by Jonathan James...
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ONE-EYED
blog.makezine.com - 11/18/2008
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Interesting article about Honda @ Forbes... At American
auto companies, finance guys and marketers rise to the...
top. Not at Honda ... Of all the bizarre subsidiaries that big companies can find themselves with, Harmony Agricultural Products, ...
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Engineers rule @ Honda...
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Someone Please Build This Woman a Webcam Eye [Hacks]
Gizmodo —
... Tanya's finances are currently tied up in trying to pay off her medical bills, so she cannot fund the development of such a device herself. However, if you think you are up to the task of building a piece of art/medical history, by all means head on over to her website and drop her a line. [One-Eyed via ...
Call for engineers: help design an eye-mounted camera
Core77 —
... for this sort of cybernetistry. If you're not terribly squeamish (there are a couple of close-up shots of an empty eye socket) take a look at the video below: Tanya has put out an official request for technical assistance in this pursuit, and we're interested enough that we thought we'd push that request on to the Core77 readership. It's more involved than a 1HDC, but on the other hand, aren't you intrigued to see what the world looks like through--literally--someone else's eye? >>See preliminary dimensions and technical requirements, and make responses here ...
Monocular San Francisco artist wants webcam installed in her prosthetic eye
Engadget —
... Tanya Vlach, a San Francisco-based artist, lost her eye in a 2005 car accident, and now keeps a blog chronicling the "monocular life." She's got a real-enough looking prosthetic peeper, but Tanya's a self-described "sci-fi geek," and, with the approval of her ...
Woman wants to replace her glass eye with a webcam
CrunchGear —
... Her demands are pretty light: video and still taking ability, wi-fi, and a Mini-SD card slot. Very good, but did madame mean Micro-SD? It is going in madame’s eyeball. The real trouble would be power and control; it would have to be removable and rechargeable, and be completely water-tight. To be honest, a good engineer and a… glass eye specialist or something could probably put one together for less than $500. Check out her blog here. ...
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