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It may sound like a joke — but it’s not. If you’ve been poking about on YouTube or TechCrunch today, you may have already seen this: an interview (and partial commercial for the new Deus Ex) with Rob Spence, a man who has successfully created a prosthetic eye for himself that is actually an endoscope turned wireless video camera. It doesn’t plug into his brain or anything (we’re a while away from that yet), only outputting to a handheld LCD receiver/viewer, but hey — that’s still good enough for a decent bit of spy-tech, right? At the very least, it makes for a good “neeeeeeat” or “oh-ye-gods-that’s-gross” story.
Check out the video, below. Yep, video — and you do get to see him install and remove the eye, so if you’re squeamish… well, you’ve been warned.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTlFgtjLLCE&feature=player_embedded
So who wants one?
Stephan Hilson says:
This story seems unusual and very weird. But it is interesting because Rob Spence successfully created a prosthetic eye for himself. It is better to have prosthetic eye than nothing. And I hope it was proven safe to his health as much as it improves his appearance. Thanks for interesting story and the video.
August 27, 2011 — 10:57 am
Bobby Travis says:
My pleasure Stephan. :D
I find it intriguing, to be sure — and you have to wonder, what sort of affect would the wireless radiation (coming from -inside- his head!) have on his brain…
August 29, 2011 — 5:53 pm
ella says:
I think that he watched waaay too many scifi movies and played video games…seriously. It still doesn’t replace his vision so what’s the point?
August 29, 2011 — 4:25 am
Bobby Travis says:
I hear you Ella. It is a pretty solid achievement in miniaturization, though, and may be an important step in the overall process — which will go nowhere until we can create a dense enough connector.
August 29, 2011 — 5:55 pm
Carla says:
I agree that he watched too many SF movies, it’s kinda weird and I don’t have the strength too see the whole video.
August 29, 2011 — 7:18 pm
Bobby Travis says:
Totally understandable, Carla. :) It definitely is packaged as a bit of sensationalism.
August 29, 2011 — 10:11 pm