You've probably heard about the man with the eyeball camera. Here's the most detailed (and sometimes graphic) video I've yet seen about documentary filmmaker Rob Spence (aka Eyeborg), who is working on getting his prosthetic eye replaced with a wireless eye socket camera:
I first encountered Spence in this writeup at Wired last fall. According to the new video, they've hit a few snags since then, but for some reason Spence is all over the news right now. And it's a safe bet he'll continue to be, if he becomes the first cyborg reporter with a bionic eyecamera!
More: a briefer AP video on YouTube, via NextNature
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The Clinton team has added a new message guru, advertising and branding wizard Roy Spence. From ABC News.com:
Online maps 'wiping out history':
Internet mapping is wiping the rich geography and history of Britain off the map, the president of the British Cartographic Society has said.
Homeopathy is what I like to call The One Quackery To Rule Them All. Depending upon my mood, I'll use more or less of J.R.R.
That's very cool!
This is just the beginning. Dig up a copy of William Gibson's novella Burning Chrome for a glimpse of what it will be like much further down the road.
Here's another practical substitute - a programmer in Finland lost a finger, and replaced it with a USB drive.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5005118/Compute…