Insert Coin: Prosthetic eye digital camera (video)
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Nobody with binocular vision would consider replacing a functional natural eye with a [URL="http://www.engadget.com/tag/digitalcamera/"]digital camera[/URL]. But Tanya Vlach's vision is monocular, after losing one of her eyes in a car accident. A matching ocular prosthesis gives the San Francisco native a normal appearance, but it's unable to provide vision -- in its current state, at least. Vlach turned to [URL="http://www.engadget.com/tag/Kickstarter/"]Kickstarter[/URL] for donations that would allow her to install a unique, waterproof in-eye camera, theoretically capable of transmitting 720p HD video wirelessly to a mobile app, and zooming and capturing still images using a blink-activated sensor. Features also on the wish list: facial recognition, a dilating pupil that changes based on light, infrared / UV capture, and [URL="http://www.engadget.com/tag/geotagging/"]geotagging[/URL], just to name a few.
The embedded camera obviously can't replace a natural eye, but it certainly brings more life to an otherwise useless cosmetic shell. Vlach needs to raise $15,000 by August 3rd in order to achieve her funding goal and commission an engineer to design the new optic. Donations of less than $5,000 will be rewarded with a variety of small-ticket items, while a pledge greater than that amount will net the donor their very own "souvenir eye camera" -- whatever that means. You can jump past the break for a video explanation from Tanya, who may very well be on her way to being the first human to use a digital pseudo-bionic eye.
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Video in source. Also, I've always thought of this and how awesome it would be if it was real. And bam! It is now!
And In before Deux Ex 'I didn't never for this' memes.
This is why I want to be a biomedical engineer.
I would totally ask for this.
Awesome.
It would be awesome if in the future, they managed to send the signal to the optic nerve, allowing the user to see using the bionic eye.
just imagine being with a person who has one of these eyes, and in mid-coversation their eye pops out. honestly i would freak the fuck out.
Pledge $100 or more and you get a custom designed eyepatch.
$250 or more gives you access to the unveiling party+all of the above.
$1500 or more gives you a limited edition designer eyepatch+all of the above.
[url]http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/growaneweye/grow-a-new-eye?ref=video[/url]
[quote]Nobody with binocular vision would consider replacing a functional natural eye with a digital camera[/quote]
Except I would
[quote]Nobody with binocular vision would consider replacing a functional natural eye with a digital camera[/quote]
Well if I lose an eye and they tell me "You won't be able to see with that eye again, but you can look like a normal person and also take pictures of shit WITH YOUR OWN FUCKING EYE", where do I have to sign?
I've always wanted to see the world from someone else's eyes.
This is neat-o.
[QUOTE=Ignhelper;31028673]And In before Deux Ex 'I didn't never for this' memes.[/QUOTE]Her vision is augmented. :smug:
Oh damn. I know what colour I want:
[QUOTE=Nerts;31031847]Her vision is augmented. :smug:[/QUOTE]
I want orange.
[QUOTE=Ray-The-Sun;31032372]Oh damn. I know what colour I want:
I want orange.[/QUOTE]I'm sure if you place an order for one now it'll be undergoing preparations and should be operational within six months.
My vision is... Oh, forget it, it's too easy.
[QUOTE=Nerts;31032459]I'm sure if you place an order for one now it'll be undergoing preparations and should be operational within six months.[/QUOTE]Within the week, there will be old men running around with cameras in their eyes.
[QUOTE=Lizzrd;31032697]Within the week, there will be old men running around with cameras in their eyes.[/QUOTE]
Oh god, it's the peeping tom's wet dream.
My eye is ready.
[QUOTE=Nerts;31032459]I'm sure if you place an order for one now it'll be undergoing preparations and should be operational within six months.[/QUOTE]
No, within the week.
[QUOTE=Lizzrd;31032697]Within the week, there will be old men running around with cameras in their eyes.[/QUOTE]
No. Within six months.
[editline]10th July 2011[/editline]
This seems like a cool idea in retrospect, but I must admit I have been somewhat disappointed in the performance of UN[B]CAM[/B]​CO.
I hope I won't be somewhat disappointed in the performance of this unit.
Oh you motherfucker... I need to learn to refresh before posting.
Can she see through this prosthetic eye?
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/OWCCd.png[/IMG]
[editline]10th July 2011[/editline]
I'd want something like that, that actually connects to the brain, and has thermal vision.
I'm surprised there's no thermal vision in DE3.
Yeah, that would be so awesome. Hell, if it were better than the human eye, and I could modify the zoom, i'd be saving up for one even if it took several decades, though hopefully by then they'd be more affordable...
[QUOTE=ironman17;31036920]i'd be saving up for one even if it took several decades, though hopefully by then they'd be more affordable...[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't do that if I were you. Chances are we'd end up like the film Repo! (The opera one, not Repo Men)
Well. I can't see for shit without contants, where can I get a working one?
[QUOTE=Numidium;31035824][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/OWCCd.png[/IMG]
[editline]10th July 2011[/editline]
I'd want something like that, that actually connects to the brain, and has thermal vision.
I'm surprised there's no thermal vision in DE3.[/QUOTE]
There's multiple types of eye augs in the DXHR period of the DX universe (talked about in the book). I guess it was cut for gameplay purposes plus seeing through walls is cooler and way more helpful.
Lets film porn with this. The ultimate POV camera.
In the video, when she put in the "cap" that'll cover the camera into her eyesocket, I got sick. :barf:
[QUOTE=Nikota;31037534]Lets film porn with this. The ultimate POV camera.[/QUOTE]
But the only people who'd have the eye would be people who've been in skull fuck po
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now I wait for them to invent an eye that can use a targeting, show weakness, tv shows etc
[QUOTE=mastfire;31040016]now I wait for them to invent an eye that can use a targeting, show weakness, tv shows etc[/QUOTE]
[URL="http://inhabitat.com/solar-powered-augmented-contact-lenses-cover-your-eye-with-100s-of-leds/"]http://inhabitat.com/solar-powered-augmented-contact-lenses-cover-your-eye-with-100s-of-leds/
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