This man has camera built-in his eye. It consists of a camera lens, battery and wireless transmitter which transfers the signal to a receiver which looks like mobile phone with a little screen displaying (live view) everything that camera sees. What's more interesting, the camera-eye moves naturally like a normal eye and it allows him to blink. The main application of this camera is undercover journalism and documentary filming.
In my opinion this device is clear evidence of todays technical progress and advancement however it's also quite scary that some people feel such a strong need to modify their bodies and turn themselves into a cyborgs.
In this video Professor Kevin Warwick conducts the experiment by implanting a silicon chip into his forearm. His aim was to connect the nervous system of his arm with the computer.
This is an article about this experiment found on Kevin Warwick's website:
What happens when a man is merged with a computer?
'This is the question that Professor Kevin Warwick and his team at the the department of Cybernetics, University of Reading intend to answer with 'Project Cyborg'.
On Monday 24th August 1998, at 4:00pm, Professor Kevin Warwick underwent an operation to surgically implant a silicon chip transponder in his forearm. Dr. George Boulous carried out the operation at Tilehurst Surgery, using local anaesthetic only.
This experiment allowed a computer to monitor Kevin Warwick as he moved through halls and offices of the Department of Cybernetics at the University of Reading, using a unique identifying signal emitted by the implanted chip. He could operate doors, lights, heaters and other computers without lifting a finger.
The chip implant technology has the capability to impact our lives in ways that have been previously thought possible in only sci-fi movies. The implant could carry all sorts of information about a person, from Access and Visa details to your National Insurance number, blood type, medical records etc., with the data being updated where necessary.
The second phase of the experiment Project Cyborg 2.0 got underway in March 2002. This phase will look at how a new implant could send signals back and forth between Warwick's nervous system and a computer. If this phase succeeds with no complications, a similar chip will be implanted in his wife, Irena. This will allow the investigation of how movement, thought or emotion signals could be transmitted from one person to the other, possibly via the Internet. The question is how much can the brain process and adapt to unfamiliar information coming in through the nerve branches? Will the brain accept the information? Will it try to stop it or be able to cope? Professor Kevin Warwick's answer to these questions is quite simply "We don't have an idea - yet, but if this experiment has the possibility to help even one person, it is worth doing just to see what might happen". '
This experiment allowed a computer to monitor Kevin Warwick as he moved through halls and offices of the Department of Cybernetics at the University of Reading, using a unique identifying signal emitted by the implanted chip. He could operate doors, lights, heaters and other computers without lifting a finger.
The chip implant technology has the capability to impact our lives in ways that have been previously thought possible in only sci-fi movies. The implant could carry all sorts of information about a person, from Access and Visa details to your National Insurance number, blood type, medical records etc., with the data being updated where necessary.
The second phase of the experiment Project Cyborg 2.0 got underway in March 2002. This phase will look at how a new implant could send signals back and forth between Warwick's nervous system and a computer. If this phase succeeds with no complications, a similar chip will be implanted in his wife, Irena. This will allow the investigation of how movement, thought or emotion signals could be transmitted from one person to the other, possibly via the Internet. The question is how much can the brain process and adapt to unfamiliar information coming in through the nerve branches? Will the brain accept the information? Will it try to stop it or be able to cope? Professor Kevin Warwick's answer to these questions is quite simply "We don't have an idea - yet, but if this experiment has the possibility to help even one person, it is worth doing just to see what might happen". '
Despite all the distressing 'cyborg' inventions, science can be a salvation for many people whose fate is not as sweet as it could be.
This is an interview with a deaf woman who finally is able to hear after 29years of her life.
I think we can easily state that science is something endless and it will never achieve its apogee. We don't know how far the technical progress will go but there is no doubt that people will never stop questioning.
