First of all, the word “Eyeborg” is a little too close to “Lobot” for my liking, and secondly, this probably sets a pretty freaky precedent, but that hasn’t stopped Toronto resident Rob Spence, who lost an eye three years ago, from pimping his socket out with a hidden camera. Seems filmmaker Spence, 36, thinks we might like to know what life is like through his eyes, although he has promised to seek the permission of anyone filmed before broadcast, so it’s not true lifecasting, but it’s very, very close.

“It is very interesting that my plan has been met with fear and fascination. People find the idea that any part of the body being replaced by a machine is difficult. But when it is the eye, the personal window to the soul, then that is even more difficult.”

Personally I’m waiting to see how long before someone stuffs these things in a celebrity so that warped reality TV fans can literally spend time in someone else’s head.

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Cybernetics gets closer to everyday life today as Tanya Vlach posted a ‘cybernetic eye wanted‘ ad on her blog.

I am attempting to recreate my eye with the help of a miniature camera implant in my prosthetic / artificial eye. The intraocular installation of an eye-cam will substitute for the field of vision of my left eye that I lost in 2005 from a car accident. While my prosthetic is an excellent aesthetic replacement, I am interested in capitalizing on the current advancement of technology to enhance the abilities of my prosthesis for an augmented reality.

I would like to take this oppotunity to ask any engineers out there for a shoulder mounted laser cannon. Worth a try?
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