Picture a device that turns your eye into a display screen and a camera. Think of living a computer mediated reality where wearable technology guides your perception and your perception guides technology. Steve Mann's EyeTap makes this idea a reality. Discover the world of wearable technology that's meant to be worn and used constantly. Wait before shopping for an EyeTap. It is not commercially available. Read on to learn more.
Instructions
1. Capture and store an accurate record of experiences. Use this wearable technology to enhance the reliability of witnesses to crimes or other events, improve news reporting and create an accurate record of historical events.
2. Wear an EyeTap to monitor your health, improve visual impairment and form a permanent technological link with loved ones or safety services. Investigate this technology for assisting those who are visually impaired.
3. Create a technological community that you access whenever you are wearing an EyeTap. Stay online constantly by wearing your EyeTap. Share your experience in real time with your friends and family.
4. Use an EyeTap as information support during medical procedures, engineering repairs or other activities where real-time knowledge means the difference between success and failure.
5. Explore the emerging technology that uses an EyeTap as a navigational aid in cars or other vehicles. Use the EyeTap as a remote control device for toys or full-scale transportation.
6. Access information gained by reconnaissance personnel in real time and view the scene as if you were there. Use the EyeTap in military situations and police investigations to increase the speed and reliability of gathered information.
7. Know a persons name instantly by accessing your EyeTap. Use the technology-provided information and greet your acquaintance. You have now entered the world of computer mediated reality.
Tags: wearable technology, accurate record, computer mediated, computer mediated reality, mediated reality
