Jun 122010
I’ve written before about the Canadian filmmaker who was working on a way to replace his prosthetic eye with a miniature video camera. He’s now completed a prototype and now his next goal is to wirelessly transmit the video to the Internet. I wonder if he’ll broadcast everything he sees; it could create some awkward moments for his spouse or significant other. I once read a science fiction story in which people lived hundreds of years and everyone had a little robotic insect hovering nearby to record every moment of their lives as a kind of memory aid. The author probably didn’t anticipate that such recording systems would eventually be built right into us. I’m already dreading the reality shows that will emerge with this technology.
