Canadian filmmaker gets artificial eye with wireless camera technology

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"It's the first time Spence and his team have managed to fit an electronic device (complete with power source) into the eye. Spence's right eye was damaged in a childhood accident, so he's been using a prosthetic replacement for years. He wants to create a prosthetic eye with a wireless video camera in order to film his experiences." - Alan Cheslow

One-Eyed Filmmaker Goes Bionic
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/story?id=7279999&page=1



Like the fictional bionic man, Spence wants to transform his loss into a superhuman strength. But instead of using his enhanced ability for secret agent-type espionage, he wants to use it for his art.

Calling himself an "eyeborg," the 36-year-old, who is originally from California, wants to produce videos with his camera eye that explore privacy and surveillance issues. As surveillance and other hidden cameras increasingly monitor our daily lives, Spence wants his unusual perspective to serve as a check.

"We're sleepwalking into an Orwellian society," he said. "There's surveillance, but who's doing the surveillance. Who's watching the watchers?"