Created as a tool for people suffering from full paralysis, this system is a pretty amazing piece of work. When entrepreneur mick ebeling met quan, he was determined to help the artist accomplish both of these things. Eyewriter about news videos diy developer contact eyetags photos art is a tool of empowerment and social change, and i consider myself blessed to be able to create and use my work to promote health reform, bring awareness about als and help others. The art and joy of doing what couldnt be done ebeling, mick on. Behold the latest ocular assault weapon from the graffiti research lab, openframeworks, the fat lab and the ebeling group.
See the complete profile on linkedin and discover mikes. Austin, tx, mar 16, 2016 marketwired via comtex not impossibles don voice project was honored with a 2016 sxsw interactive innovation award in. Created to enable the alsinflicted graffitiartist tempt to draw again. Mick ebeling keynote speaker, inventor, humanitarian. Ebeling discussed project daniel at ces in las vegas during intels keynote this week. The eyewriter is an open source eye tracking initiative.
The nerve disease als left graffiti artist tempt paralyzed from head to toe, forced to communicate blink by blink. The eyewriter, as it was called, has now been improved, and the eyewriter 2. Design museum brit insurance designs of the year 2010. Making the impossible possible mick ebeling youtube. Quan is paralyzed, yet with the assistance of the eyewriter, a custom eyetracking software, he is still able to continue painting. Ebeling is ceo of not impossible, an organization that develops creative solutions to address realworld problems.
View mike collins profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Daniel recieved his left arm in november and ebeling then set up a 3d printing lab in a nearby hospital, not impossible says. The eyewriter, usa, created by members of free art and technology, openframeworks, graffiti research lab, the ebeling group and tony quan won the interactive. He had 400 attendees hanging on his every word, captivated by his raw passion and drive to change the world, one feat at a time. This is the mature version of the kaneye project we covered in april. Not impossible wins 2016 sxsw interactive innovation award.
Eyewriter enables paralyzed artists to express themselves. In 2009, ebeling created the eyewriter for tempt one, a grafitti artist diagnosed with als. Tagger with als now makes virtual graffiti fast company. With no technical background in ocular recognition technology, ebeling created not impossibles first project.
Openframeworks and the ebeling group were inspired to create lowcost, opensource hardware. Not impossible labs is a oneofakind, award winning technology incubator and content studio dedicated to changing the world through technology and story. This demonstrates both the power of technology like. Not impossible labs was founded on micks firm belief that nothing is impossible. Mick ebeling is inspiring, life changing, the real deal. Eyewriter is the fruit of the kaneye project hackaday. Mick ebeling born november 14, 1973 is an american film, television and commercial executive producer, author, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Not impossibles mick ebeling introduces the eyewriter. In a remarkable talk at tedactive, entrepreneur mick ebeling shares how he and a team of collaborators built an opensource invention that gave the artist and gives others in his circumstance the means to make art again. Collaboratively developed by free art and technology fat.
The eyewriter, usa, created by members of free art and technology, openframeworks, graffiti research lab, the ebeling group and tony quan won the. The eyewriter was named one of the 50 best inventions of 2010 by time magazine, and a ted talk that ebeling gave on the glasses received more than 850,000 views after it was posted on the. Mick ebeling and not impossible labs are changing the world through technology and story, and challenging you to do the same. If you are looking for a speaker who will elevate your meeting to the next level, he is the man for you. Its called the eyewriter, and the project is led by a group of graffiti artists driven to. Mike collins senior director business development l7. Eyewriter enables paralyzed artists to express themselves with eyedrawn art. Mick ebeling s dream was always to use storytelling and technology to help as many people as possible. In his talk, he talks about his journey to sudan to create 3dprinted prosthetic limbs for. By tracking his eye movements, the artist was able to draw again after seven years of immobility. Not impossibles mick ebeling spoke at ted about the amazing eyewriter one of time magazines 50 best inventions of 2010.
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