mercoledì 21 maggio 2014

The Eyeborg

Meet the Eyeborg


Rob Spence is a Canadian documentary maker also known as "the Eyeborg" because he has a camera in his right eye, which he lost after an accident with a gun. His best-known documentary is "Deus Ex: the Eyeborg documentary" in which he uses his eye-camera to interview people with prosthetic limbs. This documentary has been produced with the collaboration of the makers of the videogame: "Deus Ex: Human revolution". Rob thinks that in a non-distant future we will live two times longer as we do now, thanks to prosthetic limbs or bio-mechanical organs. His theory is really interesting because of the fact that scientists nowadays are working on an intelligent-arm-system that can replace an amputated limb. Who knows what the future will deserve us?

  • Title: Meet the Eyeborg
  • Who: Rob Spence
  • When: 2008
  • What: His right eye
  • Why: Because he lost it after an accident
  • How: By replacing it with a camera

martedì 20 maggio 2014

Bat Country

Bats!


The city of Austin (see the picture above) has an original tourist attraction: bats. These bats fly every day upon the Congress Avenue Bridge giving people a spectacular view. Nowadays there are more bats than people in this town. During the 1980s the city restored its main bridge offering bats a safe place to sleep. Every evening from March to November over than a million bats cross the bridge, this "show" lasts an hour. In the past people considered them mortal and dangerous animals, but now the National Association of bat protection resolved everything, in fact, those animals eat between 5000-10.000 Kgs of insects each day and people consider them harmless and helpful.

  • Title: Bats!
  • Topic: Bat country
  • Who/what: People-bats
  • When: 1980
  • Where: Austin, Texas
  • How: By restoring the Congress Avenue Bridge

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