EyeWriter – Write Graffiti Using Only Your Eyes – TEMPTONE
EyeWriter – Write Graffiti Using Only Your Eyes – TEMPTONE
What’s this all about? Well members of Free Art and Technology (FAT), OpenFrameworks, the Graffiti Research Lab, and The Ebeling Group communities have teamed-up with a legendary LA graffiti writer, publisher and activist (named Tony Quan, aka TEMPTONE) to create the EyeWriter.
TEMPTONE was diagnosed with ALS in 2003, a disease which has left him almost completely physically paralyzed… except for his eyes. This international team is working together to create a low-cost, open source eye-tracking system that will allow ALS patients to draw using just their eyes.
They’re aiming to setup a network of software programmers, hardware nutters, ALS patients and graff artists to help build these systems and make sick new eye graffiti art.
The video is great, it shows the system in action and how they’re working towards their ambitious target. We’ll be keeping a close watch (yeah no puns suckers) on it’s progress, can’t wait to check out the art that users will be producing.
If you reckon you could help in some way then check their site and root around the developer area.
Check out the EyeWriter site, it’s got more information on the system and it’s progress. Seriously, what an awesome project!
