Before disease took his ability to move, Tony Quan was an amazing graffiti artist. Now he is completely paralysed, save for his eyes, and still an amazing artist. Seeing how he works left me with tear-streaked cheeks.
Beautiful, isn’t it? Art, whether in the form of graffiti or coffee, is an individual’s contribution to humanity. And the incredible people behind the EyeWriter Initiative are making sure that not even paralysis, like Tony’s, stops someone from making such a creative contribution. The project is an open-source collaboration which seeks to continue building on their low-cost eye-tracking system and they’ve even got instructions for a DIY version of the EyeWriter. [Eyewriter via Infosthetics]
This week, Gizmodo is exploring the enhanced human future in a segment we call This Cyborg Life. It’s about what happens when we treat our body less as a sacred object and more as what it is: Nature’s ultimate machine.
Dave
March 22, 2010 at 11:23 AM
To sum it up…i have tears of joy for Tony and his family. You really have some great friends. This story really hit home for me. Being a, um…urban artist myself and having a dad pass away last year from another hardcore disabling disease but leaves your mind free to think clearly, muscular dystrophy. These diseases remind you of the fragile nature of life. Your good health is not promised. Kudos to his buddies for making all this happen for the love of there friends need for artistic/personal fulfillment. Besides love what more do you need, not want, in life?
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