Posts Tagged: Steve Mann
Future-minded thinkers from around the globe descended on the University of Toronto Thursday as the International Symposium on Technology & Society, or ISTAS 2013, launched its three-day program on the theme Smart World: People as Sensors. Attendees received a warm…
Delegates were treated to a water show Wednesday morning when they visited ECE Professor Steve Mann’s lab in a greenhouse atop the Faculty of Forestry building. The group was led by Robert Bell, co-founder of the New York-based Intelligent Community Forum,…
ECE Professor and father of ‘wearable computing’ Steve Mann has granted readers a rare glimpse behind the glass in a feature article for IEEE Spectrum Tech Alert. In the profile, titled ‘Steve Mann: My Augmediated’ Life,’ Mann addresses the pros and pitfalls of embracing…
Internet-connected eyeglasses and similar technologies will soon be on the market, but their benefits and dangers are little understood. Professor Steve Mann (ECE) hopes to change that at a groundbreaking conference at U of T in June 2013. Professor Mann,…
While Google’s latest project – developing eyewear that integrates computer technology – may have the technology world buzzing, a recent story by the U.K.’s The Guardian points out that a U of T Engineering professor did it first. Professor Steve Mann of The Edward…
Steve Mann (ECE) is attaching electronic devices to his body in his youth. The purpose? To experience a reality that has been technologically mediated. Steve Mann is a cyborg. That is, he’s a human with both biological and artificial parts.…
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