Such devices will allow us to record everything we see, remember things we might otherwise forget and do our hardest thinking for us. Corey Manders, a graduate student, happens to be one such EyeTap-wearing futurist. While he says his wife has yet to become enraptured by his new Terminator look, Manders says he has become accustomed to and, in some ways, spoiled by the technology. It's recording everything I see. Mann says EyeTap devices connect to any computer system, although he says it makes more sense to use a small portable computer.
Retrievable information is stored on the Internet at eyetap.org.
Mann's computerized headgear doesn't go as far as the work of Eduardo Kac or Kevin Warwick, scientists who implanted microchips in their bodies as a means of further connecting man with computers. Warwick, a British futurist and University of Reading professor, said he plans to implant a silicon chip in his body this summer. The chip will be implanted through nerve fibers in his left arm, facilitating communication between a computer and his brain, much like the chip he implanted in his body several years ago. Once the chip is activated, scientists will experiment with signals associated with motion and pain. When Warwick moves a body part, the signal will be sent to the computer.