Student Created “Third Eye” For People To Walk And Scroll At The Same Time
From truththeory.com
2021-05-30 09:56:47
Ruan Van Zijl
Excerpt:
A student created a third eye for the phone obsessed. This invention looks like it came out of Black Mirror.
If you are always on your phone, then Minwook Paeng probably thought of you when he created The Third Eye. A robotic prosthetic eye is ttached to the user’s head to detect obstacles while thy scroll through TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and their private messages.
Third Eye opens automatically when the wearer tilts down their heads. A warning buzz is emitted if an obstruction is detected. In this way, the virtual-obsessed can stay online regardless of hazards offline.
His device was developed at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College in London, where he studied Innovation Design Engineering. This year’s theme was “phono sapiens” which was a satire of modern-day humans and their obsession with their smartphones.
“The smartphone has permeated into modern life so deeply that it’s impossible to deny the evolution of phono sapiens,” Paeng told Dezeen.
