Recently, I entered the Tony Stark Expo contest which is a joint promotion for Audi and several other brands. I only had a couple of hours to produce this.
http://microsites.audiusa.com/ironman2/?section=contest&idea=97
Basically, I am intrigued with the growing capabilities to externally sense brain activity and control devices. The video was produced to look ‘webcam-like’ — using the built in insight camera in a MacBook Pro and editing on FinalCut Pro. The ‘lab note book’ was the theme for introducing some of the illustrations and concepts. Video can be used to show a ‘rough sketch’ of an idea– great as a tool for incubating and sharing ideas. This is a neat idea for a contest with a great plug for innovation and creativity …
The technology concept underlying the video that I submitted is in it’s infancy… look at these inspirational videos.
This is great technology– basically we need to come up with an io interface standard for the brain and spine… like a complex web service so that you could interface peripherals with the brain (new eyes, ears, prosthetics, etc.)
.. it reminds me of the first original Star Trek episodes in which commander Pike who had ‘locked-in syndrome’ in his wheel chair is able to communicate using the computer…Here is the Star Trek episode where this concept was shown…
