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again something very interesting for the Bay Area wear hards!
Thomas
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Computer Systems Laboratory Colloquium
4:15PM, Wednesday, June 05, 2002
NEC Auditorium, Gates Computer Science Building B03
http://ee380.stanford.edu[1]
Topic: Intelligent Image Processing[2]
Eyeglass-based computer vision systems
based on the EyeTap principle
Speaker: Steve Mann
University of Toronto
+***************************************************+
* This lecture is a bit of a departure for us. *
* The talk will be given remotely. Students are *
* welcome to watch it on-line rather than attend *
* in person--a reprieve from our usual requirement.*
* Live, real-time interaction will be available, *
* as usual, in the lecture hall. *
*****************************************************
About the talk:
EyeTap[3] devices are devices that cause the eye itself to, in
effect, function as if it were both a camera and display.
Such computer vision systems, built into eyeglasses, can be used
to assist the visually impaired, or those suffering from visual
memory disability. For example, the wearable face recognizer[4]
allows the wearer to see a virtual name tag appear within their
field of view.
Eyetaps are also obviously useful in a utilitarian sense, e.g.
for refrigeration engineers and other workers seeking advice from
a remote expert[5].
EyeTap systems blur the boundary between cyberspace and the real
world, and allow us to see better, and to communicate better.
Like the invention of shoes, clothing, ordinary eyeglasses, and
other prosthetics, we will become dependent on these forms of
technology as we evolve into becoming "cyborgs[6]", part human,
and part computer. Just as we, as a society, have all but
forgotten how to survive naked in the wilderness, we may, in the
future, also experience difficulties if we are ever "unplugged[7]",
perhaps after having worn a computer vision system for more than
20 years.
Issues of discrimination may come into play, until enough of us
become one with such technology. However, in the face of such
inconveniences as restriction on travel, new ways of remotely
delivering lectures and other presentations[8] may make physical
travel of the body completely unnecessary.
Like any other new invention, the EyeTap device raises many new
questions, from the right to see[9] (e.g. licensing[10] issues,
etc.), to our growing dependence on technology, and the need to
make these systems function reliably, both technologically, as
well as sociologically.
Thus, along with new mathematical theories[11] in the area of
Intelligent Image Processing[12], there are also a whole host of
important new questions that have yet to be answered.
About the speaker:
Prof. Steve Mann was born in Hamilton Ontario, Canada where he
spent much of his childhood days building electrical systems onto
his body, making his own computerized clothing. By the mid 1980s,
while still an undergraduate student of physics and electrical
engineering, his work began to have an influence on the fashion
industry[13] and by 1985 a solo exhibit of his "painting with
lightvectors" images (the world as seen through his computerized
eyeglasses) resulted in commercial requests for his cybernetic
art[14]. He is also the inventor of the chirplet transform[15], a
new mathematical theory that he developed for his BlindVision
system (a wearable radar for the blind). In 1991 he took his
inventions to the Unites States where he completed his PhD at
M.I.T. in 1997. His recent books[16] describe this work in more
detail. For more information, see:
Research papers[17]
Teaching[18]
Service to the community[19]
Textbooks[20]
Mainstream popular books[21]
Motion picture films[22]
Museum exhibits[23]
Brief bio[24]
Contact information:
Prof. Steve Mann
10 King's College Road, Room 2001
Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
M5S 3G4
(416) 946-3387
(416) 971-2326
[ 1 ] http://ee380.stanford.edu
[ 2 ] http://wearcam.org/textbook.htm
[ 3 ] http://about.eyetap.org/library/weekly/aa012201a.shtml
[ 4 ] http://wearcam.org/vmp.htm
[ 5 ] http://wearcam.org/abelroofing/infrared/
[ 6 ] http://wearcam.org/cyborg.htm
[ 7 ] http://wearcam.org/unplugged.htm
[ 8 ] http://wearcam.org/defcon7keynote/
[ 9 ] http://wearcam.org/sightlicense.htm
[ 10 ] http://wearcam.org/seatsale/index.htm
[ 11 ] http://wearcam.org/comparam.htm
[ 12 ] http://wearcam.org/textbook.htm
[ 13 ] http://wearcam.org/citytv/index.htm
[ 14 ] http://wearcam.org/devah_hair1985.htm
[ 15 ] http://wearcam.org/chirplet.htm
[ 16 ] http://wearcam.org/books.htm
[ 17 ] http://wearcam.org/research.htm
[ 18 ] http://wearcam.org/ece1766.htm
[ 19 ] http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/10055/edboard.htm
[ 20 ] http://wearcam.org/textbook.htm
[ 21 ] http://existech.com/cyborg_randomhouse_doubleday.htm
[ 22 ] http://eyetap.org/cyberman/
[ 23 ] http://wearcam.org/seatsale/index.htm
[ 24 ] http://wearcam.org/bio.htm
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Smart Vehicles Group
DaimlerChrysler RTNA, Inc.
1510 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Tel: 650.845.2570
Fax: 650.845.2555
web: http://www.rtna.daimlerchrysler.com
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again something very interesting for the Bay Area wear hards!<br>
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Thomas<br>
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Computer Systems Laboratory Colloquium
4:15PM, Wednesday, June 05, 2002
NEC Auditorium, Gates Computer Science Building B03
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ee380.stanford.edu[1">http://ee380.stanford.edu[1</a>]
Topic: Intelligent Image Processing[2]
Eyeglass-based computer vision systems
based on the EyeTap principle
Speaker: Steve Mann
University of Toronto
+***************************************************+
* This lecture is a bit of a departure for us. *
* The talk will be given remotely. Students are *
* welcome to watch it on-line rather than attend *
* in person--a reprieve from our usual requirement.*
* Live, real-time interaction will be available, *
* as usual, in the lecture hall. *
*****************************************************
About the talk:
EyeTap[3] devices are devices that cause the eye itself to, in
effect, function as if it were both a camera and display.
Such computer vision systems, built into eyeglasses, can be used
to assist the visually impaired, or those suffering from visual
memory disability. For example, the wearable face recognizer[4]
allows the wearer to see a virtual name tag appear within their
field of view.
Eyetaps are also obviously useful in a utilitarian sense, e.g.
for refrigeration engineers and other workers seeking advice from
a remote expert[5].
EyeTap systems blur the boundary between cyberspace and the real
world, and allow us to see better, and to communicate better.
Like the invention of shoes, clothing, ordinary eyeglasses, and
other prosthetics, we will become dependent on these forms of
technology as we evolve into becoming "cyborgs[6]", part human,
and part computer. Just as we, as a society, have all but
forgotten how to survive naked in the wilderness, we may, in the
future, also experience difficulties if we are ever "unplugged[7]",
perhaps after having worn a computer vision system for more than
20 years.
Issues of discrimination may come into play, until enough of us
become one with such technology. However, in the face of such
inconveniences as restriction on travel, new ways of remotely
delivering lectures and other presentations[8] may make physical
travel of the body completely unnecessary.
Like any other new invention, the EyeTap device raises many new
questions, from the right to see[9] (e.g. licensing[10] issues,
etc.), to our growing dependence on technology, and the need to
make these systems function reliably, both technologically, as
well as sociologically.
Thus, along with new mathematical theories[11] in the area of
Intelligent Image Processing[12], there are also a whole host of
important new questions that have yet to be answered.
About the speaker:
Prof. Steve Mann was born in Hamilton Ontario, Canada where he
spent much of his childhood days building electrical systems onto
his body, making his own computerized clothing. By the mid 1980s,
while still an undergraduate student of physics and electrical
engineering, his work began to have an influence on the fashion
industry[13] and by 1985 a solo exhibit of his "painting with
lightvectors" images (the world as seen through his computerized
eyeglasses) resulted in commercial requests for his cybernetic
art[14]. He is also the inventor of the chirplet transform[15], a
new mathematical theory that he developed for his BlindVision
system (a wearable radar for the blind). In 1991 he took his
inventions to the Unites States where he completed his PhD at
M.I.T. in 1997. His recent books[16] describe this work in more
detail. For more information, see:
Research papers[17]
Teaching[18]
Service to the community[19]
Textbooks[20]
Mainstream popular books[21]
Motion picture films[22]
Museum exhibits[23]
Brief bio[24]
Contact information:
Prof. Steve Mann
10 King's College Road, Room 2001
Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
M5S 3G4
(416) 946-3387
(416) 971-2326
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:"></a>
[ 1 ] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ee380.stanford.edu">http://ee380.stanford.edu</a>
[ 2 ] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wearcam.org/textbook.htm">http://wearcam.org/textbook.htm</a>
[ 3 ] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://about.eyetap.org/library/weekly/aa012201a.shtml">http://about.eyetap.org/library/weekly/aa012201a.shtml</a>
[ 4 ] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wearcam.org/vmp.htm">http://wearcam.org/vmp.htm</a>
[ 5 ] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wearcam.org/abelroofing/infrared/">http://wearcam.org/abelroofing/infrared/</a>
[ 6 ] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wearcam.org/cyborg.htm">http://wearcam.org/cyborg.htm</a>
[ 7 ] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wearcam.org/unplugged.htm">http://wearcam.org/unplugged.htm</a>
[ 8 ] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wearcam.org/defcon7keynote/">http://wearcam.org/defcon7keynote/</a>
[ 9 ] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wearcam.org/sightlicense.htm">http://wearcam.org/sightlicense.htm</a>
[ 10 ] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wearcam.org/seatsale/index.htm">http://wearcam.org/seatsale/index.htm</a>
[ 11 ] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wearcam.org/comparam.htm">http://wearcam.org/comparam.htm</a>
[ 12 ] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wearcam.org/textbook.htm">http://wearcam.org/textbook.htm</a>
[ 13 ] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wearcam.org/citytv/index.htm">http://wearcam.org/citytv/index.htm</a>
[ 14 ] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wearcam.org/devah_hair1985.htm">http://wearcam.org/devah_hair1985.htm</a>
[ 15 ] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wearcam.org/chirplet.htm">http://wearcam.org/chirplet.htm</a>
[ 16 ] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wearcam.org/books.htm">http://wearcam.org/books.htm</a>
[ 17 ] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wearcam.org/research.htm">http://wearcam.org/research.htm</a>
[ 18 ] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wearcam.org/ece1766.htm">http://wearcam.org/ece1766.htm</a>
[ 19 ] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/10055/edboard.htm">http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/10055/edboard.htm</a>
[ 20 ] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wearcam.org/textbook.htm">http://wearcam.org/textbook.htm</a>
[ 21 ] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://existech.com/cyborg_randomhouse_doubleday.htm">http://existech.com/cyborg_randomhouse_doubleday.htm</a>
[ 22 ] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://eyetap.org/cyberman/">http://eyetap.org/cyberman/</a>
[ 23 ] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wearcam.org/seatsale/index.htm">http://wearcam.org/seatsale/index.htm</a>
[ 24 ] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wearcam.org/bio.htm">http://wearcam.org/bio.htm</a>
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Thomas Bock
Senior Research Scientist
Smart Vehicles Group
DaimlerChrysler RTNA, Inc.
1510 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Tel: 650.845.2570
Fax: 650.845.2555
web: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.rtna.daimlerchrysler.com">http://www.rtna.daimlerchrysler.com</a>
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"We didn't underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought."
Bobby Robson, after playing Cameroon in the 1990 world cup finals
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