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December 8, 2008

Documentarian wants to implant camera in prosthetic eye

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A few years ago doctors removed Rob Spence's right eye. He damaged it more than 20 years ago while shooting his grandfather's gun on a trip to Ireland.

Now the 36 year-old Canadian documentary film maker is working with a team of scientists to implant a camera in his prosthetic eye. Spence plans to use the eye-cam to shoot scenes for a new film, which will examine the perils of surveillance by camera.

Here is a longer version of my interview with Spence:


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Comments (3)


Has anyone here seen the Bertrand Tavenier film with Harvey Kietel, La Mort en direct, known as Death Watch in the states? Sci-Fi becomes Sci-Fact...

Posted by Mark Prather | December 12, 2008 10:35 PM


Never seen that film ... I'll put it in my Netflix queue ...

Posted by Jon Gordon | December 14, 2008 12:10 AM


Oh this is news for me. I got to see that film!! Thanks for sharing the info!

Posted by Anne Ahira | December 22, 2008 11:59 PM

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