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April 25, 2005

Wired for the Furture

And you thought airports were hell on regular people. For Steve Mann, renowned University of Toronto engineer and "cyborg," getting on a plane can be a harrowing ordeal - even without the in-flight meal. Mann is a pioneer in the science of "wearable computing." He typically spends his days in a boiler suit stuffed with portable computers and laced with wires. Sensors monitor his vital signs, and a digital visor built like a pair of Ray-Bans augments his vision.

Three years ago, a fully wired Mann was barred by airport security from boarding a flight in Newfoundland. Mann said he was strip-searched and injured by airport staff when electrodes were ripped from his body, and lost $56,800 worth of sensitive equipment. "I was dizzy and disoriented and went downhill from there," he said.

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Posted by thinkingmachine at April 25, 2005 06:32 PM

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