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“Father of wearable computing”
assaulted in Paris McDonald s
Steve Mann, a professor and technologist who has worn
computing devices of some kind for the last 34 years, recently
found himself in a pretty dangerous spot at a McDonald s in
Paris. Apparently freaked out that Mann had a camera, a group
of three men (shown above) physically assaulted him. “He
angrily grabbed my eyeglass, and tried to pull it off my head,”
Mann explained in a blog post. “The eyeglass is permanently
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attached and does not come off my skull without special tools.”
Due to the attack, the camera was damaged and started taking
and storing photos of what he was viewing, giving him an
opportunity to show photos of who was behind the attack. Since
the post went up yesterday, Reddit has banded around Mann
and TechCrunch called for a boycott of McDonald s. Seriously.
Mann suggests that McDonald s might be the one that has to
change: “As this technology becomes mainstream, McDonald s
might need to get used to it.” io9 called this a “cybernetic hate
crime.” Is it?
What the hell?
Professor Mann (as I knew him at UofT) is a bit of an oddball.
However, he s that wonderful mix of hardcore engineer and flighty
creative. I remember being around the student lounge when he was
testing out a “water flute” designed to allow children (and the disabled)
to play music by blocking or uncovering holes where water comes out
of a big donut­shaped tube.
I have no idea what these fucking possible employees thought they
were accomplishing. I ve never known the guy to be anything but
selfless in his thoughts. I m sure if they had asked him to relocate in
the restaurant, he would have (not that he sho ld have).
It s weird seeing something like this happen to someone I actually
know. I feel terrible for the guy.
Also, you should have seen when his wearable computing was in its
infancy. He had the equivalent of a PC mini­tower hanging off of him.
(Source: eyetap.blogspot.ca)
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