Steve Mann quotes

Shoes and clothing damage our ability to survive naked in the wilderness. (Steve Mann)
What I argue is that if I'm going to be held accountable for my actions that I should be allowed to record... my actions. Especially if somebody else is keeping a record of my actions. View quote
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Virtual-reality researchers have long struggled to eliminate effects that distort the brain's normal processing of visual information, and when these effects arise in equipment that augments or mediates the real world, they can be that much more disturbing. View quote
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There were a lot of people, I found, who'd rather watch me live my life than live their own life. View quote
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The use of the wearable computer changes with each person. When this device is your way of seeing, or a seeing aid, it's how you see the world. When you use it as a memory aid, it is your brain. View quote
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If you look through the history of wearables, I was named the father of wearable computing, or the world's first cyborg. But the definition of wearable computing can be kind of fuzzy itself. Thousands of years ago, in China, people would wear an abacus around their neck - that, in one sense, was a wearable computer. View quote
Steve Mann

Steve Mann

Occupation: Canadian Scientist
Quotes count: 6