Why Cyborgs Don't Fly A fellow I have to admit I used to work with at MIT has made this week's New York Times for being the first "cyborg" to run afoul of airport security. Yeah, he's out there, but you have to recognize that anyone willing to try riding a bike down a Boston street in traffic while wearing a video helmet that entirely blocks his vision (replacing it with video monitors that hook up to helmet-mounted cameras) has cojones. And interesting wearable computing isn't going to be developed by anyone worried about their fashion sense. Steve's a genuine inventor of the old school type, but at times he comes off like one of those guys who wear aluminum foils hats to stop the mind control waves. Only in his case, he earned a doctorate at MIT and a professionship at the University of Toronto while working on it. A smart guy that most journalists can't quite grok.
(Update: Added link to wearcam.org)
