He had 400 attendees hanging on his every word, captivated by his raw passion and drive to change the world, one feat at a time. Not impossibles mick ebeling introduces the eyewriter. Quan is paralyzed, yet with the assistance of the eyewriter, a custom eyetracking software, he is still able to continue painting. If you are looking for a speaker who will elevate your meeting to the next level, he is the man for you. By tracking his eye movements, the artist was able to draw again after seven years of immobility. Making the impossible possible mick ebeling youtube. Collaboratively developed by free art and technology fat. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover mikes. The nerve disease als left graffiti artist tempt paralyzed from head to toe, forced to communicate blink by blink. The eyewriter, usa, created by members of free art and technology, openframeworks, graffiti research lab, the ebeling group and tony quan won the. Eyewriter is the fruit of the kaneye project hackaday. Openframeworks and the ebeling group were inspired to create lowcost, opensource hardware. Mick ebeling is inspiring, life changing, the real deal.
With no technical background in ocular recognition technology, ebeling created not impossibles first project. View mike collins profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. When entrepreneur mick ebeling met quan, he was determined to help the artist accomplish both of these things. Tony quan, better known as temptone, was a fixture of the l. Thus, the eyewriter was born a pair of glasses with hardware that allows. Not impossible wins 2016 sxsw interactive innovation award. Daniel recieved his left arm in november and ebeling then set up a 3d printing lab in a nearby hospital, not impossible says. Ebeling has been honored by advertising age as one of the top 50 most creative people, 2015 wired magazine agent of change, and the recipient of the 2014 muhammad ali humanitarian of the year award. Eyewriter enables paralyzed artists to express themselves. Ebeling discussed project daniel at ces in las vegas during intels keynote this week. Mike collins senior director business development l7. Mick ebeling s dream was always to use storytelling and technology to help as many people as possible.
Not impossible labs was founded on micks firm belief that nothing is impossible. Behold the latest ocular assault weapon from the graffiti research lab, openframeworks, the fat lab and the ebeling group. Its called the eyewriter, and the project is led by a group of graffiti artists driven to. Not impossibles mick ebeling spoke at ted about the amazing eyewriter one of time magazines 50 best inventions of 2010. Eyewriter about news videos diy developer contact eyetags photos art is a tool of empowerment and social change, and i consider myself blessed to be able to create and use my work to promote health reform, bring awareness about als and help others. Mick ebeling keynote speaker, inventor, humanitarian. In a remarkable talk at tedactive, entrepreneur mick ebeling shares how he and a team of collaborators built an opensource invention that gave the artist and gives others in his circumstance the means to make art again. Austin, tx, mar 16, 2016 marketwired via comtex not impossibles don voice project was honored with a 2016 sxsw interactive innovation award in. This is the mature version of the kaneye project we covered in april. In 2009, ebeling created the eyewriter for tempt one, a grafitti artist diagnosed with als.
Mick ebeling and not impossible labs are changing the world through technology and story, and challenging you to do the same. Created as a tool for people suffering from full paralysis, this system is a pretty amazing piece of work. In his talk, he talks about his journey to sudan to create 3dprinted prosthetic limbs for. Completely paralyzed except for his eyes, graffiti artist tony tempt quan could no longer create his art, let alone communicate with his family. The eyewriter is an open source eye tracking initiative. This demonstrates both the power of technology like. A freak accident in the gym has cost albuquerque martialarts coach and boxing trainer mike winkeljohn the sight in his right eye. Not impossible labs is a oneofakind, award winning technology incubator and content studio dedicated to changing the world through technology and story. The eyewriter, as it was called, has now been improved, and the eyewriter 2. The eyewriter, usa, created by members of free art and technology, openframeworks, graffiti research lab, the ebeling group and tony quan won the interactive. Behind the eyewriter, a lifechanging eyetracking system.
Mick ebeling born november 14, 1973 is an american film, television and commercial executive producer, author, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. The eyewriter was named one of the 50 best inventions of 2010 by time magazine, and a ted talk that ebeling gave on the glasses received more than 850,000 views after it was posted on the. Design museum brit insurance designs of the year 2010. Eyewriter enables paralyzed artists to express themselves with eyedrawn art. Ebeling is ceo of not impossible, an organization that develops creative solutions to address realworld problems. Tagger with als now makes virtual graffiti fast company. Created to enable the alsinflicted graffitiartist tempt to draw again.