EyeWriter: Drawing With the Eyes

Finally! Technology for those who could never truly affect the world with a steely gaze. The EyeWriter is simply eye-tracking technology designed to let the paralyzed draw with their eyeballs.

According to the video below, the setup requires only “$50 and a computer”, plus the “free software”. The EyeWriter was apparently created “to enable graffiti writers and artists with paralysis to draw using only their eyes”, but the potential uses are endless. According to Rico’s postulate of visual manipulation (created just for this very post), if you can draw on a screen, you can also manipulate objects on it.

Loads of information and developer resources are available from eyewriter.org. Now take a look at the video below to see the system in action: