I found this to be a fascinating intersection of street art and open source software.
From the video:
Low-cost, creative technology to enable graffiti writers and artists with paralysis to draw using only their eyes.
Free and open source software for commercially available eye tracking devices.
And DIY hardware and free software for users with only $50 and a computer.
The beginning of an open source initiative...
From eyewriter.org:
Members of Free Art and Technology (FAT), OpenFrameworks, the Graffiti Research Lab, and The Ebeling Group communities have teamed-up with a legendary LA graffiti writer, publisher and activist, named Tony Quan, aka TEMPTONE. Tony was diagnosed with ALS in 2003, a disease which has left him almost completely physically paralyzed… except for his eyes. This international team is working together to create a low-cost, open source eye-tracking system that will allow ALS patients to draw using just their eyes. The long-term goal is to create a professional/social network of software developers, hardware hackers, urban projection artists and ALS patients from around the world who are using local materials and open source research to creatively connect and make eye art.
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