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Professor Rejects Camera Implanted In His Head

Posted by samzenpus on from the bad-ideas dept.

Stenchwarrior writes "A New York University professor temporarily removed the camera he had surgically installed in the back of his head to get rid of one of the apparatus' parts after his body rejected it, myFOXny.com reported Wednesday. Photography professor Wafaa Bilal was in near constant pain after part of a thumb-nail-size camera, implanted in December as part of an art project commissioned by a new museum in Qatar, was rejected by his body."

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  1. Why didn't he wear a strap on? by Jophish · · Score: 4

    Did it never occur to him to just strap a camera to his head? Or just wear a hat with a camera on. Methinks that the main reason for having this implanted was to generate publicity for this project.

    1. Re:Why didn't he wear a strap on? by Arancaytar · · Score: 5, Funny

      Art is not practical, reasonable or logical.

      Thus, everything that is neither practical, reasonable or logical must be art!

    2. Re:Why didn't he wear a strap on? by DrXym · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Did it never occur to him to just strap a camera to his head? Or just wear a hat with a camera on. Methinks that the main reason for having this implanted was to generate publicity for this project.

      I think you nailed it. Only an attention whore would do this and it sounds like the bugger got his attention too. And a septic head.

  2. Stupid art tricks by bradley13 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is right up there with locking yourself in a cage for month - a totally meaningless, useless trick meant only to get attention.

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    1. Re:Stupid art tricks by Sonny+Yatsen · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Yeah, I totally agree. I mean, I'm clearly no art critic and claim no deep understanding of art, but what does this bring as "art"? This brings no insights and adds nothing. And frankly, the fact that it's funded by a new museum in Qatar makes it worse in my eyes. Places like Qatar and Abu Dhabi have demonstrated that they have more money than sense for decades, building one extravagant, useless building after another. This "art" project is about as artful as having a toddler splatter his spaghetti on a canvas.

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  3. Well.. by RevWaldo · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...I guess he didn't see that coming.

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  4. Surprised Mann wasn't first by CRCulver · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm surprised that this artist was the first to try implanting a device, as Steve Mann has been increasingly merging technology with his body for three decades now.

  5. Cool insight... by MoldySpore · · Score: 3, Insightful

    While many may say "this is just a stunt" or whatever, regardless if it is or not it was interesting none-the-less. There have been many instances of technology being implanted into people lately, especially in and around the head. While perhaps not as invasive and technical as a chip implant that gives the blind the ability to see, I think the day of artificial technological implants of this type are just around the corner. This sort of trial and error with the implanting of hardware on the human body is necessary for us to get an idea of what the human body will accept and reject, and what procedures of implantation can help reduce the chances of rejection.

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  6. Groucho by FatLittleMonkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    Man goes to a doctor and says, "Doctor, I hurts when I do this!"
    Doctor says, "Well, don't do that."

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  7. Eye of the beholder by varmittang · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not everyone likes your artwork. Including your own body.

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    1. Re:Eye of the beholder by alvinrod · · Score: 3, Funny

      Well, they say everybody's a critic.

      FTFY

  8. Ah, but hindsight... by Randwulf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ah, but hindsight is 20/20!

    1. Re:Ah, but hindsight... by Hojima · · Score: 3, Funny

      it looks like his idea didn't... *glasses*... develop well.

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