'Techno-mask'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgUexbhY_vU


Technology:
The camera uses facial/voice recognition to transmit information about who the person wearing a mask is talking to, which feeds the screen with updates about the person, sort of like a 'prompter.' The recorder records the conversations and saves them to the screen also.

Some questions I asked myself after the project was done:
Are we technologically dependent? Are our identities 'masked' by technology?


To answer this question I will refer back to the analogy of the blind man. The stick enables him to walk, it is an extension to his bodily functions as mentioned previously. However the stick doesn't 'do that walking.' The blind man chooses if he wants to use his stick for support. Similarly we determine the technology we want to carry, use or wear. We choose our dependence upon technology. Our idenity depends on the technological preferences/choices we make to suit our comforts or demands.