The Eye Writer Initiative

It is a low-cost eye-tracking apparatus & custom software that allows graffiti writers and artists with paralysis resulting from Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis to draw using only their eyes.

There are a couple of reasons why I especially love this project:

1. it helps someone to use other means of expressing themselves
2. it’s open source – I can build my own and then build on top of it
3. it demonstrates great work across multiple disciplines and art forms

So far, I haven’t found too much detailed information about the of this next project (i.e. who is working on it, where the software/source code can be accessed, etc) – but I think it’s an interesting concept and could definitely see it’s application to the EyeWriter project above.
This short video demonstrates how eye writing software can be coupled with shape generation software to help create different design suggestions for the end user.
Take the time to view the short video here.
If you have any more information about this project, please leave it in the comments below as I would love to see the two projects grow from one another if possible.