A groundbreaking inventor and scientist, Dr. Steve Mann began formulating his ideas in his early days of high school. He developed his concepts further while at McMaster and brought them, along with his inventions to MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in Boston in 1991. In 1997, he received his Ph.D from MIT for scholarly work including the invention of Humanistic Intelligence.
He is considered by many to the inventor of WearComp (wearable computer and WearCam (eyetap camera and reality mediator), and was the first to keep a web log of his visual experiences (thus inventing the CyborgLog, also known as “glog'). He is also inventor of the Chirplet Transform, a new mathematical framework for signal processing, and of Comparametric Equations, a new mathematical framework for computer mediated reality.
His award winning documentary ShootingBack and the ideas from his recent book CYBORG: Digital Destiny and Human Possibility in the Age of the Wearable Computer (Random House Doubleday, 2001) inspired a 35mm feature length motion picture film about his remarkable inventions.
Steve's inventions have been recognized as having an important effect on popular culture, as is evident from over 100 interviews he has done about his scholarly work with organizations including, the New York Times , LA-Times , Time , Newsweek , Fortune , WiReD , NBC , ABC , CNN , Discovery Channel , Byte , Reuters , Rolling Stone and BBC . Steve's work was also included on David Letterman's Top Ten List. Hundreds of articles about his work have appeared worldwide in more than 10 languages.
His work has been shown at numerous museums around the world, including the Smithsonian Institute, National Museum of American History, The Science Museum, Museum of Modern Art and the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam).
Steve is currently a professor at the University of Toronto. He is happily married.