Designer Creates

Robotic Eye for

'Smartphone
Zombies'
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Designer Creates Robotic Eye for 'Smartphone Zombies’

People are spending more time on their phones than ever before. Some are even too busy looking at their smartphones while walking
to look where they're going. Concerned about this issue, a South Korean industrial design student has come up with a solution.

Paeng Min-wook, 28, has developed a robotic eye he calls "The Third Eye" for smartphone users who can't take their eyes off their
screens — or "smartphone zombies" as Paeng calls them. The device is worn on the head and allows smartphone users to walk around
safely while texting or browsing the internet.

Whenever the user lowers their head to look at their phone, the device's eyelid opens up and starts looking ahead. If the person comes
close to an obstacle, the device will beep, warning them to look up before they walk into something or someone.

Paeng said The Third Eye is the look of the future. "As we cannot take our eyes off from smartphones, the extra eye will be needed in
future."

Paeng points out, however, that his device is not a real solution, but rather a satirical one. His main goal is to make people see just how
much time they are spending on their phones and encourage them to change their habits.

A recent study has found that an average person will spend almost 9 years on a smartphone during their life, with Millennials — those
born between 1981 and 1996 — spending about 3.7 hours every day on their phones.
"The Third Eye"
Questions

1. What is Paeng's main goal for "The Third Eye" project?

2. How does the device work?

3. How long do Millennials use their smartphones for each day?

Discussion

1. What are your thoughts on "The Third Eye" device?

2. Do you ever use your phone while you're walking? Why?

3. Do you know anyone who you'd consider to be a "smartphone

zombie"?

4. How much time do you spend on your phone each day? Why?

5. Do you think smartphones should be banned in schools? Why?

Why not?
Discussion

1. What are your thoughts on "The Third Eye" device?

2. Do you ever use your phone while you're walking? Why?

3. Do you know anyone who you'd consider to be a "smartphone

zombie"?

4. How much time do you spend on your phone each day? Why?

5. Do you think smartphones should be banned in schools? Why?

Why not?
Further Discussion

1.What smartphone apps do you use the most? Why?

2.What type of phone do you have? Are you happy with it?

3.Are there features you would like your next smartphone to have?

4.Have you ever lost or damaged your phone? Please share your

experience.

5.Technology should improve your life, not become your life. — Billy Cox. What

are your thoughts on this quote?