Name: The invention that unlocked a locked-in artist
Uploaded: 2011-04-07T13:49:00Z
Duration: 7 min 32 s
Description: The nerve disease ALS left graffiti artist TEMPT paralyzed from head to toe, forced to communicate blink by blink. In a remarkable talk at TEDActive, entrepreneur Mick Ebeling shares how he and a team of collaborators built an open-source invention that gave the artist -- and gives others in his circumstance -- the means to make art again.

The nerve disease ALS left graffiti artist TEMPT paralyzed from head to toe, forced to communicate blink by blink. In a remarkable talk at TEDActive, entrepreneur Mick Ebeling shares how he and a team of collaborators built an open-source invention that gave the artist -- and gives others in his circumstance -- the means to make art again.

Mick Ebeling: The invention that unlocked a locked-in artist

The invention that unlocked a locked-in artist

Unlocking creativity, a team transforms adversity into art, enabling paralyzed artist TEMPT to draw again using only his eyes.

Innovation meets altruism: EyeWriter, a DIY device, breaks boundaries, offering paralyzed individuals a new mode of expression.

Empathy fuels invention, leading to the EyeWriter, which grants those with ALS the power to create art, defying their physical limits.