Steve Mann at a glance

BORN — 1962 in Hamilton, Ontario.

EDUCATION — Ph.D, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997.

CAREER — Currently a professor of engineering at the University of Toronto. Mann says he has been awarded 65 patents and is the author of two books, "Intelligent Image Processing" and "Cyborg." His computer-assisted photographic art has appeared in museums around the world.

FAMILY — Wife Betty. They have one daughter.

QUOTE — "The most important gift of any professor is the graduate students he trains. In this regard, I expect big things from Steve — even if his gear scares animals and small children." — Paul Saffo, a technology forecaster at the Institute for the Future.