Toronto's own cyborg Steve Mann wins the Leonardo Awards Program Award for Excellence

networked_performance: The Leonardo Awards Program recognizes artists and organizations involved in the use of new media in contemporary artistic expression. Artists and organizations are nominated by Leonardo/ISAST Associate Members.

Steve Mann (Canada) is the recipient of the 2004 Leonardo Award for Excellence. In his winning article, the author presents 'Existential Technology: Wearable Computing Is Not the Real Issue' as a new category of in(ter)ventions and as a new theoretical framework for understanding privacy and identity."