Microsoft Gadget Keeps Record of Your Life

An anonymous reader writes "SenseCam, touted as a visual diary of sorts by Microsoft Corp., is designed to be worn around the neck and take up to 2,000 images a 12-hour day automatically. The prototype responds to changes such as bright lights and sudden movements and might one day even respond to other stimuli such as heart rate or skin temperature -- to track medical problems as easily as to record a Hawaiian vacation."

Comments

Oh no-not the In-Laws Hawaiian Vacation!

[CreamOfWheat]

Does this mean I will have to sit through all (2000 * 2 * 7) = 28,000 pictures from my jerk-wad Brother-In-Law's boring one week Hawaiian vacation? Talk about a death wish.

Re:Oh no-not the In-Laws Hawaiian Vacation!

[radish]

Maybe, but personally I'm looking forward to hearing about my girlfriend's trips to the gym a whole lot more :)

Difficult to understand online manual..

[grub]

WOW! This does sound fascinating but I hope it comes with a better manual, the info from MS' page info doesn't even explain what type of batteries it requires:

Server Error in '/' Application.

Unable to load overridden shell configuration file /Configuration.xml.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.Exception: Unable to load overridden shell configuration file /Configuration.xml.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the
current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of
the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace
below.

~ Stack Trace:

[Exception: Unable to load overridden shell configuration file /Configuration.xml.]
Microsoft.MSCOM.MNP.Framework.Page.OnInit(EventArg s e) +6503
System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) +240
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain() +174

Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:1.1.4322.573; ASP.NET Version:1.1.4322.573

Maybe I need more coffee this fine morning...

Electronic probation tether

[AtariAmarok]

This is like one of those electronic probation tether things for crooks, but it reports back to Bill Gates instead of to the courts.

Oh boy, I can't wait!

[winkydink]

If I wear one of these and my PDA wristwatch at the same time, I'll be getting more @ss than a toilet seat.

Some things...

[nycsubway]

There are some things that I just don't want Microsoft to see in my daily routines. Some of which occur in front of my computer...

Re:Some things...

[byolinux]

Heh, you'll like this... JPEG baby

If I come across anyone using this near me..

[Amiga Lover]

If I come across anyone using this near me.. I will punch them in the face. That, or bring out a large camera with flash and continually photograph them every moment they're talking to me

They'll either go away or turn the gadget off. Freaks

keep track of all my editing

[stonebeat.org]

first MS Word keeps track of all of my editing and now another MS gadgt keeps track of my life. That can't be too good. Maybe we need to buy one of these for SCO lawyers.

Get a life

[AtariAmarok]

"hehe. I used Grokster to download 120 people's lives, and now my hard drive is full of them."

This would put me in an asylum

[Lizard_King]

Let's replay my week using my nifty new SenseCam:

Monday: go to work ass early. sit in cube. go home.
Tuesday: go to work ass early. sit in cube. go home.
Wednesday: go to work ass early. sit in cube. go home.
Thursday: go to work ass early. sit in cube. go home.
Friday: go to work ass early. sit in cube. go home.
Weekend: sit in front of computer and take recursive pictures of self.

Omigosh!! It would be hard to live in denial with one of these things =)

So when the latest virus...

[Cheo]

So when the latest virus attacks MSFT systems, your life will stop until they can issue a patch.
But...they will pledge to restore it to the point before the attack. :-)

Reminds me of Battle Royale

[Anonymous Coward]

Monitoring device around you neck?

Will next version include a small explosive to keep you from doing bad things like watching DVDs in Linux?

wow

[ColonBlow]

this thing would be great on those days you have really, really bad diarrhea.

You missed- Hi dear, how was your day?

[way2trivial]

Check it out yer damn self- here-

About last night

[kagejishin]

Sure it'll help me "to figure out when [I] last saw a particular colleague or what bottle of wine [I] had been drinking that night" but will it help me figure out where I am, who this person is beside me and what kind of tequila got me here?

Re:Show of hands

[lavaface]

We've already seen some of the negative effects of putting cameras into cell phones: Guys snipping pictures up skirts in bars, etc..

Negative ?? ; )

Microsoft Gadget Keeps Record of Your Life

[Raven42rac]

You mean Windows XP?

Re:Based on old device by Videolife

[rastamutz]

did microsoft produce anything innovative in history? nope ... blue screen

Sleeping while driving?

[Serious Simon]

an alarm clock that figures out when to wake you based on current traffic conditions.

Great, now I can catch some sleep on the way to work. The Sensecam will wake me up before I cause an accident

Just what everyone wants to see...

[Bohnanza]

Two thousand views of my PC monitor.

Re:Strange days

[PhotoBoy]

What happens if my life gets infected with a worm and starts blue screening or sending rude emails to everyone I know?

new microsoft patent

[oogoody]

In the spirit of bio companies before them,
microsoft has patented all the information
about your life. If you should need
to communicate any facts abour your
existence please get microsoft approval first.

Damned Microsoft

[grahamlee]

take up to 2,000 images a 12-hour day

Yet another example of how Microsoft refuse to interoperate - I'm a UNIX hacker and my days have 24 hours in them, as required by ISO 8601. What annoys me is that so many people use MS stuff that they'll start thinking that days are supposed to be 12 hours long, and that everyone doing it the old 24-hour way is just being belligerent.

Re:Strange days

[shokk]

"Honey, I was looking through the SenseCam pictures that automatically dumped to the TiVo gallery wirelessly when you walked in the door today. Why is your penis in the secretary?"