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HP Experiments with 'Always On' Camera
An anonymous reader writes "Hewlett-Packard researchers in the U.K. are working on a camera that's always on, recording everything you see and letting you go back later and decide what's actually photo-worthy. Raises some serious privacy questions. But as an HP researcher notes, "If your wearable camera is always on ... you're not going to miss any moments, but you're also going to get a load of junk.""
"...but you're also going to get a load of junk"
If by "a load of junk" you mean "a lot of pictures of people pointing at your goofy-looking glasses and laughing," then you're absolutely right.
"you're not going to miss any moments, but you're also going to get a load of junk."
wow I guess they're right... most of my life is a load of junk.
But what if you gave this camera to those guys on the MountainDew or Surge commercials who only do exciting things constantly?
HP Revolutionizes the boring webcam technology by fusing it with reality TV. Story at 11.
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okSadly, all I would get are many many screenshots of slashdot.
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Now I'll have to sift through 1000s of google responses when I search for anything containing nothing more than someone unimportant opinion, with 10,000 pictures of their boring life scattered throughout. Oh wait, blogging already does this, it's just going to get worse with the pictures to document things no one really cares about.
On the serious side, this is, in my opinion, the resolution of a problem that doesn't exist. It's very cool, it just isn't a very needed product.
Jamon
I can count to 1023 on my hands. Ask me about #132.
Great. My GF is already pissed that I don't delete enough of the stupid pictures I take. I tell her "I keep everything, just in case." She would murder me in my sleep if I got one of these.
TW
I like to call them "eyes".
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Seriously, the only people geeky enough to want this are just going to be watching slashdot all day anyway.
Jamon
I can count to 1023 on my hands. Ask me about #132.
Why do you always wear those damn glasses when we make love ???
Now I won't have to figure out how to control my shoe-cam when walking behind skirted babes. However, a Kilt Avoidance System would be nice.
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Are those your batteries, or are you happy to see me? :-)
Ah am not a crook! (\(-__-)/)
I'm not even going to go into all of the places that you shouldn't be taking pictures anyway (locker rooms, gyms, dr. office, the list goes on)
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I think you just...um.... did.
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Sounds like TiVo for the soul.
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i think i've heard of this before.... i think it was called a "video camera," but i could be mistaken.
Well, it's a HUGE difference! This is like a video camera, true, BUT it's attached to some big sunglasses! AND there's no viewfinder! This is technology at work.
If something I said can be interpreted two ways, and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, I meant the other one.
If you record more than half of your life, well, there just isn't going to be time to sift through it all before it's over...
You shall see a cow on the roof of a cotton house.
"Oh, and here's the first time I got beat up at school for having a dorky camera strapped to my head!"
Now anyone wearing glasses might be taking her picture 20 times a second.
I know how you feel. I'm still holding off having wild monkey sex with the two 19 year-old, willing nubile females that work at the local corner store. They might have hidden cameras in their apartment, and I can't find the right combination of Wi-Fi jammer/magnetic HDD wiper hardware.
The current plan is to gain access to their computer surreptitiously (by installing a wipe-out command via a USB memory plug-in keychain device while pretending to be looking for good porn) that can be remote activated via the net. However, I am concerned that there will be lag time between the time I leave the threesome love nest and get home to be able to bork their machine.
Any advice?
...oh those should be fun with this on... Just try not to look down that much.