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HP Experiments with 'Always On' Camera

Posted by michael on from the sieve-his-proper-worth dept.

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.""

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  1. Load of junk by Sowbug · · Score: 5, Funny

    "...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.

    1. Re:Load of junk by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: 5, Funny
      "...but you're also going to get a load of junk"

      I think by "load of junk" they mean it's a Compaq/HP product.

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  2. junk eh? by AssProphet · · Score: 4, Funny

    "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?

  3. Big News Today by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    HP Revolutionizes the boring webcam technology by fusing it with reality TV. Story at 11.

    Ride the snake

  4. slashdot by ispepalocacoc · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sadly, all I would get are many many screenshots of slashdot.

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  5. Great... by jamonterrell · · Score: 4, Funny

    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

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  6. Muder in the DC area... by Total_Wimp · · Score: 3, Funny

    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

  7. I already have these by GillBates0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I like to call them "eyes".

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  8. Re:Battery Life? by Alcohol+Fueled · · Score: 4, Funny

    Are those your batteries, or are you happy to see me? :-)

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  9. Re:Privacy Issues? by System.out.println() · · Score: 5, Funny

    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)

    I think you just...um.... did. :)

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  10. Re:dont have to keep loads of junk by ccnull · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds like TiVo for the soul.

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  11. The Mathematical Limit by Kyont · · Score: 3, Funny

    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...

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  12. bathroom breaks... by Transcendent · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...oh those should be fun with this on... Just try not to look down that much.