Nearly a year ago I blogged about Microsoft's experimental SenseCam, which is a small digital camera that you wear around your neck and that takes hundreds of pictures throughout the day, allowing you to document your life. So far, Microsoft has yet to announce any plans to actually release it onto the market, thus depriving mankind of one of the greatest inventions ever made.
But there is some good news. Another company has released a nifty gadget that works in a similar vein. The Camwear 100 by Deja View is a wearable camera that captures video. You wear it on your eyeglass frame or the brim of your hat. Everything you see in front of you is recorded continuously into the buffer. Whenever you see something interesting, you just press a button, and the device dumps the 30-second content of the buffer onto a 64MB SD card. The genius of the device is that you don't have to worry about not being quick enough to catch the action, since you only need to push the button after the action has finished. The SD card that comes with it can hold sixteen thirty-second clips.
Lisa's SAR video blog has a great entry about it complete with downloadable clips she took with the device. I was really impressed with the quality. You can also see a good review of it by PC World.
Unfortunately, it currently sells for $330, which is a bit out of my range, especially considering the battery is only good for four hours. I would want something I could wear all day long.
If you've ever read Earth by David Brin, then I'm sure this product looks quite familiar to you already.