New Camera to Auto-document Your Life

Oct 17, 2009

I’m excited to see this story about the next evolution of the SenseCam, which I wrote about a few months ago.

A camera you can wear as a pendant to record every moment of your life will soon be launched by a UK-based firm.

Originally invented to help jog the memories of people with Alzheimer’s disease, it might one day be used by consumers to create “lifelogs” that archive their entire lives.

Worn on a cord around the neck, the camera takes pictures automatically as often as once every 30 seconds. It also uses an accelerometer and light sensors to snap an image when a person enters a new environment, and an infrared sensor to take one when it detects the body heat of a person in front of the wearer. It can fit 30,000 images onto its 1-gigabyte memory.

Now Vicon, based in Oxford, UK, which specialises in motion-capture technology for the movie industry, has licensed the technology for the camera from Microsoft and intends to put it into large-scale production.

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  1. Oct 17, 2009 Peredo says:

    It’s hard to believe, I guess. This technology will change many things in this world, Thanks again Emily Cheers!!

  2. Oct 17, 2009 Cynthia says:

    But is it waterproof?

  3. Oct 18, 2009 Emily Chang says:

    @Cynthia – not waterproof yet, but yes, we need that for surfing!

  4. Oct 18, 2009 Mag says:

    Yeah, count me in as one who says “why?” The technology is somewhat cool, I guess, but why someone would want to document every second of their life is beyond me.

  5. Oct 17, 2009 zaffi says:

    RT @emilychang: Posted: New Camera to Auto-document Your Life http://bit.ly/ZJn80

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  6. Oct 17, 2009 demonick says:

    New Camera to Auto-document Your Life – http://bit.ly/2FjeBL #technology #gadget

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  7. Oct 17, 2009 socialmediajs says:

    New Camera to Auto-document Your Life http://bit.ly/LrHfr #news #socialmedia

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  8. Oct 18, 2009 joscie says:

    RT @tweetmeme New Camera to Auto-document Your Life http://retwt.me/13Yyz

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  9. Oct 17, 2009 jozjozjoz says:

    I might consider this if it was a cuter looking device. RT @joscie @tweetmeme New Camera to Auto-document Your Life http://retwt.me/13Yyz

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  10. Oct 17, 2009 beckmann73 says:

    Posted: New Camera to Auto-document Your Life http://bit.ly/ZJn80 (via @emilychang)

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  11. Oct 18, 2009 chrisfinlay says:

    New Camera to Auto-document Your Life http://bit.ly/ZJn80 RT @emilychang So cool! #quantifiedself

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  12. Oct 18, 2009 zbremmer says:

    You can use this tiny camera to record every second of your life. The important question: Who will want to watch that? http://su.pr/5Rgs9q

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  13. Oct 18, 2009 chacha102 says:

    New Camera to Auto-document Your Life http://ff.im/-a3Z3A

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  14. Oct 18, 2009 alexetism says:

    New camera to auto-document your life… http://bit.ly/ZJn80

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  15. Oct 18, 2009 dottedarm says:

    tip @Techmeme http://bit.ly/ZJn80 New Camera to Auto-document Your Life

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  16. Oct 18, 2009 filmcircus says:

    have a feeling in 1year these things will be around most persons neck-http://bit.ly/ZJn80

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  17. Oct 18, 2009 BennySchuurman says:

    New Camera to Auto-document Your Life. < Dit biedt vele mogelijkheden voor een nieuwe vorm van social media! http://viigo.im/1dZM

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  18. Oct 20, 2009 richcutter says:

    SenseCam – new camera that auto-documents your life…never miss a moment again. http://bit.ly/3NNCFB

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  19. Oct 23, 2009 michaelSurtees says:

    New Camera to Auto-document Your Life [Emily Chang] http://bit.ly/1B6cyc

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  20. Oct 23, 2009 RebeccaSS says:

    so very cool. RT @michaelSurtees New Camera to Auto-document Your Life [Emily Chang] http://bit.ly/1B6cyc

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  21. Oct 25, 2009 stanwatts says:

    RT @emilychang New Camera to Auto-document Your Life http://bit.ly/1b2vje

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  22. Oct 28, 2009 SLCOLIB says:

    New Camera to Auto-document Your Life – http://bit.ly/ZJn80

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  23. Oct 29, 2009 thatwaszen says:

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