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The camera that captures someone else's moment watch!

youtube.com — Taking a photo means making a memory. Choosing a moment in time and framing a situation. For many, making their moments public is already part of the process itself. Buttons takes on this notion of the camera as networked object.

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  • frazw, on 05/06/2008, -6/+221Well that's a stupid pointless device.
    • slapded, on 05/06/2008, -43/+2dont talk about yourself that way
      • seks03, on 05/06/2008, -1/+1said the inventor of the camera?....box?...... peeper?.... crap thing
    • OpaqueMurdock, on 05/06/2008, -0/+4Yeah, I am pretty sure it wouldn't be something I would carry as a separate device. Maybe as an application on a phone or as a feature in an existing digital camera. But even then I may use it a few times and then I'm sure the novelty would vanish in a puff of innovativeness.
    • modingo, on 05/06/2008, -0/+4Yeah, who wants to see someone else's "still" photo? I'll wait 'til the video version comes out so I can start collecting other stranger's video memories.

      /sarcasm
      • yacks, on 05/06/2008, -0/+4well maybe they'd be shooting naked pictures of their hot girlfriend?
    • mostfynest, on 05/07/2008, -1/+1this is so pointless it warrants an... OM NOM NOM NOM
  • mrheyguy, on 05/06/2008, -3/+95Get this if you want to see a bunch of pictures of penises and/or Rick Astley.
  • lazlonger, on 05/06/2008, -0/+64I'll add this to my tool belt, right next to my lasercat.
  • cr3ative, on 05/06/2008, -5/+77This is possibly the worst concieved idea ever.
  • coreyb, on 05/06/2008, -17/+4That is just cool! Its like being a part of the world's life.
  • Funpolice2050, on 05/06/2008, -11/+10That was a pointless device.
  • schweeet, on 05/06/2008, -1/+82Do I have to be high to appreciate this?
    • assassinmonkey, on 05/06/2008, -0/+49I'm high and I don't appreciate it.
    • Mirokoth, on 05/06/2008, -9/+1I'm not yet high and appreciate this.
    • Jeeum, on 05/06/2008, -0/+10I am not high and I do not appreciate this.
    • ElAssoWipo, on 05/06/2008, -1/+6I think you have to be the "connected, new found Buddhist, artist, I love the earth, everything is great, I love life for no reason and am always over enthused by everything" type to appreciate this.

      Like that girl death dated on family guy. "You cant hug your children with nuclear arms!"
  • ChuckIT, on 05/06/2008, -23/+7she is cute.
  • ChuckIT, on 05/06/2008, -22/+6she is cute.
  • laterthanyou, on 05/06/2008, -2/+7Interesting idea, although I see it actually turning into something else. There are some programs that already do this. I imagine in the future that when more cameras have a GPS feature Flickr will allow you to see other photos taken in the same general area. I think they already do.... Also what would happen if everyone had this device? That would mean less and less pictures...
    • stilesja, on 05/06/2008, -0/+2Actually it would be a great way to augment your photos say you are at an event you take a photo but then through geotagging you can find other photos taken of the same event at different times and from different angles, you could adjust your time window and your radius of interest bring in more or fewer photos. You could see pictures only taken at a certain time of day or from a certain location. This would be really cool.
    • paloooz, on 05/06/2008, -0/+2Actually it would mean fewer and fewer pictures.
  • mixxo, on 05/06/2008, -0/+33Well, if the pet rock could make someone a millionaire............
    • RevinKoze, on 05/06/2008, -1/+16Then so can my "Jump to Conclusions Mat"!!111
      • emailingRob, on 05/06/2008, -3/+1Don't digg above comment, it's a copied post from below by jboswell2000
        • TheSlinky, on 05/06/2008, -4/+0Don't digg either comment, both copied from Reddit.
    • ahawks, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1the pet rock (or hypothetical jump to conclusions mat) probably didn't have as large of an R&D and manufacturing button as this thing. They probably would sell for a few cents, instead of
    • Punjaber, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1The guy made a million dollars!!
  • zohaibusman, on 05/06/2008, -3/+2where's my privacy??
    • ahawks, on 05/06/2008, -0/+5Your privacy is in your choice not to post pictures on the Internet. You should know this by now.
      • OpaqueMurdock, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1Well, people do have rights, its just that they are almost universally ignored. The smart thing to do is to not post anything you don't want people taking advantage of. Hopefully a greater understanding of the difference between "public" and "public domain" will arise in the future... but I doubt it.

        A company selling a product that collects images should get approval from every photographer they pull from and pay royalties. If they don't and instead pull from a source like flickr, then i am pretty sure they would be arguably breaking the most commonly used CC license and if people don't chose a CC license then they would be violating existing laws.

        The act of putting it in a public place doesn't give people the right to use it any way they see fit, although most people seem to think it does. : )
    • OpaqueMurdock, on 05/06/2008, -0/+3Don't post to flickr, or make them private. One of the things that constantly astounds me is that people use obscurity as a protection for images and work they would not usually want to be public. There are some chilling stories about misuse of images from flickr, like the 14 year old girl who took a tasteful self portrait that ended up on the cover of a porn DVD.

      Last I heard about that case btw, the company that did it completely got away with it... Watch what you post and don't be surprised when it gets "repurposed".
  • gothelium, on 05/06/2008, -0/+3A lot of photographers do what they do in order to show other people what they see, or to give other people their own thing to remember (with portraiture for example). Plus I'd rather have a print of something the way I saw it and how I took the photo, not leaving my memory-making up to some stranger in another place. It's a neat idea, if you really don't care at all about the photo in the first place.
    • j0ew00ds, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1of course... it's not as if you'd take a photo with this camera expecting to get a copy.
    • oreo2123, on 05/06/2008, -1/+1right...but if you really don't care at all about the photo, WHY HAVE A CAMERA???

      you know I seem to recall another neat idea involving random pictures from around the world - I think it's called flickr.

      (not knockin you, just this post)
      • spudnic, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1That's the thing, it's a good idea, but really, really poorly implemented.

        The way to do it would be to have a thing on something like flickr that shows you other photos taken the same moment as yours.

        Having a separate device for it is the pointless bit.
  • Appox, on 05/06/2008, -10/+12she is cute
  • dn11, on 05/06/2008, -2/+47I can almost imagine a device more pretentious that this, but not quite.
    • ErikHarrison, on 05/06/2008, -11/+6I can too! Oh wait they already have them! MAC.
      • danielsamuels, on 05/06/2008, -2/+3Media Access Control is pretentious?
        • jmreid, on 05/06/2008, -0/+2Media Access Control killed my mother.
  • thenuttman, on 05/06/2008, -3/+5It'd be nice if it was still an actual camera, and when you connected (or, the wireless is fine too), it showed you your picture and the pictures of those in the same area you were... Either way it's an interesting idea.
  • zosoIV, on 05/06/2008, -4/+4Ok, so it's a camera that shows what you film directly to another camera?
    Why?
    • toekneebullard, on 05/06/2008, -0/+5It's not even that. It's essentially just something that shows you pictures that were taken around the same time you pushed a button.
    • goonnoodles, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1cuz
  • DestroyFascism, on 05/06/2008, -3/+1Fluffy..........
  • mbauer14, on 05/06/2008, -0/+18why does this have to be an actual device, and not a computer program?
    • Gutterpunk, on 05/06/2008, -0/+7Because when you look at that "other" picture, you'll remember where you were when you pressed that red button. So you don't have to fake having cool memories while looking at other people's picture.
    • Laminarcissus, on 05/06/2008, -0/+2Because building a box with a button on it and making a little video lets her squeak by with a mercy B- in her "Media and Society" class at Sarah Lawrence. If it were just a program she'd fail and have to repeat a semester, and believe me, everybody, faculty and students alike, just want her to graduate and get herself and her pointless musings away from there.
  • Asvetic, on 05/06/2008, -0/+9The narrator sounds like she just rolled out of bed after a 12 hour bender the night before. Gruff.
    • toekneebullard, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1People never understand the value of a real VO artist until they here stuff like this.
  • Oryan, on 05/06/2008, -0/+9Anyone else think the voice actor wasn't that good? (maybe sometimes annoying)
  • jboswell2000, on 05/06/2008, -0/+54This thing makes the "Jump to Conclusions Mat" seem like a winning idea.
    • Rozza, on 05/06/2008, -0/+5ah, but everyone will be too busy filling in tps reports before they can use this.
      Did you know we need cover sheets now?
      • flashdrivecoup, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1No, sorry; I guess I didn't get the memo
        • ru7hl3ss, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1I'll go make sure you get another copy of that memo, mmkay,,,
    • TheSlinky, on 05/06/2008, -1/+0I see you've perfected the art of copying comments from Reddit. Don't worry it's nothing to be ashamed of, all Diggers do it some time and I'm sure a lot of people go to further extremes to feign wit even in real life.;
      • STARTSOMETHING, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1If you like Reddit so much, what are you doing here?
        • TheSlinky, on 05/07/2008, -0/+0So you don't use the internet for anything other than surf digg? What a sad sad life you must have
  • SirAlanSugar, on 05/06/2008, -1/+3This product - is a disaster. I sent you out, on a product design task. This product is bad, basically. Any computer can accomplish the same task as this product, and do a much better job.
    Margaret, how many units did they sell?
    "Well, they sold a total of 5 units."
    You sold five. No point producing an impressive pitch for a useless product!
    This was a total shambles. You're fired.
    • danwallace, on 05/06/2008, -0/+2... You ok little buddy?
    • Skeuomorph, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1But it was their fault we lost, not ours. They cheated by making a good product and drumming up lots of interest from strangers. We did the best we could with no imagination and selling all 5 to George. In your shoes, we would fire them.
  • dotpoo, on 05/06/2008, -1/+1I don't get it....
  • orlyfactor, on 05/06/2008, -3/+8Wow, that's retarded, probably some art school student's project.
  • Braingoo, on 05/06/2008, -0/+44Next will be a device that just has a red button that does nothing and you can imagine the pictures it will make.
    • chrgrose, on 05/06/2008, -1/+5Thats actually what I thought it was until it brought up the utterly depressing "but you can look at actual pictures someone else took at the same moment you tried to take one yourself!"

      ...its like getting watching porn with your hands tied behind you.
  • Servebot, on 05/06/2008, -1/+29She is average looking and so am I so I would have sex with her.
  • MrFurious2k, on 05/06/2008, -1/+8Could she be any more monotone?
  • Panthro, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1I watched the video and said to myself that was such a waste of my time, then I went and read all the comments people made and changed my mind. If it can make me laugh it's worth my time.
  • Tommydukes, on 05/06/2008, -2/+4big, retarded POS
  • Thecatman11, on 05/06/2008, -7/+0This is a social commentary of the media... you know..TV...

    If you don't get this, your an idiot
  • kinneys, on 05/06/2008, -0/+3It's a 2-for-1 deal. You also get the device that allows you to eat other peoples food. Already used of course, but never the less.
  • McWombo, on 05/06/2008, -0/+16So I'm enrolling in yoga classes tomorrow...
    • priegog, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1Haha fy bar the most entertaining thing in that video.
  • Ikulus, on 05/06/2008, -0/+6This is the kind of idea I tell to my parents to torment them. I pretend like I'm really sold on it; like it's the next big technology breakthrough.

    They get so frustrated. Haha.
    • spinchange, on 05/06/2008, -1/+1it looks like most users commenting here are with your parents
  • andergriff, on 05/06/2008, -0/+4Oh, yes. What a great way to share those memories of your office Christmas party. "Hey, remember the blonde with the big ass?"
    • Gutterpunk, on 05/06/2008, -0/+13It would be more something like : "Hey, remember the blonde with the big ass?, No? Here is a picture of a peaceful lake to refresh your memory! I'd it that!"
  • pcsperson, on 05/06/2008, -0/+2Not sure I am I like or dislike this this device. I like the idea of charing the photos, but I still would like to capture the moment the way I saw it.
  • modex, on 05/06/2008, -3/+1I'd hit it.
  • sq2shooter, on 05/06/2008, -2/+8The stupid shiat people come up with to sell to suckers is unbelievable. Here you have a "camera" that is based on the concept of sharing photos but it doesn't share itself. It is the equivalent of a leecher who never seeds.
  • Miamisun, on 05/06/2008, -0/+18I like the first comment on the youtube board "FART"
  • lotec, on 05/06/2008, -8/+1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI

    another clip of the same camera. better footage.
    • RevoFM, on 05/06/2008, -0/+2They actually put a "Buy this MP3 at Amazon" under the main info on YouTube. *gasp*
      BTW, stop trying. The only people still falling for those are the people that want to go there.
  • chrgrose, on 05/06/2008, -0/+8Thanks a lot, camera that doesn't take pictures and depressing narration...now I want to kill myself.
  • oldcrows40, on 05/06/2008, -3/+1the inventor should hang self

    copyright infringing asshole
  • sandersdamnit, on 05/06/2008, -1/+7i'm sorry her life is so terrible or whatever the ***** her problem is
    she needs to remember, like all emos, down the highway , not over the tracks
    • starkraving, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1That's what I thought when I first started watching the vid... she was looking down on the city below, I was sure she was going to start the camera and jump over the balcony...
  • protogenxl, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1Won't this device lead to deadly contests of oneupmanship?
  • FozzDog, on 05/06/2008, -1/+0I don't understand what use this camera would be, ever
  • mstachiw, on 05/06/2008, -0/+3perfect gift for the friend or parent living vicariously through your life
  • Knivez, on 05/06/2008, -2/+2That was ***** retarded.
  • Kaervek, on 05/06/2008, -2/+2Another fine product from your friends at Lame-O™!
    • TheSlinky, on 05/06/2008, -2/+0Another fine comment from your friends at Lame-O™!
  • nigdef, on 05/06/2008, -3/+2i smell *****
  • carterx, on 05/06/2008, -1/+4huh .... how about just take your own picture rather than someone else's ?
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