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Memoto: Secrets of a half-million-dollar Kickstarter campaign

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There was excellent thought experiment/one-off drama on how a product like this could affect employment and relationships in the future. "The Entire History of You" aired on British TV last year [1]. It was written by one of Peep Show's [2] writers, a sitcom that uses solely point of view shots.

If you have access to 4OD (by being in the UK or otherwise) you can watch the episode online [3].

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror_(TV_series)#3._.22...

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peep_Show_(TV_series)

[3] http://www.channel4.com/programmes/black-mirror/episode-guid...

They claim 2000 cameras 'sold' thru their campaign. I thought Kickstarter explicitely says they are not a store? I don't get it.

It's a very murky and gray area, but I think everyone but Kickstarter would agree that they're currently on the wrong side of it.

Total amount pledged: $550,189 ... Number of cameras sold: 2,346

In relation to the cameras "sold" (i.e., promised) to backers this figure seems much more down to earth. It comes out at about $235 per camera. Depending on how much the production will actually cost (I didn't see any estimates), this may even be quite tight.

Not trying to belittle this project, but I don't get its appeal. The magic of pictures, for me, are perfectly timed ones, not blurry and random photographs or storing and going through 3k pics/day to check "today's good one"

Has anybody done some research on the product? Could you please give me a briefing of why it's better than a camera on your phone?

I only see drawbacks: from the fact that you have some geeky-cyberpunk look because there is a camera hanging from your neck; legal implications ("is that a camera? can you turn it off please?"), etc. I, for one, don't like the prospect of people knowing I'm recording everything.

Thanks

I'm actually rather keen to get one. I guess the appeal for me is A) a neat toy for particular occasions, and B) personal ideas of using less-subjective feedback for understanding and controlling myself toward goals. But I want to see some example pictures from the actual device before committing money to it.

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