Throwable Camera Captures Stable Video and Images

When I read "throwable", I thought it implied "disposable".

This, in a way, reminds me of the scene in Prometheus where the scientists map the interior of the cave/ship using a pair of floating censors than scan the walls. I can imagine (a more hardened version of) something like this being dropped down a mine shaft or crevasse in search and rescue situations. Or even thrown into a building.

The radio-controlled robots have a relatively narrow field of view and you often only see where the camera is pointed (on the throwable ones, I think the camera is confined to one axis, up/down, motion).

Combine this with the gigapixel camera ( http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/50-gigapixel-camera-straig... ) and you have Prometheus tech today. Just gotta work on that anti-gravity part now.

Edit: Just finished watching the full video demo. Looks like they're pushing the search/rescue angle too. It makes perfect sense really. I hope it gets to market soon!