Narrative Clip wearable camera to ship November 1
The former Kickstarter project known as Memoto clips to your shirt and snaps photos throughout the day. Let the lifelogging begin!
About a year ago, Kickstarter project Memoto hoped to raise $50,000 toward the development of a small, wearable camera that would automatically snap photos throughout your day, the idea being to "lifelog" your experiences in searchable, shareable records.
The campaign raised $550,000.
Unfortunately, the estimated delivery period -- February 2013 -- came and went, and went, and went. But early backers are finally going to receive their cameras: the newly christened Narrative Clip (so named because of a conflict with the Memoto moniker) is scheduled to ship November 1.
The Narrative Clip is a 1-inch-square camera, available in three colors, that snaps and stores 5-megapixel photos at 30-second intervals -- but only when clipped to your person. It automatically detects when it's unclipped and stops recording.
The camera also relies on built-in GPS to geotag each photo, and will pair with Android and iOS apps to let you browse the collection. However, it has no controls to speak of, only a rechargeable battery that Narrative says will last for two days. During that same period, the camera can snap up to 4,000 photos -- more than enough to document even a full 12 hours per day of activity.