Triops camera reacts to sound, motion, or manual triggers

A finalist in the BraunPrize2007, Franziska Faoro's Triops is a camera equipped with three fisheye lenses designed to take photos at moments you may not expect. It reacts to motion and movement -- so if you throw it in the air, or yell at it, it'll take a snap -- but it also has a manual mode in case you want full control. The idea of Triops is to meld the experience of taking a photo with the photo itself: the end pictures are all 360 degree panoramas, so you'll have to chuck it pretty far to be out of frame. It looks like it's a concept for now, although Franziska has thought to include designs for a dock, viewing screen, and even a simple UI on the device for controlling aspects of the shots. Hopefully this'll make it into production soon.

[Kurian @ Sep 17th 2007 8:24AM]

First! Wow. Idint know these existed!

[blade417 @ Sep 17th 2007 8:55AM]

sweet, i'll finally get a 360 degree view of the inside of my dogs mouth

[Zhalfim Deyn @ Sep 17th 2007 9:49AM]

now I can go hunt for ghosts with these...am tired of the blurry shadows that show up...

[The Pepto Pimp @ Sep 17th 2007 10:05AM]

That's effing rad! I want one.

[nbb359 @ Sep 17th 2007 10:25AM]

Very neat, even if it looks like one of those models in the doctors office you play with and then break right before they walk in the door....

[John @ Sep 17th 2007 10:58AM]

Oooh! It reacts to motion AND movement! Amazing....

[Chird @ Sep 17th 2007 11:04AM]

I think they meant motion in front of the lens and movement of the camera itself...like an accelerometer or something. On a side note: to get out of frame wouldnt you just have to hold it above your head?

[Keith @ Sep 17th 2007 11:16AM]

Toss it in the air at an outside concert and see what you get.

[Hany Hanna @ Sep 19th 2007 3:45AM]

It looks a little clumsy to hold....I might drop it near the door of the girls locker room....or in a department store during a lingerie sale.

[Vicne @ Sep 19th 2007 8:18AM]

Add it a parachute and you can get shots from 30 feet above the ground. Could be fun...

[Lucy @ Nov 19th 2007 5:22AM]

How do i get myself one of these beuty's?????????