Momenta necklace captures life's best, worst moments

Oh sure, there's a multitude of head-mounted cameras out there for devout lifebloggers to snap up and wear, but we're guessing the world looks a bit different when you're scaring everyone off while waltzing down the street. Granted, the Momenta necklace isn't a whole lot more attractive, but at least it's a touch less noticeable. This concept would reportedly capture anything and everything that happened in front of the wearer, and when it detects a sudden jump in heart rate, it'll log everything that happened five minutes prior and continue rolling until you tell it to halt. Kind of freaky, sure, but capturing the faces of folks who see you wearing this thing for the first time would undoubtedly be worth the price of admission.

[Via Tech Digest]

[GM @ Feb 22nd 2008 9:20AM]

looks like one of the mutant slave devices they made the x-men wear to disable their powers! :-o The end times are near

[jd @ Feb 22nd 2008 10:17AM]

EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT.

WHY DID THEY USE A SISTER AS A MODEL IN THIS CONTRAVERSIAL DEVICE? TO ENSLAVE THEM ALL AGAIN?

I THINK JOHN MCCAIN IS BEHIND THIS.

[IndiaTech @ Feb 22nd 2008 1:38PM]

@jd
You, Sir, are an idiot.
Jewellery ads always feature models with dark skin because beautiful dark skin contrasts nicely with jewellery. Specially, silver, white gold and diamond accessories.

[bob sakamano @ Feb 22nd 2008 9:20AM]

i imagine they want everyone in the world to wear one of these, and then at a precise moment they will "flip the switch" and proceed to take over the human race.

[Nate @ Feb 22nd 2008 9:21AM]

lol

I believe this is the silver version of whatever it was that crawled in/out of Spock's ear that one time.

[TriZz @ Feb 22nd 2008 10:00AM]

My question is...can one of these be used as admissible evidence in court? How easily accessible are the files on it if it's stolen? I mean, I wouldn't want someone to jack my necklace and then have open access to my life, my experiences. Seems like nothing but trouble to me.

[Dr. Evil @ Feb 22nd 2008 10:21AM]

This will be popular with mob informants who have stylist panache.

[Wyze @ Feb 22nd 2008 9:22AM]

Looks like alien technology....this is something I'd see if I was able to go out to say....The Mos Eisley Cantina on Tatooine.....

[I.E @ Feb 22nd 2008 9:26AM]

Nice collar....now, if only i could find a matching leash for that!

[Mojo_Yugen @ Feb 22nd 2008 9:40AM]

I am so buying this for my dog.

[Wyze @ Feb 22nd 2008 9:29AM]

Looks like we are all in some sort of agreement that this is at least otherworldly....I'm going to watch this post today just to see what comes of it

[JS @ Feb 22nd 2008 9:32AM]

I bid 20,000 quatloons on the newcomer.

[bob sakamano @ Feb 22nd 2008 9:34AM]

yeah isn't it weird this just happens to come out right after we blow up a spy satellite... something isn't adding up

[Iphtashu Fitz @ Feb 22nd 2008 9:38AM]

Looks like one of those things from the movie "Running Man" that prisoners war while doing labor. Cross a certain line and an explosive goes off, detaching your head from the rest of your body...

[Hax Or @ Feb 22nd 2008 9:40AM]

ROFL. I bet you could fit a PC in there... running Ubuntu.

It's just wrong

[Frankenstein Black @ Feb 22nd 2008 9:40AM]

AWESOME! Can't wait for version 12.0 to start "SQUID recording". There are Strange Days ahead people, Strange Days indeed...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Days_%28film%29

[Granis @ Feb 22nd 2008 9:48AM]

Strange days or rather Until the end of the world.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0101458/

[Carbonize @ Feb 22nd 2008 9:55AM]

Can't imagine anyone who has ever seen Wedlock, Running Man or Battle Royale wanting to wear one of these.

[michas_pi @ Feb 23rd 2008 3:15AM]

Shuya!

SHUYA!!!

[Jon Doe. @ Feb 22nd 2008 9:56AM]

Cool. A black box for life. 2010.....*The detective removes the corpse's Momenta* This should give us all the information we need...

OR better yet drop this on your daughter (With a nonremovable lock) so the very idea of her being alone with that scumbag boyfriend will never happen. Then again he could always use the back door....Ooops TMI ALERT....TMI ALERT. :-D

[ShadowMaker @ Feb 22nd 2008 9:58AM]

Well here's a new gadget Steve Jobs won't be introducing. You see, a turtleneck sweater would severely ruin the usefulness of this design.

[alexxa @ Feb 23rd 2008 5:50PM]

If I were to award a winner for best graphic ad of the day - this would be the one.

classic!

[bob sakamano @ Feb 22nd 2008 10:23AM]

will there be a more-expensive-less-feature-enabled product(red) version of this, or are the Aliens not aware of this amazing American marketing tactic yet?

[c1906w @ Feb 22nd 2008 10:31AM]

looks a little to much like the devices in Battle Royale for me,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIKZh3VEZW0

i wouldn't want that to happen.

[cereal @ Feb 22nd 2008 10:31AM]

But does it play doom?

[Mark @ Feb 22nd 2008 11:49AM]

No, but it'll record it.

[jmd @ Feb 22nd 2008 10:38AM]

uhmm.. if you combine this with some kind of silver cloaked outfit, it would be like something out of a final fantasy game. Its actually not a bad looking item if you match it up with a good outfit.

[m @ Feb 22nd 2008 10:58AM]

that suggestive photo suggests to me that one of its primary applications involves wearing no outfits whatsoever. you know, things involving "a sudden jump in heart rate."

[Gian @ Feb 22nd 2008 10:53AM]

Reminded me mostly of those explosive collars from the movie Wedlock with Rutger Hauer and Mimi Rogers.

[lars @ Feb 22nd 2008 11:02AM]

This reminds me of an Ursula K. LeGuin novel I think. Whatsitsname?

[FT @ Feb 22nd 2008 11:10AM]

This certainly looks like one of the contraptions from the Japanese movie Battle Royale.

Imagine a Chinese knockoff of these things, with a faulty, substandard battery. having this thing blow up right in front of your neck...OUCH!!! It's gotta kill.

[Allen @ Feb 22nd 2008 11:20AM]

Anyone else notice its placed on a seemingly very attractive woman?

This brought all sorts of bedroom shennanigans to my mind. Oh, what celebrity wouldn't be on film now....

[Edhoru @ Feb 22nd 2008 11:35AM]

So you invent news on slow days?

This necklace is a finalist in the Next-Gen PC Design Competition, not a "real" concept.

http://www.nextgendesigncomp.com/entrydetail.aspx?id=953

[Mark @ Feb 22nd 2008 1:28PM]

You must be confused. Blog != News.

[Hax Or @ Feb 22nd 2008 12:09PM]

It's quite clear what this is and the purpose.

Unless you're a n()()b... hehe

[dave @ Feb 22nd 2008 11:29AM]

Princess Ardala tried to put one of these on Buck Rogers as a wedding gift. If he cheated on her or strayed it would shrink and strangle him. She could also activate it remotely at will.

[citizenjames @ Feb 22nd 2008 1:45PM]

i heard about this years ago and the more i thought about it the more facinating it became. imagine cops with these instead of dashboard cameras. imagine having one of these when getting pulled over. having your tyke wear one at daycare. not having to take pictures and tote a camera at a theme park. to quickly find stuff you misplaced by retracing your day.

[Magnulus @ Feb 22nd 2008 12:33PM]

But does it blow up if you try to take it off or leave the BR island? No? Then, what's the point?

[markus @ Feb 22nd 2008 1:00PM]

In the comments, everyone's so busy trying to top each other with the funniest wisecrack that there's no real serious discussion about the product. I, for one, find it quite interesting that the product will "log everything that happened five minutes prior and continue rolling until you tell it to halt" since it suggests a "retrospective recording" feature where it records everything but only saves it if it's really good. I've always thought that video cameras should have that feature to capture that "magic moment" that you usually miss.

[webon @ Feb 22nd 2008 1:09PM]

yeah but will it blend?

[Vortex @ Feb 22nd 2008 1:07PM]

"WHY DID THEY USE A SISTER AS A MODEL" -- jd

Models are supposed to be beautiful. Where's the issue here? I'm not suggesting that advertising with naked people is proper, by the way.

"Anyone else notice its placed on a seemingly very attractive woman?" -- Allen

[SENATOR @ Feb 22nd 2008 1:15PM]

If you're married, a device like this is a Godsend. "Honey, I specifically told you to pick up the groceries..."

Oh yeah? "Well, let me rewind this thing and we'll just see about that."

[OneLove @ Feb 22nd 2008 2:56PM]

great for doing the nasty!

[andy @ Feb 22nd 2008 4:34PM]

Throw in GPS, and GSM, and it would be great for criminals on probation.

Forget ankle bracelets, this is far better. Once a new crime is committed, you'd know who, where, when, and have evidence. Now if we could just figure out a permanent solution...