Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"We need a digital camera that can be switched on and fire off that first shot fast. It's not a commonly tracked statistic on any review site, and nobody seems to have this information for every camera. We were hoping other readers could inform us as to what small digital cameras can fire off their first pics in under a second (ideally under half a second). It needs to be small, but mostly, just really quick in operation. Thanks!"
I love all the people who, rather than trying to think of a good use for an interesting idea, spend their valuable time trying to think of reasons why it won't work.
(This applies to most stuff I see on Engadget).
These people are called "Engineers"
Um, yeah. Lets just build these things that are impractical and ignore all of the faults. Who needs engineering anyway?
I would agree with you were it not for the fact that a true engineer would want to know a bit more about the device than what is in the article before making the assumption that it is impractical. I am of the opinion that this particular invention has at least one good use and that is that is needed really isn't it?
(for the record I am an undergraduate mechanical engineer)
My brain just did a massive fart - what I meant to say instead of "I am of the opinion that this particular invention has at least one good use and that is that is needed really isn't it?" was:
"I am of the opinion that this particular invention could have at least one good use and that is all that is really needed isn't it?