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Log your fabulous life with this $663 designer handbag
What do you get when you put Autographer, creator of that lifelogging camera we saw in 2013, and quirky British designer Lulu Guinness together? If you guessed a zany handbag for wannabe spies and fashionistas obsessed with documenting their every move, then you'd be right. Guinness took time away from making oversized lip bags to design one with an eye that houses an Autographer camera, which can snap up to 2,000 images per day without you having to lift a finger. If you see tremendous potential in the bag for stalking, spying and creeping on an ex, uh, reasons you'd rather not disclose, you may want to start saving up now. It will be available for a limited time starting on July 30th from Lulu Guiness' stores for £395 ($663).
Lifelogging camera Autographer reaches out to Android users
Having a photojournalist follow us around all day could work out to be pretty expensive, which is why we liked the idea of Autographer's neck-worn lifelogging camera - even if we didn't appreciate the low-fi picture quality. In any case, the device's creators are continuing to improve the product, releasing a companion app on Google Play that opens it up to Android users. The company can't fix the camera's weak sensor, but at least there's an identical set of features to what's on the iOS counterpart.
Waterproof kit for Autographer camera lets you take hands-free photos underwater
If you just can't get enough of documenting every waking moment of your life, then the Autographer life-logging camera, launched last July, has its appeal -- it's designed to automatically snap pictures based on what it deems to be the perfect shot at any given moment, no user interaction required. Now, however, you can take shots not just on dry land but underwater as well. That's because Autographer has teamed up with Aquapac, a maker of waterproof casings, to develop a special Waterproof Kit for the wearable camera. The Kit is fully submersible for at least 30 minutes to a depth of 30 feet, which means it's ideal for snorkeling. Other features include a LENZFLEX lens that's designed to be clear of water droplets and you can now secure the camera to the neck, chest or arms, which makes it a little easier to maneuver. You can pre-order the Aquapac Waterproof Kit right now for £30 from the Autographer site.
The Daily Roundup for 07.29.2013
You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours -- all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
Autographer wearable camera launches tomorrow for £400, we go hands-off
It's been a long time coming, close to a year, but OMG Life's clippable, er, lanyard-able life-logging camera will be available to buy tomorrow. The Autographer launches in the UK (where the company's based) and most major European countries on July 30th, priced at a rather prohibitive £400 (we're still confirming a US dollar price, but a later launch has been promised) and pitching itself as "the world's first intelligent wearable camera." We'd position it as an addition to your smartphone and/or standalone camera, like Lytro or the incoming Memoto, for those that have the cash. There's a curious appeal to it, helped by an attractive design that's predominantly plastic. We spent over three days wandering around, sometimes with it on a leather lanyard (included) around our neck, sometimes clipped to our belt or shirt pocket. For better or worse, it's a truly hands-off camera: there's really no way to frame or even time your captures. The Autographer itself chooses when to take a shot using its five sensors (monitoring changes in color, temperature, magnetometer, motion and acceleration), which means there's a hefty dose of luck involved in how your photos turn out. See whether Lady Luck was shining down on us (the sun certainly wasn't) and check out our sample images below and first impressions after the break. %Gallery-194653% %Gallery-194863%
Autographer wearable camera takes the whole taking pictures thing out of taking pictures
Sure, we've all got a camera on us at all times, thanks to the prevalence of smartphones and point-and-shoots, but these devices present an issue when it comes to that modern human desire to electronically capture everything that happens everywhere ever: having to actually take the pictures. That's why the unsettlingly giddily-named OMG Life is working to unleash the Autographer, a hands-free, wearable camera that promises to take "thousands of photographs a day" via its wearable lens. Just drape it on your person and it will uses its six on-board sensors (GPS, color, accelerometer, motion detector, magnetometer and thermometer) to determine the right moment to snap one of its unwieldy volume of images. Says the company, For instance, Autographer might capture an image when the wearer speeds up as they run for the bus, moves from a warm pub to a snowy street or turns around to greet a friend. Also, you know, stuff like your wedding and the birth of your child. The camera's got a five-megapixel sensor, OLED display, 8GB of on-board storage and built-in Bluetooth for sharing those pictures. The company's currently aiming for a November release, just in time for capturing every single moment of the holiday season. In the meantime, the press info is after the break.
