Remember the Microsoft SenseCam? Well, this time-lapse camera that targets dementia patients to help them with their memory has been licensed to UK-based Vicon Motion Systems, where the device is now manufactured as a memory aid, going by the moniker of Vicon Revue. Shooting photos once every few minutes, all snapped images will be sent to its internal memory, to be uploaded to a computer later on (if the patient remembers how to) to help those who suffer from recall problems to remember what happened that day, or several days prior. Featuring a wide-angle lens, this device is worn around the neck like a necklace, filling up 2GB of internal memory with pictures before requiring a transfer of data to keep it free to shoot even more photos after that. Other hardware specifications of the Vicon Revue include a temperature sensor, an infrared motion detector, a multi-axis accelerometer and a 3-axis magnetometer (compass). The $775 price tag would definitely place this out of reach of the average Joe, but then again, it isn’t meant to be purchased on impulse. We do wish improvements can be made in terms of visual quality and storage though – a memory card slot would’ve been a nice touch.
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