Throwable Ball Camera

erco

http://www.electronicproducts.com/Sensors_and_Transducers/Image_Sensors_and_Optical_Detectors/Throwable_camera_captures_sharp_aerial_photos_and_video_that_doesn_t_induce_motion_sickness.aspx

Neat idea if it works, until it drops on the concrete. DOH!

NWCCTV

I see a "Bouncy" Ball in his future!!!! If he can do it with plastic, why not rubberize it and let it bounce everywhere!

lanternfish

I read about earlier throwable cameras sometime back. I believe this is one of the first.

jonaspfeil.de/ballcamera

prof_braino

Yes, I thought a saw a kickstarter for a throwable camera last year. I wonder what his patents would cover?

mindrobots

You can toss any camera. Just set the self timer, press the shutter and adjust your toss until it's in the right place when the shutter fires. There's a bit of a trick to get timing and orientation correct but with practice, you can get interesting pictures.

The trick isn't so much in the camera tossing as in the camera catching.

Flickr has a group or two about camera tossing.

I probably have some in my picture collection if I can find them.