Think there are too many pictures on the Internet. The number is about to explode. About a year ago a team of Sweden’s most innovative and experienced entrepreneurs, its foremost camera electronics engineer, and an industrial designer decided people needed an easier way to create searchable, shareable memories. They believe we tend to forget some of the best things we experience because there is no record. They set out to change all that and started Memoto, a company with the goal of giving everyone true photographic memory.
They
developed a camera, about the size of a postage stamp, that automatically captures every special moment of your life – even before you realize how special it is -- and stores two 5mp images a minute in the cloud. The camera connects to your clothing with a small stainless steel metal clip.
So why would anyone want that many pictures of what they do every day. Assuming you sleep 8 hours a day and the camera is not taking pictures during that period, you would produce about 1,960 frames in a 24-hour period. Who is going to edit that number of images? Who will ever look at them? New features give the user the ability to bookmark specific photos by quickly tapping the camera after a special moment. Users will also be able to adjust the time interval between photos.
When it came time to actually build the camera the team decided they needed $50,000 in development money. On October 23, 2012 they launched a
Kickstarter project to raise the funds.
So far 2,768 backers have pledged $538,825. Yes, there is interest out there. The development team expects to deliver the first cameras in early 2013. Cameras will be available in Graphic gray, Artic white and Memoto orange for $279. The fund raising campaign ends November 30, 2012 and for the last two days on
Kickstarter, Memoto will be offering the camera at the discounted price of $249.
Memoto developers are working on a wide-angle camera lens, a waterproof case and a Wi-Fi dock.