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tech Moments - Memoto Wearable Camera,Tech Training for Children and Young People

Bybreen Samuels - The Smart Years2013-06-052:20600x480 original source ↗

Tech training for 100,000 children and young people delivered by Mozilla, Nominet Trust and Nesta. Digital workshop will be delivered by September 15th 2013. Wearable tech, Memoto has developed a 1 inch camera and app.

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factMemoto developed a 1-inch wearable camera designed to automatically capture daily activities.1:16factMemoto raised approximately £500,000 through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to develop the camera and app.1:16factThe Memoto camera automatically takes photographs throughout the wearer's day without requiring manual interaction.1:16factThe Memoto app organizes and catalogs photographs from the camera into a cohesive 'photographic memory' of the user's life.1:42factThe Memoto camera raised privacy and etiquette concerns about ubiquitous photography and disclosure of recording.1:42factThe Memoto camera was priced at approximately $279 for pre-order.2:08
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[00:00:00] Speaker A: Hi, I'm Bybreen Samuels and welcome to Tech Moments. Here I share updates from the world of technology. Children and young people are digital natives and 3 companies have come together to create a brainchild called Make Things Do Stuff. The companies are Mozilla, Nestor, and the Nominate Trust, and what they aim to do is to deliver digital workshops to about 100,000 children and young people between now and September the 15th.

[00:00:26] Speaker A: And during the workshops, they will learn to code. They can build games, create apps, design websites, as well as develop computers. This is a fantastic alternative educational experience for them. And the government has done something quite useful here by backing this campaign. And it makes me wonder, are they beginning to pay attention to the spoken word artist Suli Briggs, who is a voice for this generation? Now, if you'd like to find

[00:00:51] Speaker A: out more information about the resources, about the forum, and the events that the children and young people can participate in, then visit the website makethingsdostuff.co.uk, and soon we will be celebrating these digital champions as they rise out of the Silicon Roundabout. Now wearable tech is gaining traction, and there's a company called Memoto which is following in the footsteps of Google

[00:01:16] Speaker A: Glasses. And here they have created a 1-inch camera as well as an app, and they raised about £500,000 from the crowdfunding site Kickstarter to do so. And what the camera does is that you wear the camera on you and it takes photographs of what is happening in your day, literally as it happens. So it automatically does this, you don't have to do anything.

[00:01:42] Speaker A: Once the photographs are taken, then the app rearranges and catalogues all of the photographs and then presents to you a photographic memory of your life. Now clearly this device creates problems and raises questions around privacy and good manners. For example, at what stage do you actually let somebody know you're wearing this camera? If you'd like to find out more information, please visit the website memoto.com.

[00:02:08] Speaker A: Also, you can preorder your camera, and it will cost you about $279. That's it for this week, and look forward to speaking to you again soon. Thank you. Bye.