BBC NEWS | Technology | Camera specs take candid snaps: "A prototype pair of sunglasses with a camera built in to them has been created by Hewlett Packard researchers.
'It means you now have a wearable camera which nobody will notice and can take pictures while being involved in events,' said Huw Robson from Hewlett Packard.
But experts say there could be privacy implications if this sort of technology becomes part of everyday life.
The sunglasses developed at the Hewlett Packard labs in Bristol in the west of England sport a camera that constantly takes images of what a wearer sees. The camera also has an off-switch to preserve privacy.
This is part of the story of electronics becoming smaller and embedded in everything and cheap enough so that people can afford it
Huw Robson, HP Digital Media Lab
'If you are capturing your life as you walk around and you can simply and easily filter through that when you get home and get the important shots, that is going to be of great value to people,' said Mr Robson, manager of the Bristol Digital Media Lab."
'It means you now have a wearable camera which nobody will notice and can take pictures while being involved in events,' said Huw Robson from Hewlett Packard.
But experts say there could be privacy implications if this sort of technology becomes part of everyday life.
The sunglasses developed at the Hewlett Packard labs in Bristol in the west of England sport a camera that constantly takes images of what a wearer sees. The camera also has an off-switch to preserve privacy.
This is part of the story of electronics becoming smaller and embedded in everything and cheap enough so that people can afford it
Huw Robson, HP Digital Media Lab
'If you are capturing your life as you walk around and you can simply and easily filter through that when you get home and get the important shots, that is going to be of great value to people,' said Mr Robson, manager of the Bristol Digital Media Lab."
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