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"Blind" camera takes no photos

Just shares random Flickr pics

NEWS: 25 May 2007 13:28 GMT by Amy-Mae Elliott

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Hands-down the most whimsical tech product we've seen this year, if not ever, there's something about this crazy device that touched the romantic part of us buried deep (okay, buried VERY deep) down inside of us.

Described as a "Blind Camera" this works on the philosophy that "taking a photo means making a memory".

When you press the button on this camera, instead of capturing what you are seeing, the device connects to the Internet and searches photo sharing library Flickr for a random image that someone, somewhere else in the world had taken at exactly the same time you pressed that button, and displays it on the screen.

This will divide people – is it new-age zen-crud or a beautiful way of connecting with our fellow earthlings? (Well, those earthlings that have a Flickr account). Discuss…

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