Re: 360 degree video

["z" <rmwbsee@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I hope to entertain as well as enlighten with my angry sarcasm.

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I guess anything goes... at the US patent department!
I'll have to claim pror art practice to this one too!







"z" <rmwbsee@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I am still mad about the tunnel-camera-thing-a-ma-bob "patent"!
> Can I patent my toe nail with a camera attached?
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> "Steve Uhrig" <Steve@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Just happened to notice this.
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>> I had seen it in a law enforcement newsletter maybe a month ago.
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>> I know there has been some discussion on the matter.
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>> "Rolling Camera Eyeballs Danger"
>> Wired News (04/29/05); Christopher, Abby
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>> More than 20 law enforcement agencies are testing a device
>> known as the Eye Ball, a hardy baseball-sized spherical
>> camera that can be thrown into potentially dangerous areas
>> where, via wireless remote control, the device can provide
>> police or soldiers with a 360-degree view of the surrounding
>> area. The Eye Ball is envisioned as a useful tool in
>> situations where suspects are hiding inside a building,
>> hostages are being held, or explosives have been planted.
>> "The Eye Ball provides safety by providing law enforcement
>> and military personnel with higher degrees of visibility and
>> insight," says Asher Gendelman, with Remington Technologies,
>> which will manufacture the cameras. Officers can attach the
>> devices to ropes or poles in order to dangle them in
>> stairwells and other potentially dangerous areas, and the
>> devices can even be moved around on small wireless cars like
>> the kind that are commonly sold at electronics retail
>> stores. The device is especially useful in potentially
>> dangerous areas that policemen enter without knowing where
>> suspects are hiding, such as basements, parking garages,
>> attics, and crawl spaces, says San Diego police officer Ron
>> Cottingham. Assuming that the Eye Ball receives approval
>> from regulators, Remington intends to introduce the devices
>> later this year, at a price of about $1,500. The company
>> will target the device at government agencies such as the
>> Defense Department, federal and local police departments,
>> search-and-rescue teams, firefighters, and emergency medical
>> technicians. The Eye Ball has video and audio features that
>> can be saved to DVD or tape to be used as evidence; the
>> camera has a battery life of three hours, and can complete
>> four camera rotations in a minute.
>> http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,67329,00.html
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>> Steve
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>> Steve Uhrig, SWS Security, Maryland (USA)
>> Mfrs of electronic surveillance equip
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>> "In God we trust, all others we monitor"
>> RIP Ken KE3I, SK 10/30/04. Rest easy, my good friend
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