Memoto Lifelogging Camera

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1. Creator Memoto on April 23
  
  Hi Kathleen,
  
  Thanks for the support you're showing to us! We're working hard to get the Memoto camera into the hands of all of you, our Kickstarter backers. Right now, we are not able to provide an exact shipping date but will be providing weekly updates here right until we are ready to ship: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/martinkallstrom/memoto-lifelogging-camera/posts
  
  We want you to take the Memoto camera onto your hiking trip as well so let's all be crossing our fingers and hope that development runs as smoothly as possible up till then!
  
  /Priscilla
2. Creator Kathleen Martens Grant on April 22
  
  I'm going to be hiking through England at the end of June, and I'm wondering if there's any possibility that I will have my Memoto by then. I'm not complaining - I understand this is a complex (and amazing) endeaver. But it sure would be cool to be able to lifeblog that trip!
3. Creator Memoto on April 4
  
  Hi Phillip, We look forward to shipping you a great product. Thanks for your understanding! Best, Sarah
4. Creator phillip dane on April 3
  
  have just read today's update. thanks for communicating openly and in detail. i am: 1) disappointed, 2) not surprised, and 3) hopeful. yours is a complex endeavor - i suspect if it was easy, it would have already been done. i look forward to your promised frequency and detail of updates, and i remain eager to receive a quality product. good luck - much success....
5. Creator Memoto on March 26
  
  Hi Mike, thanks for the suggestions! It's a good idea to make the upload clients "smarter" - we'll definitely consider it. Best /Niclas
6. Creator Mike Morrison on March 23
  
  Just seen your website suggesting a 1mb upload min, please note that in the UK even with 60+ meg download, most have upload limited to 750k
  
  Also when traveling WiFi will be slow. Please consider this in your upload options. I.e. options to reduce upload burden, this could be reduced image size or excluding time periods that we are not interested in keeping
7. Creator Memoto on March 22
  
  Hi Marco! If you follow our updates (latest hardware update: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/martinkallstrom/memoto-lifelogging-camera/posts/419091) you'll see that we've had some delays and are now estimating to start shipping in April.
  
  We're working hard to get the Memoto camera ready and can't wait to deliver it to you!
  
  Best /Niclas
8. Creator Marco on March 22
  
  Hi,
  please can I have an estimate of the delivery? Estimated delivery was Mar 2013 and
  Survey has been sent 12/03/12 .
  Can I have some more info? Thanks
9. Creator Memoto on March 21
  
  @Mike - We'll publish that list on the website when we launch the product, announcing a big THANK YOU to all of you who helped make the Memoto Lifelogging Camera possible!
  
  @chan - Sending you a PM!
  
  Best /Niclas
10. Creator chan on March 20
  
  Hi there,
  I want to cancel my pledge - running low on funds. Could you please let me know how to get a refund? Thanks.
  
  Chan
11. Creator Mike Morrison on March 20
  
  When & where will the list of "friends" go on your site?
12. Creator pharmac on March 14
  
  I am going to Korea in April, so want to take this with me....
13. Creator Adrian Raudaschl on March 14
  
  The sample photos look way better than I expected! How does it do in low lighting conditions?
14. Creator Nicholas Avenell on March 4
  
  Yeah, it's a bit of a shame, though. One of my primary reasons for getting it was to be able to put together a film-thing of the first ever instance of a large scale larp event I'm helping with over Easter, so I was kind of hoping for further towards March than April :-)
15. Creator Memoto on March 4
  
  Hi Nicholas,
  
  We're still aiming for April. We'll let you know if that changes.
  
  Best,
  Sarah
16. Creator Nicholas Avenell on March 4
  
  So we've moved from March/April to April/May?
17. Creator Memoto on March 4
  
  @Phil - We're just about to post the newest update within a few hours, keep your eyes peeled!
  
  Best /Niclas
18. Creator Phil Brown on March 4
  
  Hi Memoto, I've been following your progress eagerly and can't wait to get my hands on one! Just wondering if there are any updates on your progress as we haven't heard anything in close to a month and we are now approaching the latest estimate for shipping.
19. Creator Chris on February 23
  
  Keep up all the hard work guys, I for one can't wait to start using my camera! =)
20. Creator Memoto on February 19
  
  Hi Miroslav, thanks for your question. The Memoto camera turns itself off when it's placed in darkness (such as in your pocket) or when you put it down on a flat surface.
  Best regards, Niclas
21. Creator Miroslav Petrasko on February 19
  
  Can't wait to get this :) But a small question. Does the device turn of completely when it's not clipped on something? Just wondering, when I'm for instance on a plane, if the GPS is turned off.
22. Creator Memoto on February 6
  
  Hi Jeremias, thanks for sharing your enthusiasm. The delays are unfortunately what they are as per the update from January 21st, so the updated estimated time for delivery is now "March/April". We're doing our best to get the camera finished as soon as possible!
  
  Best regards /Niclas
23. Creator Jeremias Weber on February 6
  
  How is the current status? I'm very excited about the camera and I really want to know if you were able to circumvent the delays or if we all have to add a month to the expected shipping time...
24. Creator Memoto on February 6
  
  Hi Roy, It's technically possible, but it's not a feature we have on the roadmap. (In theory, it should be just as possible to do with the GPS data from your smartphone.) It's a cool idea, and we'll consider it for the future it proves to be a popular request. Thanks for the suggestion!
  
  Best regards,
  Niclas Johansson
25. Creator Roy Brouwer on February 4
  
  @Memoto I recently bought a DSLR, that has no GPS. Would it be possible to get the Memoto GPS data & add this data to my DSLR pics automatically?
26. Creator Memoto on January 24
  
  @Rachel, thanks for the question! Some differences:
  - The design of the Memoto is explicitly purposed to look like a camera and nothing else. We wouldn't like to be spied on ourselves, so we're not making a product like that.
  - The Memoto camera takes photos automatically all the time that you're wearing it. No video. No on/off button. No hassle.
  - The software side of our product/service stamps the photos with GPS info and stores, analyzes, organizes and presents them in a beautiful app for your smartphone. This helps you create/recall context and meaning of your pictures.
  
  Best regards,
  Niclas Johansson
27. Creator Rachel Everett on January 22
  
  Hello! I'm an early backer. How will this cool product be different from this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B007D1HRJQ/ref=dp_olp_0… ?
28. Creator Memoto on January 7
  
  @Nicky - we're at around $75.000 of preorders, meaning we're "halfway to the stretch goal". Our full focus now is to get the Memoto camera itself ready for shipping as promised, and we'll get right on the accessories as soon as that's done. These next couple of weeks should bring some exciting hardware updates, keep your eyes peeled!
  Best /Niclas Johansson
29. Creator Nicky Lewis on January 4
  
  What's the total pledge amount up to including website preorders? Interested to know regarding when the other accessories will tart to be developed.
30. Creator Yukihisa on January 2
  
  There was just it when I looked at a mailbox now. I'm sorry...
31. Creator Yukihisa on January 2
  
  A Happy New Year, Memoto team! By the way, the other day I emailed to your support@memoto.com. I have the same problem as Ryan Burchinow on December 5. Today, there was the update of the update, but there was not my reply. Because it is the thing that is very important to me, please contact me. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you.
32. Creator Memoto on December 17
  
  @Roby,
  
  Sorry we haven't been able to get back to you, Martin is crazy busy these days and I want to apologize on his (our as a company) behalf. As you know we're putting our everything into getting the product ready and fulfilling our original promise, so that's why communications have been slower. As for your question re: speed of the camera, according to our senior hardware engineer it's "theoretically possible, but not something we've tried yet".
  
  @Roy,
  Thanks for showing us another cool Kickstarter project! It looks like the resolution of their screen is only 600 x 600, but nevertheless it could be a neat thing to integrate with at some point ahead!
33. Creator Roby Zahler on December 16
  
  Thanks Niclas for your comment, but you haven't answered my question about the camera speed. Is it possible to configure the Memoto camera to take short bursts of 24 of 48 images in a sec or two. I'm aware that there is a memory limitation. But it might be interesting to play with settings and see how random takes, every 15 min of a tiny 1 sec life sequence will mix and match with stills that are taken every 30 sec or so. I do not see a lot of traffic on this blog since the funding goal was reached. Is it sensible to continue the conversations on the memoto site or do you want to leave this channel on kickstarter open for discussion ? I'v send a DM to martin@memoto and info@memoto more than a week ago. There was no response so far, can you check. Best regards, Roby
34. Creator Roy Brouwer on December 16
  
  I think it would be cool if you could show the pictures from the Memoto Camera on the Instacube! (http://kck.st/PaLgqE)
35. Creator Memoto on December 14
  
  @James - Thanks for your suggestion! Our situation right now is that we're fully focused on finishing the product. The big holidays are also drawing near (with 6 hours of daylight here in Sweden we're pretty crazy about festivities, lights, warmth and spending time with family)... and we also know some backers don't want TOO many updates
  
  With all this, we've scheduled the coming updates to at least once a week, of course more when/if something BIG happens. One is coming today, and the one for next week will be hardware/manufacturing-focused!
  
  Please keep commenting with your questions and suggestions here and on twitter, email etc - we're listening to everything, and responding as much as we can. Oh and the more specific, the easier for us to give good answers!
  
  @Roby & Mike - The One Second Everyday project does have elements that inspire and intrigue us. We do pictures, he does microvideo - of course it would be nice to combine our efforts somehow. Thanks for the ideas!
  
  Best regards,
  Niclas Johansson
36. Creator James Petts on December 14
  
  Can we get an update, please? You talked about hiring more customer-facing staff, so an update every couple of days seems appropriate...
37. Creator Roby Zahler on December 12
  
  How fast is the memoto camera ? Say I want to take a short burst of 24 pictures within a second every 15 minutes. Nudge nudge. Is that possible with the current hardware in the camera ?
38. Creator Mike Zemina on December 10
  
  Has the Memoto team looked at the 1SE (One Second Everyday) kickstarter project? http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cesarkuriyama/1-second-everyday-app
  
  I would think that to take the logic of the app and utilize it online combining it with the lifeshots that the Memoto camera takes, combining them into a year-long video log would be beneficial from a lifelogger standpoint.
39. Creator Memoto on December 10
  
  Hi Nicky! That's a neat idea and something that we have been discussing in the team. We're about to communicate some new promotions, and will update all backers in some way about the way towards stretch goal #3. Thanks for the suggestion!
  
  Best regards,
  Niclas Johansson
40. Creator Nicky Lewis on December 7
  
  Can you keep an uptodate total of the amount pledged on your website, so we know how far away you are from developing the other accessories? Thanks.
41. Creator Memoto on December 7
  
  Hi Roby, thanks for the tips! We like the 1 Second Everyday App project very much, and it does have elements we can be inspired by. Our concept of "moments" (groupings of pictures viewed in a timelapse) that are self-organized and presented in our apps is somewhat like that.
  
  And Memorize looks like a neat little movie! We'll take a look at it for sure.
  
  Best regards,
  Niclas Johansson
42. Creator Roby Zahler on December 6
  
  Memorize, a Swedish short about... yes an implanted life logging device - http://www.neatorama.com/2012/12/05/Memorize/
  The memoto camera could be used as an alibi, have you thought about that ?
43. Creator Roby Zahler on December 6
  
  Just became a backer for another life logging project - 1 Second Everyday App by Cesar Kuriyama - Watching the 1 sec snipped a day sequence that have been recorded mostly on his iphone and edited with the app they are building is fascinating. Sequencing daily stills taken by the memoto camera into a slideshow is certainly something you should consider building into the memoto app. Cheers, Roby
44. Creator Memoto on December 6
  
  Hi Ryan, will contact you on PM. Thanks!
  
  All the best,
  Niclas
45. Creator Ryan Burchinow on December 5
  
  Hey Memoto,
  I'm super happy that you guys did so well on Kickstarter and can't wait to get the camera. I do have an issue though I initially pledged the $249 amount but later saw an opening in the $199 bracket for earlier delivery etc and switched over. I checked my credit card bill and was billed the $249 amount. Anyway you can get this fixed?
46. Creator Memoto on December 4
  
  Hi Zach, thanks for sharing your enthusiasm - we certainly agree with you in the hope that visual lifelogging and related Quantified Self / Big Data tech will bring big changes to how we live and interact with each other and the world. Can't wait to get our product in your hands!
  
  Best regards,
  Niclas
47. Creator Zachariah Xacian on December 3
  
  Hey guys, I'm a photographer and big data software engineer (I'm at a startup analyzing facebook and twitter data). I think this project is going to be the first of an amazing set of technology changes to society. Looking forward to taking memoto with me on my 6-month world trip in june :-)
48. Creator Memoto on December 3
  
  Hi Arthur,
  
  Thanks for your suggestion. That's actually the exact route that we're taking. As you mention it's much less taxing on battery time, and that's also the reason why we recommend the cloud service to actually get your photos' GPS positioning calculated.
  
  All the best,
  Niclas
49. Creator Arthur Breitman on December 3
  
  I think a very low hanging fruit would be to record raw GPS data. Most of the error in GPS comes from atmospheric disruption. There are many ground stations around the world with known GPS position that broadcast the raw GPS feed they receive. Since the error introduced by the atmosphere is very consistent over a region, differential GPS between a known station and a GPS receiver is orders of magnitude more precise than a single GPS receiver.
  Connecting to these emitters would drain the battery, fortunately there's no need! The GPS tags on the images does not need to be "online". If the memoto saved the raw data from the GPS, once the pictures are uploaded it'd be easy to compare these raw recordings to recordings of the emitters and do off-line differential GPS.
  This also means that the memoto doesn't need to waste battery computing its GPS position.
  I really hope Memoto goes this route.
50. Creator Memoto on December 3
  
  @Gim - replied to you on email, thanks for reaching out!
  
  @Megan - Thanks for sharing your enthusiasm, it sounds like a fantastic trip and a neat idea for a use case for our camera. I do hope you find a way to get that batch order funded somehow! :)
  
  Best regards,
  Niclas