It's a camera you throw in the air and it takes a panoramic picture of the surrounding area.<p>The actual Indiegogo site: <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/panono-panoramic-ball-camera" rel="nofollow">http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/panono-panoramic-ball-came...</a>
This isn't really a new idea - the military already have versions of these that they can throw into a room or inclosed space to gain optics on it upon before entering it to clear it. They also have versions that can be launched over a longer distance via grenade launcher.<p>eg <a href="http://www.epicos.com/epicos/extended/switzerland/macroswiss/products_mq.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.epicos.com/epicos/extended/switzerland/macroswiss...</a><p>see also from 2008: <a href="http://www.gizmag.com/the-i-ball-short-range-throwing-camera/10399/" rel="nofollow">http://www.gizmag.com/the-i-ball-short-range-throwing-camera...</a>
I dream of a weighted version of this which I can use while skydiving.<p>IE: like a spaceball <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRUoe1nPxOE" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRUoe1nPxOE</a>