Memoto: Secrets of a half-million-dollar Kickstarter campaign

There was excellent thought experiment/one-off drama on how a product like this could affect employment and relationships in the future. "The Entire History of You" aired on British TV last year [1]. It was written by one of Peep Show's [2] writers, a sitcom that uses solely point of view shots.<p>If you have access to 4OD (by being in the UK or otherwise) you can watch the episode online [3].<p>[1] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror_(TV_series)#3._.22The_Entire_History_of_You.22" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror_(TV_series)#3._.22...</a><p>[2] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peep_Show_(TV_series)" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peep_Show_(TV_series)</a><p>[3] <a href="http://www.channel4.com/programmes/black-mirror/episode-guide/series-1/episode-3" rel="nofollow">http://www.channel4.com/programmes/black-mirror/episode-guid...</a>

They claim 2000 cameras 'sold' thru their campaign. I thought Kickstarter explicitely says they are not a store? I don't get it.

Total amount pledged: $550,189 ... Number of cameras sold: 2,346<p>In relation to the cameras "sold" (i.e., promised) to backers this figure seems much more down to earth. It comes out at about $235 per camera. Depending on how much the production will actually cost (I didn't see any estimates), this may even be quite tight.

Not trying to belittle this project, but I don't get its appeal. The magic of pictures, for me, are perfectly timed ones, not blurry and random photographs or storing and going through 3k pics/day to check "today's good one"<p>Has anybody done some research on the product? Could you please give me a briefing of why it's better than a camera on your phone?<p>I only see drawbacks: from the fact that you have some geeky-cyberpunk look because there is a camera hanging from your neck; legal implications ("is that a camera? can you turn it off please?"), etc. I, for one, don't like the prospect of people knowing I'm recording everything.<p>Thanks