Guess what you’ve got there!

Roberto Saracco November 8, 2016 Blog 103 Views

The Apple Watch does not have a digital camera to take pictures of what you see, nor selfies. You don’t need to suffer any more.
CMRA is about to release (early 2017) a band for the Apple Watch with two video camera, one facing you with a 2Mpixel sensor and the other pointing outward with an 8 Mpixel sensor. And you can pre-order it right now at an introductory price of 149$.
The forward facing camera is intended for video calls and for selfies, the outward camera is for HD videos and high definition photos. A tap on the band and you take a photo, keep pressure on the band and you shoot a video; two taps will switch from one camera to the other. CMRA claims the battery charge supports hundreds of shots or 30′ video filming.
You can easily manage your photos and videos with the associated App.
Aren’t you amazed at the level of miniaturisation a digital camera has reached? You can fit two of them, with their sensors, processing chips, storage chip (8GB) and battery in a watch band. Yes, I know, miniaturisation is far greater if we look inside a chip with transistors size now down to 10nm, but I have to confess I am more impressed by two digital cameras ending in a watch band then by the infinitesimal size of a transistor!

About Roberto Saracco

Roberto Saracco fell in love with technology and its implications long time ago. His background is in math and computer science. Until April 2017 he led the EIT Digital Italian Node and then was head of the Industrial Doctoral School of EIT Digital up to September 2018. Previously, up to December 2011 he was the Director of the Telecom Italia Future Centre in Venice, looking at the interplay of technology evolution, economics and society. At the turn of the century he led a World Bank-Infodev project to stimulate entrepreneurship in Latin America. He is a senior member of IEEE where he leads the New Initiative Committee and co-chairs the Digital Reality Initiative. He is a member of the IEEE in 2050 Ad Hoc Committee. He teaches a Master course on Technology Forecasting and Market impact at the University of Trento. He has published over 100 papers in journals and magazines and 14 books.

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