Wearable Camera Shoots HD Video - ParaShoot

Shooting Video With A Small Camera Around Your Neck.

There have been a growing number of cameras for use on the go. While these mobile devices are fantastic, they seem to be larger than some would like to see for carrying around. There needs to be one where you can wear it and small enough so that not everyone knows what it is doing. Not that you want to secretly record things, but the idea of holding a camera up in your hands just seems like the "old" way of doing things. There needs to be one that you can attach to your clothing which can shoot HD video for you so that you can enjoy the surroundings while that is happening.

This week's KickStarter campaign is the ParaShoot 2.0 wearable camera which weighs only 1.3 ounces making it almost unnoticeable when you are wearing it. It has the ability to take HD video or pictures and wirelessly move them from the ParaShoot to the cloud or elsewhere. It is only 15 mm thick (0.6 inches) and 45 mm square (1.7 inches) making it almost not noticeable. And if you have it painted up, it looks like a piece of jewelry.

While this is the 2nd attempt to raise funding for the ParaShoot, they have already met their goal of $30,000 and are continuing to raise funds to begin manufacturing. Using the ParaShoot is very simple. You can press a button on the camera to take a picture or shoot HD video. Or you can download their app for iOS and Android devices to control the ParaShoot from your mobile device. You can even use the app to see what it is shooting at the time. Pretty nice feature they have added with version 2.0.

The ParaShoot reminds me of the Memoto LifeLogging camera we reported on from early in the year which was soon to come to market then. It takes pictures at intervals as low as 30 seconds. It is still coming to market, so there are obviously issues with manufacturing for them. Over at the Memoto site you can pre-order one for $279. This seems to be much higher in price than what we are seeing for the ParaShoot.

But, the ParaShoot seems to be a better option given the associated app and HD video capabilities. If you want to participate as part of the group who helped fund the ParaShoot, you can make a contribution of $149 to receive one in December this year. Once those are gone, it jumps to $169 to get one in January. After the pre-order period is gone, we expect to see prices jump up to $269. Time is a wasting if you want to be part of the group to get the ParaShoot this year.