Marc Alexa

Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera

By admin on October 15, 2011

Researchers at the Technical University of Berlin (Technische Universität) have come up with an ingenious Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera, a multi-sensor camera about the size of a cantaloupe that snaps a single, instant 360-degree panorama.

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