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The Party-shot was released in September without much fanfare, even though it's the first robo-cam on the market aimed at consumers. The obvious question is, have digital cameras, nowadays equipped with a considerable amount of artificial intelligence, come so far that they make human photographers obsolete? We...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sony's Robot-Cam: Partying Without a Photographer | 12/23/2009 | See Source »

Mated with Sony's latest Cyber-shot models, either the WX1 or TX1, the dock is certainly less conspicuous than a roving photographer, making only a quiet whirring noise as it sweeps its surroundings for human faces. Most of the photos it takes are focused and properly exposed, even when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sony's Robot-Cam: Partying Without a Photographer | 12/23/2009 | See Source »

But the Party-shot suffers the same challenge as speech-recognition software: for people to embrace it, it needs to be able to at least match what people can do. And while the robo-cam took plenty of OK shots, it lacks the sophistication to capture classic Kodak moments. Not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sony's Robot-Cam: Partying Without a Photographer | 12/23/2009 | See Source »

The Party-shot isn't going to send the amateur photographer the way of the switchboard operator. Still, for version 1.0, it is an adequate stand-in at large gatherings, and can come in really handy at small ones, like a family birthday, when nobody wants to be on camera...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sony's Robot-Cam: Partying Without a Photographer | 12/23/2009 | See Source »

Here's how it works: every car owner will be required to purchase a GPS machine that is able to send data tracking the distances of trips to a billing agency. Any motorist caught without the device will be fined. People driving a standard family sedan will be charged 3...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holland's Plan to Tax Every Kilometer Driven | 12/23/2009 | See Source »

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