Apparently, you can now TiVo real life. From Fast Company:
Ever see something you wish you had on film? Say, a miraculous home-run in the ninth, or your baby’s first steps? A new wearable camcorder called Looxcie (look-see) aims to capture all these shooting-star moments.
Looxcie ($199) is a Bluetooth headset that features video recording–but no record button. Rather, the device is designed to constantly capture video, which can either be viewed live on one’s smartphone, or saved to memory if a YouTube-worthy event occurs. Like any Bluetooth headset, Looxcie fits snugly around one’s ear (it’s a bit heavy), and can make and receive calls. But since the device is constantly on and recording to a temporary storage buffer, one must only hit the “Instant Clip” button, and the last 30-seconds of footage is automatically saved to your Android, and soon BlackBerry and iPhone. What you see is what you record.
Blimey.
I’d run a mile from anyone wearing one of these things. But perhaps I’m hopelessly old-fashioned. (I’ve been running into this a lot this month. Something to do with the Big Birthday coming up? Nah…)
ETA: For those who absorb their info more readily via video (via Newsy):
Nicola Griffith 
I'm with you. There is so much wrong with this, where to begin. Maybe the spelling. If you have to explain it, mabye it's not a good idea?
parents will love this but then there are others who would use this for “evil”
btw: your fast company link above needs fixing
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http://www.blogger.com/%20http://www.fastcompany.com/1689172/looxcie-bluetooth-headset-camcorder-is-tivo-for-life
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http://www.fastcompany.com/1689172/looxcie-bluetooth-headset-camcorder-is-tivo-for-life
The future is here. Wow. The next step is when the camera is so small we can't even see someone has it.
I'd like to see how someone gets that thing to sit on their ear. I noticed they have no pix of it actually being worn on their website. Maybe they think looking like a Borg is not particularly appealing to people. But at only $200, I have to think people will be buying this. More when/if it's available for the iPhone.
But I will not be buying one myself. Finally a gadget I don't want!
Maybe it's just me, it seems like another hi-tech method to avoid being present to real life, but willing to share a facsimile with strangers.
I had a friend once who refused to use a camera on vacation because she wanted to experience everything without a lens.
No, you're not old fashioned, this will be a great birthday!
jeanne
Bunches of SF books, notably Robert Sawyer's Neanderthal Parallax series, posit wonderful benefits when our entire lives are recorded on video–crime is virtually eliminated, for one thing. Even if true, I'm not sure it's worth the trade-off.
I would occasionally like to replay arguments at home, though, just so I never again have to hear or say, “But that's not what you said!”
…okay, this is a bit much. It's awesome and cool and super spiffy neat-o, but really? I can think of so many problems that this could create. I love the idea of futuristic technology and drool at the idea of flying cars and new-age phones, etc., but wow.
I'm with Nicola, lol. I'd run so fast in the other direction! I'd rather see our new technology used for other more useful things….and perhaps more benign.
jennifer, ooof, small enough so we don't see it. Don't like that thought at all. There again, when/if everyone's doing it, I suppose it will become inconsequential. After all, how many people in the world will care one jot about me and my actions? I should just get over it.
Politicians, though, must be shaking in their boots :)
1984. Brave new world.
We are there.