Your iPhone is within reach all day, so wouldn't it make sense if you could use it to record everything that happens? Thanks to a new app, you might be able to do just that — and give life an instant-replay button.
All Things D reports that the folks behind the Lifelapse Experiment, a project which seeks to help you capture everything that you do — are currently testing an iPhone app which will automatically snap photos throughout the day:
The app, built for Apple’s iPhone and currently in beta, is made to be switched on, and then left alone to create a video from images it captures every 30 seconds.
It was designed to be paired with a companion item called the Lifepouch – a fabric iPhone case with a neck strap that keeps the camera pointed at the world in front of the user while the app runs.
In other words, this app is designed to provide you with a video review of everything that you've done over the course of a day.
It's a clever project, but there are of course a few issues with it such as the fact that the always-on nature of the app cuts down an iPhone's battery life to about four hours.
That pesky detail aside, we also think that even those who crave to record their entire lives on video might not want every moment captured. After all, some things — and you know what they are — really should remain private.
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Rosa Golijan writes about tech here and there. She's a bit obsessed with Twitter, loves to be liked on Facebook, and hopes that she never needs an iPhone app to help her remember what she ate for breakfast.