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Technology of the Week: Panoramic camera ball

Who: Jonas Pfeil, a recent gradate of the Technical University of Berlin

What: The Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera, equipped with an accelerometer, takes a 360-degree panorama of wherever it is. One throws the ball in the air, catches it and transfers the image through USB cable.

Future: The device will be displayed Dec. 12 to 15 at the Siggraph Asia conference in Hong Kong.

-compiled by Fiza Hashmi

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