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I-Ball – A 360° Grenade-Launchable Camera

18 November 2008 9 Comments

Grenade-Launchable I-Ball CameraThe I-Ball is a camera designed with new technology that will enable UK soldiers to toss it anywhere into the battlefield to gain insights into what awaits them before putting themselves in harm’s way. The I-Ball camera “…can be fired from a grenade launcher – or thrown into a room – giving troops vital information of who – or what – is on the ground or around the corner.”

I-Ball TroopsThe camera houses two sensors and fisheye lenses that capture image data of it’s surroundings, and a transmitter that sends the data back to a processor.  the processor then maps out a real-time 360° view of what the camera is seeing.

The I-Ball is developed by a Scotland-based firm, Dreampact, and was conceived of in the 2007 Competition of Ideas sponsored by the U.K.’s Ministry of Defence.

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  • Cool man! developed in SOlidWorks?

  • FTA

    Hello, for a long time I read your blog, thanks for that that write interesting and
    useful posts. I consider that blogers it is possible to name many journalists.
    Good luck

  • That is so cool. Very rugged housing for the body and lens for sure.

  • FTA

    Hello, for a long time I read your blog, thanks for that that write interesting and
    useful posts. I consider that blogers it is possible to name many journalists.
    Good luck

  • That is so cool. Very rugged housing for the body and lens for sure.

  • FTA

    Hello, for a long time I read your blog, thanks for that that write interesting and
    useful posts. I consider that blogers it is possible to name many journalists.
    Good luck

  • That is so cool. Very rugged housing for the body and lens for sure.

  • Cool, they need to make one out of nearly indestructible glass and send it into a black hole. Sure it will get destroyed, but the images it shows would be astounding.

  • Scott,

    That is a neat idea! But I would think that you would only be able to receive signals up until it passed the event horizon, no?