This kind of product is difficult to bring to market. It is low power so will rely on your phone for connectivity. If you try to sell it as a safety product and someone's phone messes up during a robbery...suddenly the lawsuit says your product's failure to contact police was a contributing factor to their suffering.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dwv9nn real interview from her at 2023 - all the images are AI. the expo for the device is from 2019. The "prototype" is nothing like the images promoted. why is a 2019 story being rehyped using AI currently?
Seems less photograph attackers (which is odd considering the ears face sideways and attackers typically come from the front or rear.) and more to locate people who might have gone missing as an added safeguard to prevent human traffickiing.
Prey animals have their eyes on the sides of their head for a good reason, and if these earrings were real they could see a lot more than forward-facing cameras.
I’m reading the comments, and they all have one thing in common. Total mistrust of the American government, police, and the wealthy tech who will steal the idea/tech. This is what we fear. Those with power and money. And we have a right to fear them, this is America in 2026.
I don't mean to be that guy but how did a 16 year old figure out how to get a camera the size and weight of an earring? There are no photos online that aren't renders, no prototype photos, or anything but articles using AI generated photos. I'd love for this to be true but a sixteen year old doing what gopro can't doesn't add up.
You can buy mini (spy) cameras that small, or smaller. Its probably just one of those in a 3D printed casing streaming to your phone which is running an app. Its not like she invented the camera, she just invented the use of it as an earring.
So... spy tech? How is this different than spy(meta) glasses? It's a camera on an earing instead of a camera in your glasses. I'm not trying to come off as pessimistic, but, that's all it is.
Her device is highly unlikely to be feeding every conversation and every scanned face around the wearer directly to Meta's servers for analysis, tracking, and exploitation.
It greatly depends on how the activation is. plus those glasses are just not fashionable for women so this device could level the playing field. men can have the glasses and women can have the earrings. men are just creepier so they need to have the light on the glasses.
Not that long. It's getting there already for cars, where a dashcam will save your ass in court when some jackass throws his signal on and just blind merges into you with their truck to bully their way into a lane because they want to cut a line (and yes, it's absolutely always a fucking pickup truck.)
It's... probably just a commodity mini camera in a 3D printed housing, with some basic software on the backend. Sorry to tell you this, but "SUPERGENIUS TEENAGER INVENTS IMPRESSIVE-SOUNDING THING" is usually just marketing bullshit that they're using to try and get into College. Question's only if social media bites. Like how every couple years a new student invents gloves that translate sign languages.
Hallmarks of this sort of thing include: a problem that a teenager faces; solved with commodity hardware and basic software; in a package that's nearly unusable due to either technical or user constraints; built by a very small team in either a developing country or an inner city - yes, it's often a race thing, no idea why; and trumpeted exclusively by non-technical media outlets. It's kinda neat that a teenager can do this sort of thing (if their parents didn't do it for them), but still.
I thought of something like this when I first heard of police bodycams. I was picturing pendant necklaces and rings, and definitely to defend yourself against bad cops. There have been many times someone's interior dashcam protected them from bad cops and other abusers.
Poppypoppoppop
Fastest way for a Black inventor to get funding? Guess is Black millionnaires celebrities
sascottsn
So ah… 1: what I’m seeing here is that a lot of people here are fearful of being photographed while violently attacking someone.
Also...
2: camera probably activated by an accelerometer by really sharp, jerky, unusual movements, like those that would happen in an attack.
ireallydontthinkso
someone tech bro will buy that and use it for mass surveillance
Unfortunate500
This kind of product is difficult to bring to market. It is low power so will rely on your phone for connectivity. If you try to sell it as a safety product and someone's phone messes up during a robbery...suddenly the lawsuit says your product's failure to contact police was a contributing factor to their suffering.
MoopsyLD
Ear pods have magnetic charging case so i assume this would be similar to an earpod however it can attach to your ear.
DaisyfromDownunder
As if smart glasses point in the right direction instead of sideways.
cheshiredat
The police are the attackers
82WhiteChains
They would show up and arrest her
SerialChickenLover
40% admit to it
mamavoodoo
Hells fucking yeah. Get it girl!
GoodChange
He says one name at the beginning and then calls her another name at 1.34
kbryant414
Yeah, embarrassing. He's saying "remember her name" but says "camera" instead of Bohlale. The good intention was there, at least.
B99Reactions
he wanted some content, he just fucked up the script and revealed he really doesn't care
Dannyalcatraz
OutDAMNstanding!
L0rdinquisit0r
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dwv9nn real interview from her at 2023 - all the images are AI.
the expo for the device is from 2019.
The "prototype" is nothing like the images promoted. why is a 2019 story being rehyped using AI currently?
MadamPuddifoot
Get this guy to the top!
Felman
Seems less photograph attackers (which is odd considering the ears face sideways and attackers typically come from the front or rear.) and more to locate people who might have gone missing as an added safeguard to prevent human traffickiing.
TheBlueMuppet
Prey animals have their eyes on the sides of their head for a good reason, and if these earrings were real they could see a lot more than forward-facing cameras.
theinternetkeepsmealive
I'd still have little faith in the police of any country taking it seriously and getting there in time to prevent anything.
Babomonkey
This could use some more text, captions and subtitles as I'm still able to make out some of the images.
Hawkgirl203
I’m reading the comments, and they all have one thing in common. Total mistrust of the American government, police, and the wealthy tech who will steal the idea/tech.
This is what we fear. Those with power and money. And we have a right to fear them, this is America in 2026.
TheFastpaws
It is sad this is needed.
wozat
Bronze, huh? So who took the gold?
PlusFour
How did he not notice that he called her two different names in the video
NunyuhBusiness
BRONZE! that's bullshit, that's a GOLD medal prize if I ever heard one
ReggieWarrhol
What a brilliant idea. This young lady is going places.
EricAirheart
The US government will ban this but endorse Metaglasses
AgamemnonsMemes
I wouldn't be surprised if we see meta or apple with a copy any day now
JesaraB
No they wouldn't... they would just want a backdoor to turn them on whenever they want
rockhydra
No. They’ll be mandatory, and we won’t have any access ever.
OurLordLucifer
Duh… Meta glasses are worn by pedophiles and these would be used to expose them
welcometothedystopia
Metaglasses equals immediate creepy weirdo asshole to my brain
RagtimeBetty
Of course, it alerts the police of themselves. They cant have that type of proof against them.
NootyJooty
I don't mean to be that guy but how did a 16 year old figure out how to get a camera the size and weight of an earring? There are no photos online that aren't renders, no prototype photos, or anything but articles using AI generated photos. I'd love for this to be true but a sixteen year old doing what gopro can't doesn't add up.
narcoleptiKnickers
"I don't mean to be that guy"
Oh yes you do,
AgamemnonsMemes
You can buy mini (spy) cameras that small, or smaller. Its probably just one of those in a 3D printed casing streaming to your phone which is running an app. Its not like she invented the camera, she just invented the use of it as an earring.
SirReginaldTheThirteenth
So... spy tech? How is this different than spy(meta) glasses? It's a camera on an earing instead of a camera in your glasses. I'm not trying to come off as pessimistic, but, that's all it is.
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PurplePenguin87
It is a camera. He said it takes pictures and alerts the police. The picture taking part makes it a camera
Sticklebrickk
Apple is also planning to put cameras in their AirPods
vilikke
Her device is highly unlikely to be feeding every conversation and every scanned face around the wearer directly to Meta's servers for analysis, tracking, and exploitation.
SecretSquirrel27
The idea Will be stolen though by some big tech and used for all the wrong reasons..... https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1NWhkZDdoaGN6Ynd0YTQ5aXllOTlscTFhZmhrc2Q4c2c1MG1ubTF0biZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/KUAb8YQOhmWNq/200w.webp
MoopsyLD
It greatly depends on how the activation is. plus those glasses are just not fashionable for women so this device could level the playing field. men can have the glasses and women can have the earrings. men are just creepier so they need to have the light on the glasses.
thomn8r
I saw a chick wearing a pair of them today
talifey
"Men are just creepier" says the clearly unbiased comment. This has the same energy as dude who call their exes crazy.
betweenthedrops
How long until we're all wearing bodycams?
AgamemnonsMemes
Honestly with how things are going, I kinda feel like we need to.
ReaperCDN
Not that long. It's getting there already for cars, where a dashcam will save your ass in court when some jackass throws his signal on and just blind merges into you with their truck to bully their way into a lane because they want to cut a line (and yes, it's absolutely always a fucking pickup truck.)
BestofUwU
Aren't our mobile phones bodycams? They have forward and rear facing cameras and a microphone to record audio.
YouRadicalizedMe
They ain't gonna help you lad. Only get you in more trouble
ElbowDeepInAPoliceState
Who would've thought that big brother would be all of us
thedudeman519
George Orwell, for one.
EverNotRelevant
Everyone who paid attention. Seriously, y'all were warned.
69Voltage
Hopefully someone helped her patent the shit outta that
MrAcurite
It's... probably just a commodity mini camera in a 3D printed housing, with some basic software on the backend. Sorry to tell you this, but "SUPERGENIUS TEENAGER INVENTS IMPRESSIVE-SOUNDING THING" is usually just marketing bullshit that they're using to try and get into College. Question's only if social media bites. Like how every couple years a new student invents gloves that translate sign languages.
AgamemnonsMemes
This will be the last time we ever hear about these things again
69Voltage
I’m an eternal optimist, hoping it’s a true story but I do see your point
MrAcurite
Hallmarks of this sort of thing include: a problem that a teenager faces; solved with commodity hardware and basic software; in a package that's nearly unusable due to either technical or user constraints; built by a very small team in either a developing country or an inner city - yes, it's often a race thing, no idea why; and trumpeted exclusively by non-technical media outlets. It's kinda neat that a teenager can do this sort of thing (if their parents didn't do it for them), but still.
Neurisko
I thought of something like this when I first heard of police bodycams. I was picturing pendant necklaces and rings, and definitely to defend yourself against bad cops. There have been many times someone's interior dashcam protected them from bad cops and other abusers.
AgamemnonsMemes
You can buy spy cameras that are the size of a shirt button and just wear one of those
AntaNce
Will the tiny spy cam send the video/audio somewhere useful and safe? This would help people filming evil to escape assault.
AgamemnonsMemes
Usually it is going to a cloud-based app.
AntaNce
So kind of not secure? cloud is sus.
AgamemnonsMemes
It probably also could save to your phone, but cloud is usually the default.