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The Hands-Free Shooting Rig

Hands FreeRomain Guy has come up with a pretty original hack for automatically capturing still pictures with the help of a PowerBook, iSight and Bluetooth. The goal of the project was to use voice commands and a Bluetooth headset to trigger the iSight to automatically snap a picture. The hack uses an AppleScript to complete the process of triggering and storing the pictures and the only major problem the rig has faced so far has been keeping the PowerBook cool. At this point the rig only shoots still photos but because of the use of an iSight this hack could be upgraded to support video capture. The website provides a nice guide to building one of these rigs and if you have some AppleScript experience you may be able to create your own unit capable of video capture. 
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