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This flexible “point-anywhere” webcam allows you to have more dynamic Zoom video calls
Want to video call in landscape mode? How about portrait mode? Maybe you want to have your camera face something beside you, or in front of you? How about turning your camera off when you don’t need it? With a laptop webcam, you’re sort of limited to just a handful of options… but plug the Kano Webcam in and you’ve suddenly got yourself a camera that’s as versatile as your needs. Mounted on a flexible gooseneck, this camera can be pointed or faced anywhere you want. The bendable neck allows you to position it at angles for fun video-takes, or even focus it on yourself and then on a whiteboard for interactive online Zoom-classes… but here’s where the Kano Webcam gets even more interesting. Mounted right above the camera sensor is a slider that allows you to switch between standard camera mode, and a Macro-camera mode that’s perfect for taking close-up shots of objects. Moreover, the slider can even be positioned mid-way to completely obscure the camera’s vision, acting as a privacy slider. Pretty neat huh? Oh, there’s also a flash built into the Kano Webcam to help you either give you better face-lighting or to take well-lit macro shots. Designed primarily for use in interactive classrooms, or as a learning tool for children, the Kano Webcam even comes with its own software studio that allows kids to learn more about photography, lighting, lenses, colors, and much more!
Designer: Kano
Kano’s $300 DIY Windows 10 PC Kit is finally ready
Kano’s latest coding kit is a Star Wars-themed motion sensor
Kano unveils its first build-it-yourself Windows 10 computer
Kano PC Is Up for Pre-order
Kano PC Is Up for Pre-order
Making magic with the Harry Potter Kano Coding Kit
Seeing an End to The Throwaway Mentality
With the younger generation now being raised in a world that revolves around technology, it’s only natural for our unacceptable “throwaway” mentality to be passed on to them. This is something that the team at Kano are keen to see a stop to, and this is evident through their range of thought-provoking products.
Modularity isn’t commonly seen within the tech industry so much anymore, when a component breaks, the entire product is perceived to be‘broken’, this of course makes it a primary contributor to our throw-it-away society.
Kano’s initial foray into the technology market was with their Computer Kit, that was designed to be as fun to use as Lego while providing the user with a basic knowledge of how their computers work. Since then has seen the release of the Pixel Kit for an introduction into coding, soon followed by a Motion Sensor Kit. All of this has been in an attempt to alter the expectations that children have from their tech in the future.
Designers: Bruno Schillinger & Kano Computing