Helmet Cams

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Did The SEALS Who Shot Bin Laden Have Helmet Cams?

4:00AM August 29, 2011 | Mat Honan

Remember how Navy SEAL Team Six caught the entire raid on Bin Laden’s compound on helmet cams? Yeah, well, that may not have happened. It’s just one of multiple unexplained discrepancies from the raid. More »

Cameras

You’ll Want The Drift HD To Shoot All Your Hi-Def Daredevilry

12:20AM July 28, 2011 | Kwame Opam

While Drift Innovation’s new Drift HD is certainly not the first of its kind, it wins points for being a lot smaller than its kin. 25 per cent smaller. That alone, rather than its familiar specs, makes it stand out as a helmet cam you’d want. More »

News

This Is Real War, Viewed From The Call Of Duty Camera Angle

4:00AM May 26, 2011 | Stephen Totilo

In real, modern combat, in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, some soldiers have cameras attached to their helmets. The videos make it to YouTube, giving the rest of the world a first-person view of real combat. More »

Geek Out

What Like Falling Down A Mountain Looks Like: Terrifying

7:40AM May 6, 2011 | Brian Barrett

If you’ve ever wondered what the view is careening down a snow-driven slope with total lack of control, first chasing after a snowmobile and then being chased by one, glad tidings! You’ll never have to try it yourself for reference, thank to one terribly unfortunate Frenchman with a helmet cam. More »

News

President Obama Reportedly Watched The Bin Laden Raid Live

3:20AM May 3, 2011 | Brian Barrett

So this is something: according to one of Business Insider’s sources, Barack Obama watched the entire raid of Osama Bin Laden’s compound live via a helmet cam feed. Badass. More »

Cameras

VholdR ContourHD Helmet Cam Shoots 1080p Video, With Lasers

2:26AM September 30, 2009 | John Herrman

VholdR missed being FIRST! with a mainstream 1080p helmet cam by a few months, but they’ve got a different take on the concept anyway. For example, does your GoPro have dual sighting lasers? Hmm? More »

Geek Out

POV Helmet Cam Captures Skier Causing Avalanche

2:40AM September 25, 2009 | Adam Frucci

In this intense video, a skier with a helmet cam on gets caught in a huge avalanche, getting buried for four and a half minutes and then getting dug out. Good lord. More »