BusinessWeek published last month. The article was accompanied by a video that included footage from Bell's own SenseCam. The reporter in the video said: "Maybe you'd like to wear one of those SenseCams around your neck. But you can't have one. Those are custom-made."

That was true when he said it, but soon it won't be. A U.K.-based company called is transforming Bell's Microsoft-developed SenseCam into a consumer product.

The public version will have an adjustable frequency of automated photos, with a minimum of once every 30 seconds. It also will use an accelerometer (the kind used in cell phones like the iPhone) and light sensors to figure out when you're in a new environment -- say, you walk into a restaurant -- and snap a picture at that moment. It will even have a heat sensor to detect when someone is standing in front of you, to make sure they get their picture taken.

The device has 1 GB of storage, which reportedly holds 30,000 pictures.