A Lifelogging Camera project, from Swedish entrepreneurs Memoto, looks set to become another Kickstarter success story, as it has already smashed through its initial target and achieved pledges more than ten times the figure it was originally aiming for and, as of writing, there is still a day left.

The original goal was an optimistic $50,000 when the Kickstarter campaign launched on October 23, 2013 however 2,802 backers later and the figure stands at $543,465.

The always-on Lifelogging camera, or “Memory Motor” where it gets its name, is a tiny five megapixel camera and GPS that you wear and which automatically takes snapshots every few minutes, geo-tags them, and stores them onto a built-in 8 GB memory card for later upload to the supporting Memoto App. Batteries last around two days and recharging is via a computer which handles the image upload during the charging process. There isn’t any information yet as to whether images can be automatically transferred to a mobile device, such as an iPad, in a similar way to the Eye-Fi range of products.

There are privacy concerns surrounding the continuous image recording that Memoto offers particularly in private areas, such as a cinema, or photograph banned areas such as some shopping centres. BBC Scotland ran a story last year about a man who was questioned by police for simply taking a picture of his daughter eating an ice-cream in a shopping centre (source: BBC News: Row over photo in shopping centre).

Placing the Memoto flat down on a surface will prevent it taking photographs but stress it is important to respect the privacy of others when wearing a lifelogging device. To learn about the project head over to Kickstarter: Memoto Lifelogging Camera.