LAS VEGAS — At the International Consumer Electronics Show, the helmet camera makers GoPro and Contour have both demonstrated products that can put all of your plummeting, hurtling and rocketing adventures on the air live through a Wi-Fi connection.
GoPro demonstrated the Wi-Fi BacPack, which snaps on the back of a $300 GoPro HD Hero2 camera to connect it to a Wi-Fi network. Once on the network, a wrist-worn remote control can toggle between and turn on and off up to 50 cameras, making it possible to watch, record or photograph different views of a live event on a remote computer. Or the Wi-Fi can connect to a phone to stream the video live to the Internet. The Wi-Fi BacPack and Wi-Fi Remote should be in stores in March. The BacPack and Remote are sold in a combo kit for $100.
Contour has joined with a Japanese company, Cerevo, which makes LiveShell, a device that connects to a $500 Contour Plus or $300 ContourGPS camera with a cable to give it live Wi-Fi streaming. As with the GoPro, when you are hang-gliding out of range of your office router, you can connect to a phone to post live video. When close to a router, LiveShell, which will list for $300 and becomes available Feb. 1, connects directly to the Web site Ustream to simplify live broadcasting. LiveShell can also link to a router by wire for a more reliable connection, although that is not a great option for extreme sports.
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