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PocketCam is an HD camera system that is fully integrated and fabricated into the face mask portion of a football helmet.
Anyone can just put a camera-unit on a helmet for practice. We want to take it to the next level, and that starts with safety.
Our goal is to certify our face mask camera-unit with the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE). We are going to meet all of the required safety standards.
This campaign is Phase I.
We have always wondered what it would be like to step onto the football field at that next level. What would it feel like to be a top-rated quarterback? How would that look on TV? We know we are not alone.
So we decided to make that dream somewhat of a reality.
We envision that day where one could turn on their TV, and that big game, and "tap into" or "become" the player of their choice wearing PocketCam - all from their smartphone or tablet, and from the comfort of their own couch.
That day is almost here.
We are looking for support from football and sport fans everywhere. You, the fans, deserve this.
We want you to be part of something special; you deserve that much. Check out our rewards. We cannot thank you guys enough.
The design of our camera-unit will secure all of the circuitry, including the battery, completely within the structure of the face mask (a restructured face mask; no current face mask is "big enough" or has enough room). Once in place, we will "enclose" the unit with a polycarbonate plastic piece (the same material as the body of the helmet).
But it must be secured even further, and we are leaning towards "potting" the circuitry into place with a silicone type plastic (Google the term "potting" and/or check out this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDSPtvBS9BI).
The silicone would harden once it is applied into (or inside) the enclosure piece, securing the circuit board even further into place (this also would prevent dirt, water, grass, etc. getting inside and reaching the camera unit / circuitry).
The silicone would also prevent any pieces of the camera system from fragmenting and possibly "exiting" the container piece.
A smaller battery unit means less time running (or recording time) "on the field." However, at the end of a quarter or during halftime, one unit will be taken off the helmet and another will be put back on in its place.
Imagine the day a viewer could "select" the player of their choice wearing PocketCam on their own smartphone, tablet or laptop. In sync with the television broadcast, our future app would allow a viewer to step onto the field from the comfort of their own couch.
Kurt Meadows - Co-Founder - Kurt is the financial component to our company, and is also passionate about cultivating relationships and building opportunities. Kurt graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in Finance.
Phillip Guerra - Co-Founder - Phillip is the vision of our company, and provides the business strategy component to our team. Phillip also graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in Marketing.
Raj Patel - Co-Founder - Raj is the technical side of our company, and is the engineer who will be designing and building the circuitry for this current project. Raj graduated from Northwestern University with a Master's degree in Computer Engineering. He has 3.5 years of experience in computer engineering and circuitry design, and has worked at Intel, Synopsys and Einfochips.
With this project, we want to be as transparent with all of our backers and supporters as we possibly can. We will be keeping you guys updated on everything (maybe too many updates).
We are patent pending.
A special thanks to WeVideo for providing the tools and software online to help us create our video.
Again, we want to be as open, honest and transparent with all of our backers as possible (we cannot stress this enough). This is our first Indiegogo project. Below are the risks and challenges:
1) Our helmet camera may not pass all of the impact tests. Thus, the face mask will not meet NOCSAE approval.
2) Our circuit board could fragment or be completely destroyed during testing,.
3) Our prototype is not built yet. This project will fund our prototype.
4) The engineering of the circuit board will be a challenge. It must be small enough to fit within the customized face masks, and it must be able to transmit wireless video during our actual tests (successfully).
5) The plastic enclosure piece must be designed and built from the ground up; it will more than likely be an injection molding of polycarbonate plastic. And overall, it must be a "thin" piece (keeping the thickness of the plastic piece that will house the circuitry "thin" will be a challenge).
6) We have noticed some other Indiegogo projects have run into unexpected costs along the way. This is a risk for us, as it is for many projects on this website. There will be some hurdles, but none that we cannot solve.
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