World’s Most Terrifying Automatic Webcam and Ring Light?


For Maker Faire Kyoto 2021, a group known as Team MakeJam (which includes Takamitsu Ikoma) created this automatic webcam/ring light. At least that’s what I think it is:

Note that it reacts to you. I can think of no more terrifying way to start a Zoom call than, you look at this thing, and it pops open to face you and screams.

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Rain Noe

I’m a lapsed industrial designer. I was born in NYC and figured I’d die there, but a few years ago I abandoned New York to live on a farm in the countryside with my wife. We have six dogs.