Throwable 36-Camera Ball Takes Perfect Panorama Photos

The early 1900s Cirkut camera could take 360 degree photos, but not spherical, and it was a "bit" bigger and needed a tripod. I have a 1913 photo in front of me that is well over 90 degrees, and have seen (and been in) a 360 degree photo.

For Sebastian Anthony's^[1] information, a 'spherical' solid angle is equal to 4. The SI unit of solid angle is the steradian (sr).

[1] The author of the article on Extremetech.

The Geek.com article (not the one referenced above) says: "As it detects that it is starting to fall (using an accelerometer), it fires all of it's cameras, putting image data to storage."

I wonder how it detects when it is starting to fall (highest point), because most of the trajectory will be at zero g. Perhaps it measures and integrates the initial acceleration of the throw and then simply calculate how long to delay the firing of its cameras?

just the thing for someone who wants a photo that's hard to understand .. is that a rubber duck?