Here’s a bolt from the blue: The aptly named Bolt Hunter has launched on Kickstarter and, with 28 days still to go, has far exceeded its $5,000 pledge by over $50,000 (approx £40,000 / AU$70,000). This portable device is a specialist lightning camera trigger, said to be developed by storm chasers for storm chasers. If you know anything about how to photograph lightning, you’ll know that capturing the moment when lightning strikes is notoriously difficult, which is why lightning triggers exist.
But the Bolt Hunter isn’t being marketed as just another lightning trigger; it’s said to be “intelligent, grounded in science, and for the first time ever: predictive.” Bold claims.
