Buried in with the goodness that Motorola dropped on us Monday was the official news that the L7c is indeed a real device -- though beyond the fact that it rocks EV-DO, we aren't given much to go by.

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Beyond capturing images of objects, the technology could also be used to keep track of the movement of rocks, or foliage growth.

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