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Trip to Disney World inspires Dayton couple to invent snakelike digital camera holder

James and Sandy Millard are trying to raise money through Kickstarter to mass produce their cell phone/GoPro holder.
James and Sandy Millard are trying to raise money through Kickstarter to mass produce their cell phone/GoPro holder. James and Sandy Millard are trying to raise money through Kickstarter to mass produce their cell phone/GoPro holder.

James and Sandy Millard think they’ve invented the greatest smartphone accessory since the selfie stick – and it all started with a family trip to Disney World.

photo James and Sandy Millard are trying to raise money through Kickstarter to mass produce their cell phone/GoPro holder.
photo James and Sandy Millard are trying to raise money through Kickstarter to mass produce their cell phone/GoPro holder.

The Dayton, Tenn., couple have a campaign on Kickstarter, an online “crowdfunding” platform for creative projects, to raise $2,500 to help launch their product, Video Viper, a snakelike device that the Millards say is the “ultimate accessory” to hold a smartphone or GoPro-style digital action camera.

“It can be wrapped snakelike around almost anything,” the Millards say in a news release. “It can be weaved or wedged into places other mounts can’t go to give you almost unlimited filming angles.”

The couple plan to sell Video Viper on a website dedicated to their product and on Amazon for $49.99 – which is a bargain, James Millard said, since it can replace more expensive camera-holding equipment.

“It could replace about $425 of GoPro accessories,” he said.