Photographer and Mars Hill Bellevue pastor Thomas Hurst has invented a new kind of iPhone technology that’s getting a lot of attention. His COVR iPhone case let’s users take pictures while still holding the phone downward. Though, as Wired notes, the lens lets you “take photos on the sly,” Hurst says his invention is about capturing moments that aren’t interrupted (or subjects that aren’t distracted) by holding up a smartphones. So far, Hurst, who is a Pulitzer Prize Finalist and an acclaimed photographer, has raised more than $33,000 of his $80,000 Kickstarter goal, though there are still more than three weeks to go. According to a story in The Christian Post, Hurst’s goal is bigger than just launching a successful tech product—he’s planning on using the money to help pay for his wife’s cancer treatment …
