Cameras
4GB Camcorder USB Pen Captures Your Thoughts On Paper, Video
Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 6:30 AM on June 22, 2008
Camcorder pens often sacrifice the whole "writing" thing in the name of capturing video, but this one from BrickHouse Security does write, and has considerably bigger storage capacity than previous video pens, too. It's a big pricey, but if you're into the whole Maxwell Smart lifestyle it could make a nice, voyeuristic addition to your repertoire. Two hours of battery time per charge, 30 hours of audio and/or video (4GB), and a potential restraining order are available to you for US$250. [BrickStone Security via GeekAlerts]

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NumberFiveIsAlive
Posted 7:23 AM 22/6/08
Pens are the things I lost most though. Maybe because they are so common and insignificant. But still, I don't think I'd invest money on the off chance I'd just leave this lying around somewhere.
NumberFiveIsAlive
embeddedprogrammer
Posted 7:21 AM 22/6/08
Great, something small and more expensive to lose than my bluetooth headset.
embeddedprogrammer
cloudnine
Posted 7:21 AM 22/6/08
@takashimiike 3G edition:
I hope you're kidding :P
cloudnine
doobster
Posted 7:01 AM 22/6/08
its actually pretty neat...
doobster
ASCurtis
Posted 6:55 AM 22/6/08
but is it also an iPhone.... think about that.
ASCurtis
takashimiike 3G edition
Posted 6:51 AM 22/6/08
It should at least have expandable memory.
takashimiike 3G edition
devGOD
Posted 6:40 AM 22/6/08
Hmm, this actually looks good. $100-150 would of been a better price tag though
devGOD
jmurph05
Posted 6:38 AM 22/6/08
wow, another first poster.
Is this made my motorola? look at the charger... It looks very similar to my phone charger, except without the cord
jmurph05
Salinger
Posted 6:35 AM 22/6/08
First POSTTT EVER!!1!
Guess this is the ultimate voyeur tool
Salinger
ASCurtis
Posted 7:47 AM 22/6/08
@Monty: to see what it looks like inside your own..uh.. nevermind
ASCurtis
Monty
Posted 7:37 AM 22/6/08
Sorry, but I am feeling really dense here. What is the point of having a camera in your pen?
Monty
Red Right Hand
Posted 8:09 AM 22/6/08
banhammer
Red Right Hand
Chameleon8474
Posted 8:52 AM 22/6/08
@NumberFiveIsAlive: all the more reason to buy an expensive pen. You might actually start giving a shit about what happens to it.
Chameleon8474
sleepyyazo
Posted 8:50 AM 22/6/08
@athingunique:
helll yea and on top of that make the girl pick it up hahahahah
sleepyyazo
athingunique
Posted 8:48 AM 22/6/08
Right...this just looks like a student's easy upskirt machine. All you'd have to do is drop it, right?
athingunique
maven2k
Posted 8:43 AM 22/6/08
I would love to have one of these. I could pretend to be a secret agent, heh.
maven2k
Nerys
Posted 9:03 AM 22/6/08
anyone got a link for video samples?
Nerys
strider_mt2k
Posted 9:40 AM 22/6/08
-but no shoe phone?
Do I even want to see this movie?
strider_mt2k
gadgetplay
Posted 11:40 AM 22/6/08
@maven2k: "I could pretend to be a secret agent, heh."
If you're going to pretend to be a secret agent, you might as well pretend that a pen is a video camera.
@athingunique: "Does the shoe phone point up?"
It doesn't matter about the shoe PHONE, it's the shoe CAMERA that needs to point up.
gadgetplay
athingunique
Posted 11:11 AM 22/6/08
@strider_mt2k: Does the shoe phone point up? It would be pretty pointless otherwise...
athingunique
athingunique
Posted 1:13 PM 22/6/08
@gadgetplay: Haha my bad, I need to read more carefully. The article's about a camera; I read what I wanted to read: camera. But how would you talk on a shoe phone? I'm not that flexible.
athingunique
Hello_Newman
Posted 1:57 PM 22/6/08
I wish they had these during the 80's when my hot English teacher was giving us tests that could be taken with a pen. I don't know how you can keep a clear picture filming with something you're supposed to be writing with, unless you just plop it on the desk when interviewing that hotty and never write with it.
Hello_Newman
pj737
Posted 7:53 PM 22/6/08
Cool, so now when my girlfriend gets kinky and lets me write "slut" on her boobs before sex, I can secretly video tape her and show my friends.
pj737
doofusgumby
Posted 5:15 AM 23/6/08
if there was a fountain pen option, I'd so buy that.
doofusgumby
gadgetplay
Posted 6:13 AM 23/6/08
@athingunique: "But how would you talk on a shoe phone? I'm not that flexible."
The first shoe phone was designed and used by a circus contortionist who wanted to make calls whilst doing his act. It later became common practice to remove the shoe during use, which, while easier, took away some of the spectator interest, especially when the shoe in question was a spiked heel worn by a mini-skirted young lovely. It is still illegal in Japan for a woman to take off her shoe phone to make a call.
gadgetplay
N@tedog
Posted 11:25 PM 23/6/08
Yeah that glowing blue LED light wont give you away or anything.
N@tedog
Lupison
Posted 2:13 AM 24/6/08
Glowing blue led meet black dot of paint.
Lupison