We’ve looked at Sony’s HD-capable, 3D-ready binoculars previously. Sony’s just announced how much these pretty peepers will cost you if you’re keen. More »
I think we’ve just stumbled across the answer to that age-old question, “what to buy the man who has everything”. Thanko’s digital camera binoculars! More »
Designed primarily for military use, these LightSpeed binoculars are capable of transmitting “untappable” voice and video signals to another set of binoculars using infrared.
Pentagon gadget lab DARPA has just earmarked US$6.7 million to develop “brain-wave binoculars.” Electrodes placed on the user’s scalp records electrical brain activity in an attempt to use the cranium’s unrivaled ability to spot patterns. With time, the binoculars can learn to identify objects that would normally pique the user’s interest and direct them towards it. The binoculars are supposed to help soldiers out in the field by pointing out tanks or enemy combatants that they may have seen, but not noticed.
We love us some big ass glass. Here’s an amazing set of the homemade variety, a 400mm binoscope (a honkin’ set of binoculars basically) painstakingly hand-crafted over the course of three years by a hardcore French dude. The detail on it really makes this thing a DIY engineering marvel. [MAKE]
Adam from Lifehacker found these Binocular plushes while he was trying to find a replacement for his normal pair (they got crushed when his wife found him looking at the old lady across the street). Creepy! [Finetoy via Uneasy Silence] More »
