Hipsters wear tight, tight pants. Getting your phone in and out of tight, tight pants may be difficult. Kiwi clothes-modder TeWharauNZ has created a series of Instructables aimed at maximising pocket versatility for smartphones, but the insertion of a PVC window into a pair of shorts is easily the most impressive. More »
It looks like RCA is trying to best their own high marks with the Small Wonder EZ300, an HD-capable pocket camcorder that’s seriously cheap. In addition to shooting 720p HD video (and along with Kodak’s Zi6 making HD the pocket cam standard), the EZ300′s 2GB internal memory is expandable by 16GB via SD slot, which gets you 10 hours of hi-def footage. RCA says it’s optimised for low-light, hopefully a major improvement over the EZ210, but I’ll have to see it to believe it. The EZ300 runs on a Li-ion battery and doesn’t shoot macro, but at $US160 it’s cheaper than the Zi6 so you’ve got a tough choice to make. [RCA] galleryPost("rcahdcam", 3, "");
You know how dumb you feel when somehow your phone is set off in your pocket, and you leave a 25-minute voicemail message for someone random? Imagine how awkward it’d be to set off this gizmo in your pocket, only to have the Dark Knight himself rock up in the Batmobile, ready to fight danger at your call. “Oh… Sorry, I guess I set it off by accid… *KaPow!*” This Dark Knight branded Bat Logo projector key ring probably also serves as a regular torch, and is available August 1 for around US$16. [Nerd Approved]
The all-in-one device is not a new trend by any means. Whereas we’ve recently combined music players and mobile phones, our great-grandfathers were tinkering with other ways of saving pocket space…discreetly. In this rare English Patent Curiosa Railroad Pocket Watch Gun, designers stuck a 3mm pistol inside an otherwise inconspicuous pocket watch. Here’s the reveal “shot”:
Well, it might be for viewing your pocket fluff, if you’ve got a scientific mind and it’s interesting to you. This new ‘scope is a little smaller and more portable than ones we’ve shown before and features 24-90x zoom, a 1.8-inch LCD, 2MB of internal memory and a 300,000-pixel CMOS sensor. If you like exploring the world of the small and wiggly, then you’ll have to wait as there’s no info on pricing or availability. [Akihabaranews]
