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Cameras
Ring-Activated Spy Camera Mixes James Bond with some Captain Planet
11:00PM Mark Wilson | Brando’s new button spy camera is one step closer to international super spy. You wave an ordinary looking gold ring near the device to take photos and video. More »
Cameras
Thanko Camera Necktie Is the Stuff of Spies, Bored Office Workers
1:20AM Mark Wilson | There is absolutely no aspect of your job that necessitates the use of a spycam necktie. I’m sorry, but your work just isn’t that interesting. But that’s why Man was given imagination. More »
Cameras
Tissue Box Spy Camera Watches You as You Wipe Your Snot
12:00PM Erica Ho | Ignorance is bliss, but if you reeaaally want to know what goes on behind the scenes, this tissue-box spy camera will catch those moments: hopefully the good, not the bad, and definitely not the gross. More »
Cameras
Third Eye Video Camera Is Perfect For Spies, Other Surreptitious Recording
2:25PM Jason Chen | Hello comrade. How are you. Oh this? This is not a $US300 Third Eye Video camera that lasts 2.5 hours on a charge. I just have an unfortunate birth defect. [Hammacher via BBG] More »
Cameras
Hidden Nametag Camera Looks Slick, Will Probably Get You Caught
10:45PM John Herrman | Hidden camera rule #17: try not to put them in things that people intently stare at as soon as they meet you. More »
Gadgets
The ‘Barack’ Obaba Spycam Belt Buckle
1:50AM Mark Wilson | That’s not a typo. You can celebrate the inauguration the old fashioned way, with a spycam/DVR belt buckle featuring a visage that in no way resembles our future President. More »
Robots
Wowwee Spyball Looks Like Death Star Torture Ball, But Transforms and Shoots Upskirt Pics
9:50AM Matt Buchanan | Like the Rovio, WowWee’s Spyball is a Wi-Fi-enabled spycam robot. But it transforms from sorta conspicuous ball to spycam for surreptitious shots. You can connect ad-hoc via Wi-Fi or over the internet. More »
Cameras
Brando’s ID Pass Spycam is For, Uh… Industrial Espionage?
10:00PM Kit Eaton | I know spy tech is interesting stuff, but this ID-pass holder spycam from Brando has me pondering. I mean… it’s all very clever and such, able to record 1.2-megapixel photos, audio and CIF-resolution video onto its 4GB internal storage and is USB rechargeable. But its likely use is for genuine industrial espionage, which really isn’t very nice. Or am I being overly sensitive? Still, it’s a meaty $US174, so you’re going to have to really want to snoop on your office operations, and bore a hole in your genuine ID before you stick it on the top of this. [Brando via i4u] More »
Gadgets
DARPA Documents Reveal Plans For Advanced Video Spying Tech
12:45PM Gizmodo US Edition | Real-time videos that detect the most minute movements in enemy battle areas and advanced analytical systems that will efficiently sift through them are all in the works, according to DARPA documents. A $US6.7 million contract with software company Kitware revealed a DARPA project focused on rapidly indexing archived aerial surveillance. It also gave a taste of the technology our military already uses, and it sounds like something out of the Bourne Identity. More »
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