New Gadgets

If you are going to be a super spy, you need the right gadgets. Just ask Mr. Bond. Without his man Q providing him with a plethora of technological goodies, his charms would have only gotten him so far. One of the most important thing in a spy’s arsenal is a camera.

Of course, lugging around a giant DSLR might yield good pictures, but it isn’t very easy to conceal. That’s why you need a 5.0 Megapixel Digital Spy Camera.

Sure, you could whip out your cell phone to snap a picture, but most phones don’t have the best cameras in the world. Plus, this one is designed with a close focus range, which means you can snap documents close-up without worrying that they’ll turn out blurry. Pictures are stored on an SD card, and you’ll get a nice leather carrying case, a metal carrying chain and an addition module that provides a flash and LCD screen that can be attached to the camera. You’d better have a good backer for your espionage endeavors, as this device will set you back $200.

Buffalo has just unveiled it new 1TB Digital Video Recorder the DVR-1/1.0T that will go on sale in Japan at the end of this month.

Its equipped with a massive 1TB of storage able to hold around 160 hours of  recordings and is equipped with a HDMI port for easy connections to your media centre. It measure just  24.5 x 23cm and has an internal single Digital TV tuner to allow recording but has no BS or CS Support.

Unfortunately Buffalo haven’t released any information on pricing or worldwide availability as yet. But as soon as it becomes available we will let you know.

Hauppauge has launched a new gadget that is designed to stream digital TV to your Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, the Hauppauge Broadway. The Broadway can be connected to a cable TV box or a TV antenna and it is also connected to a router.

You can then stream you favourite TV shows direct to your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch wherever you are, and the TV shows are compressed and sent to your iOS device.

The Hauppauge Broadway will be avaible before the end of the quarter and it is expected to retail for $199.

Amnesia? Alzheimer’s? Memory Loss? Bad hangover? Suffer no more once you hang this ViCon Motion Systems built camera around your neck.

Originally an initiative by Mircosoft  with the help of university researchers, the Sensecam is a mini-recorder meant to help people suffering from short term memory loss. Now that the technology has become market ready, production has been licensed to ViCon Motion, who will build a multitude of these 94gram gadgets that have 2GB of memory.

Renamed the ViCon Revue, the wide angle lens on the automatic recorder takes three photos every minute which is then transferred to a PC with the requisite software via mini-USB. Though the target market for this gadget are the elderly, we imagine the ViCon Revue becoming a must-have accessory for narcissists of every stripe—you know, the kind of people who post nonstop about their mundane existence on Twitter?

Beyond narcissists, the ViCon Revue also appears doomed to become the tool of an introspective artist who wants to do Andy Warhol one better by recording several years of their life on this thing and making a movie from it.

Last, the ViCon Revue is also great for parties. If you wake up the next morning clueless as to what exactly transpired the night before, your ViCon Revue was taking pictures the whole time.

The ViCon Revue sells for a hefty $775.

Viewsonic announced their mini-sized 3D camcorder  last month, but now they’ve finally brought it stateside. Not only does the 3DV5 pack two 5MP fixed focus cameras for 3D 720p video, it’s also got a glassesless 3D display panel for playback.

Of course, the 3DV5 has the same problem that all 3D camcorders and cameras do: you’re going to have to get yourself a 3DTV or 3D laptop to watch it on. The good news is that this particular mighty mite can also record in 2D, making it as present-ready as it is future-proof. And it might just be worth the $180 to have your bases covered.

I’m always a little wary of any company calling its product the “world’s smallest” anything. It seems hard to believe that the CamBall is, in fact, the “world’s smallest personal camcorder,” but the thing is, in fact, pretty freaking small. It’s roughly the size of a ping pong ball.

The diminutive camcorder shoots 320 x 240 video at 25 frames per second. The Camball has a built-in mic and MP3 player and motion detection, for sneaky surveillance. The battery should last about 2.5 hours on a charge. Best of all, the thing is waterproof.

The camera itself runs $199. The company offers all manner of accessory packs, including a Surveillane Pack for “nannycam” needs, a Sports Pack that can be attached to motorcycles, and a Vehicle Pack for cars. All three packs run $39.99.

The Photo Album Story Teller lets you attach audio notes to your real life photo album via the use of clever ID stickers.

Just place a sticker under a photo and when you run the device over the sticker it will start replaying the audio you recorded to go with the photo. An interesting combination of old and new. The product comes with 500 stickers, which should be enough for most album needs. $99.95.

You simply attach a coded sticker near the photo, scan it with the Story Teller and then record your message. To play back the message associated with the photo, just place the Story Teller back over the sticker. Play back the story that’s associated with that particular photo, any time you wish.

It’s tough for yet another Flip-like camcorder to stand out these days, but GE might  just stand a better chance than most with its new DV1 model, which adds a waterproof, shockproof enclosure to the familiar form factor.

It also doesn’t look to cut too many corners when it comes to specs, with it boasting full 1080p recording and 5-megapixel stills, a SD card slot for storage, HDMI out, a 2.5-inch display and, of course, an integrated USB connector. No indication of a price just yet, but you’ll apparently be able to pick this one up next month in your choice of gray, orange or green.

This guest post was contributed by Phone Shield
1. Everlast Wii Boxing Gloves:

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Ready to become the next Mohammed Ali? Well Everlast thinks everyone should with their thinly lined Wii boxing gloves. The gloves are exact replicas of Everlast gloves with pockets for the Wii-mote and Nun-chuck. After a few punches gamers will realize why video games should not be contact especially when they are not made as well as the original boxing gloves.

2. Wii Bowl:

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Everyone loves bowling, until a ball is flung at forty miles per hour at your new TV. The Wii-bowl is designed to make Wii bowling more realistic by allowing players to actually bowl the ball for their turn. However this was not completely thought out since most people who play Wii Bowling are bowlers therefore the chances of the bowl going flying are high and you walls will surely have large dents in them by the end of the frame.

3. Wii Light Sabres:

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Unfortunately the non-sense does not stop there, apparently people are in weapons and fighting, so CTA Digital created the Wii Light Sabres. These two 12″ swords are perfect for duelling, breaking your mother’s china, or puncturing a hole in the family couch.

4. Guitar Hero Guitar:

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No the Guitar Hero guitars did not attack humans or used an extra large fly swatter resulting in a massive chunk of ceiling hitting someone little brother in the head. Nope out of shear bad luck, two boys were jamming away on their guitars playing Guitar Hero II when lightning struck their house went through their guitars and eventually electrocuted them. The sequence of events is improbable but horrific for these young Jimi Hendrixes.

5. Project Natal:

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Kids get bored easily so a gaming company decided to make Project Natal, a virtual fighter game, awesome! Right? Well you can tell you mother why all her porcelain dolls look like they have been round house kicked to the face.

6. Cooking Mama Kit:

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Cooking Mama Kit perfect for those aspiring Wii Chefs. Look kids its fake food you can’t even touch.

7. Wii Pool Pole:

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Looking to be the next Wii Pool shark? Well you won’t be without the Billiards pole for the Wii-mote! Piece the pole together and slide in the remote and start shooting.

8. Gaming Vest:

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If there is one thing I know my kid wants, it’s to feel like they are being shot! Thankfully the Gaming Vest has been developed, including tons of “solenoids, eccentric-mass motors, and Peltier elements controlled by custom electronics” in order to feel like you are getting shot! Even better we should hook it up to Zoo Tycoon so we can feel like we are being mauled by tigers!

9. Retractable Wii Sports Cuff:

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For all those really intense Wii golfers do not fear losing the remote again with the Retractable Wii Sports Cuff. Whenever you think you might lose the remote have confidence in the Retractable Wii Sports Cuff to catch with 13″ of slack!

10. Wii Airplane Controller Stand:

Looking to fly for hours with your Wii Airplane simulator? If so give your arms a rest with the Wii Airplane Control Stand, just slide in the remote and nun-chuck and you are ready to fly.

No, we’re not talking about “the cloud” where data goes to disappear and (hopefully) be retrieved again. We’re talking about an actual (well, artificial) cloud that promises to be both a real structure and a massive digital display. That’s the bright idea of a team of researchers from MIT, anyway, and it’s now been shortlisted in a competition designed to find a new tourist attraction to be built in London for the 2012 Olympics. Dubbed simply “The Cloud,” the structure would consist of two 400-foot tall mesh towers that are linked by a series of interconnected plastic bubbles, which would themselves house an observation deck inside and be used to display everything from Olympic scores and highlights to a “barometer of the city’s interests and moods” outside (that latter bit comes courtesy of the group’s partnership with Google). As if that wasn’t enough, the whole thing also promises to be funded entirely by micro-payments from the public (which would also determine its final size), and be completely self-powered, with it relying on a combination of solar power and regenerative braking from the lifts in the towers. Video after the break.