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'Really Cool' Keyboard Is Silent, Waterproof For Underwater Spy-Typing Adventures
This "Really Cool" keyboard mixes two things we really love about keyboards: the ability to type quietly and the ability to withstand a glass of milk being poured on it. It's completely sealed in a silicone outer shell with "no" moving parts, which explains its waterproof-ness. If our experience with silicone keyboards is worth anything, these things are pretty hard to type on, making this a silent, waterproof and awkward keyboard. [Man Machine via DVICE]
surveillance
Cankle Fetishists Rejoice Over AC Brick Spy Camera
This AC wall adapter is no ordinary AC wall adapter. It's loaded with an A/V recorder that can save 66 hours of footage to its 2GB microSD card. And even if the wall socket is turned off, a built-in lithium ion battery will keep shooting for 3 hours of glorious, socket-height footage. Yes, that's the extreme low angle stuff. We're talking shoes. We're talking you didn't vacuum under that couch. It's just more evidence piling up to an unavoidable fact. In the future, everyone will know what everyone else looks like naked. Or we'll at least have some hot shots of one another's bare feet. [product via ohgizmo]
spy gadgets
Retromodo: East German Cold War Spy Gadgets Make Us Paranoid
Reader John from the Cambridge University Press blog tips us off to these crazy East German police (Stasi) gadgets used during the cold war. Lots of these gadgets are what you'd expect cold war gadgets to be—spy gear covertly inserted into everyday objects—but others are for surveillance. One of them, a spy camera shoved inside a bra, look dangerous. Not because it's a spy gadget next to your boobs, but because it's so big that anyone copping a feel would be sure to detect it. [Cupblog - Thanks John!]
kaboom
Video of Spy Satellite Getting Shot Down
Watch as General Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (and apparently Jack Bauer's older brother) shows how the Lockheed Martin's Aegis missile launches and successfully destroys the rogue spy satellite. This is a huge success for the Pentagon and the anti-missiles system that was first conceived in the mid-80s as part of President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative. Specially after many critics were saying it wasn't going to work.More »
surveillance
Surveillance Vest Transmits Video Evidence Via 3G
With advanced wireless technology, wearing a wire no longer means having a voice recorder or short-range radio transmitter strapped to your chest. This 3G-equipped surveillance vest can transmit a live feed anywhere in the world. There is also a panic button and GPS, which is handy when the Bad Guys notice a massive battery pack stuck to your back. The vest even has a built-in compact flash recorder for evidence if you lose cellular reception or backup doesn't arrive in time. [PhoneMag via Gizmo Watch]
snooping
Intelius Says They're Dropping Super Invasive Cellphone Directory...Kinda
Remember Intelius, the company that was making a giant directory of unlisted cellphone numbers that you could search (and pay money for)? They're changing the project after the huge negative response from consumers and the media. Hit the jump for their own reasons why they made the directory in the first place and why they're dropping the directory part and just focusing on the "Caller ID" service. This allows you to plug in a number and get information about that number. Not quite as privacy-invading as a gigantic browsable database, which is good. More »
speaker
Otto Suction Spy Speaker Lets You Hear Your Parents Argue
The Otto may look like one of those suction cup gadgets that turns any surface into a sound generating speaker, but it's actually more like a stethoscope than a speaker. If you latch it onto a window, a wall or a glass of ice water, you can hear "subtle tremors and vibrations." Because if you have to listen to your upstairs neighbors going at it every night, you might as well hear it clearly. [Duncan Wilson via Random Good Stuff]
gadgets
In 2007 we snuck in to CES early. So last year! This year, we're sneaking you in using some tech James Bond would be proud to rock, darting inbetween half-made company booths and half-made-up booth babes. Here's the archive video of the whole thing. It's a little herky jerky and sound will be off, but you can still make out details of what's going to be on the floor—including that gigantic 150-inch TV behind curtains and security.
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Spy Video of the CES Show Floor
In 2007 we snuck in to CES early. So last year! This year, we're sneaking you in using some tech James Bond would be proud to rock, darting inbetween half-made company booths and half-made-up booth babes. Here's the archive video of the whole thing. It's a little herky jerky and sound will be off, but you can still make out details of what's going to be on the floor—including that gigantic 150-inch TV behind curtains and security.More »
4:05 PM on Sun Jan 6 2008
By Jason Chen
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Latest by Pixelologist: Based on this video alone, I can't imagine Mr. Bond coveting the tech involved. Though if he DID decide to use it himself, you know the result would've been a lot smoooooother. 'Cause he's James Bond. more »
conspicuous robots
According to the product page, the R/C Spy Snooper robot vehicle is "capable of entering a room undetected." Call me crazy, but you would have to be blind, deaf or both to miss a robot that measures 9-inches long and about 10-inches high when it enters a room. On the plus side, the device looks pretty cool and it can transmit audio to a receiver up to 150 feet away. Just don't expect to pick anything up except laughter and not-so top secret information on how much of a tool you are. Available for around $80. [Product Page via Gadgets News via Geek Alerts]
R/C Spy Snooper Robot is Undetectable...Like a Fat, Clumsy Ninja
According to the product page, the R/C Spy Snooper robot vehicle is "capable of entering a room undetected." Call me crazy, but you would have to be blind, deaf or both to miss a robot that measures 9-inches long and about 10-inches high when it enters a room. On the plus side, the device looks pretty cool and it can transmit audio to a receiver up to 150 feet away. Just don't expect to pick anything up except laughter and not-so top secret information on how much of a tool you are. Available for around $80. [Product Page via Gadgets News via Geek Alerts]
moto zine
This leaked spy shot of an upcoming 5-megapixel Motorola/Kodak cameraphone seems to confirm the rumor that MotoZINE was the name for Motorola's upcoming multimedia phone series. According to IT168.com, the Z12 is going to be announced in Q1 2008 under the ZiNE brand, and will have either a candybar or a slider form factor and a Kodak-branded camera on the back. Other rumors have it that the phone may even have GPS or Wi-Fi in it as well. As long as Moto puts enough good parts inside (5-megapixel camera, GPS, etc.), we don't care if they stick to their tired four-letter naming scheme. [it168 via Unwired View]
Motorola Z12 Zine 5-Megapixel Cameraphone Spy Shot
This leaked spy shot of an upcoming 5-megapixel Motorola/Kodak cameraphone seems to confirm the rumor that MotoZINE was the name for Motorola's upcoming multimedia phone series. According to IT168.com, the Z12 is going to be announced in Q1 2008 under the ZiNE brand, and will have either a candybar or a slider form factor and a Kodak-branded camera on the back. Other rumors have it that the phone may even have GPS or Wi-Fi in it as well. As long as Moto puts enough good parts inside (5-megapixel camera, GPS, etc.), we don't care if they stick to their tired four-letter naming scheme. [it168 via Unwired View]
mav on a wire
Air Force Developing Spy Planes That Can Recharge on Power Lines
The US Air Force Research Lab is currently developing a micro air vehicle (MAV) that can harvest energy from power lines, which could lead to significantly longer surveillance missions. The aircraft would even have the ability to transform into inconspicuous objects, like an "innocuous piece of trash hanging from the cable." This would be achieved using existing technologies for collapsible wings and "sliding skins" that would allow the fuselage to change shape. More »
tinfoil tech
Black Hole Phone Bag Drops You From the Grid Like Jason Bourne
True, this black hole phone bag probably appeals more to pasty tinfoil types than badasses who can kill you with a phone book, but it'd be nice when you're hiding from your crazy hacker girlfriend 'cause you just want to play Halo with your friends. Slip your phone in the bag and it disappears from the network—no calls, no triangulation, no black helicopters. Twelve dollars seems like a small price to pay to avoid making all those Will Smith blunders when dodging G-Men. [Brando via I4U]
11:00 AM on Thu Nov 29 2007
By Matt Buchanan
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Latest by n/a: In order for the CIA to be able to turn phones on and listen in secretly, all the cell phone manufacturers would have to build this capability in as a standard feature. more »
penmanship
Pacific Defence Pen Doubles As James Bond Bluetooth Camcorder
This working pen is ridiculously awesome, if you believe the uncorroborated early reports:• At under 6 inches long and just a half inch thick, it records 320x240 video at 30fps, even in low light.
• You can set it to start recording video when it detects motion, or recording audio when it hears a sound.
• It takes MicroSD flash cards, and can transfer video wirelessly via Bluetooth.
• You can program it to send an alarm wirelessly to a "remote location."
Gizmag warns "some specs may be altered before final release"—I'm more concerned that there's no mention of it on Pacific Defence's website. [Gizmag]
unconfirmed
[Update: Apple asked us to take down their art, so it looks it may be absolutely real. The horror.] 9 to 5 Mac has a couple follow-up spy shots of the iPod nano resdesign we posted about last weekend. If these are real, then it confirms the fat nanos that have a giant screen on the top half (which supposedly plays videos) and the scroll wheel on the bottom half. And it confirms those colors we talked about earlier as well. It also confirms that these nanos are kinda ugly and fat. [9to5mac]
(UPDATE) iPod Nano Spy Shots Show Fat, Big-Screened Nano
[Update: Apple asked us to take down their art, so it looks it may be absolutely real. The horror.] 9 to 5 Mac has a couple follow-up spy shots of the iPod nano resdesign we posted about last weekend. If these are real, then it confirms the fat nanos that have a giant screen on the top half (which supposedly plays videos) and the scroll wheel on the bottom half. And it confirms those colors we talked about earlier as well. It also confirms that these nanos are kinda ugly and fat. [9to5mac]
spy vs. spy
Spycatcher Gives Novice Spies a Leg Up, But It Ain't Cheap
Are you paranoid about this unobtrusive-looking wall plug? Maybe you should be. British company Spycatcher is your ticket to easy surveillance, as long as you're cool dropping a thousand or two on the equipment. More »
from china with love
007 Cellphone For the Secret Asian Man
Oh yeah, we could totally see James bond using this gigantic monstrosity of a cellphone. In our opinion, Roger Moore could have used this VIP 007 cellphone from China back in the '70s, where it would seem completely futuristic and blend right in with the other tacky stuff they shoved into his films (call us Connery fans). More »
there were bond flicks in the 1800s, right?
