November 2nd, 2009 11:04 PM | by Christen da Costa
Oh celebrities, they can be so squirrelly sometimes when it comes to the snooping and intrusive paparazzi. That’s why you gotta have your DSLR available at a moments notice. The SpiderPro system incorporates a quick release system that attaches to any belt or their optional Spider Belt for heavier loads, using the camera’s built-in hardware. The Spider Pin and Plate attaches the tripod mount on the bottom of the camera and slips in and out of the clipping system, which can be locked for occasional access or unlocked for unfettered access. Since it’s a bit difficult to explain I recommend watching their video.
At one point holograms were the stuff made of dreams, but now you can produce your very own 80s future tech in the comfort of your home. The DIY Hologram Kit includes all the necessary components, includes a model sized car and enough film plates to produce up to 20 hand sized ((2” X 3”) holograms. What the practical application would be is ‘difficult to see right now’, but this is sure to keep your kids and the neighbor’s kids entertained for weeks to come.
You can grab one now for $100 and when you run out of the necessary film plates you can purchase more from the manufacture.
When the Joby GorillaPod hit the scene some time ago, it amazed consumers worldwide with its tenacious approach to all things tripod related. Capable of countless angles and poses, the Joby GorillaPod is a must buy for anyone that owns a digital camera or camcorder. …Continue reading: Joby GorillaPod Flexible Tripod Review
Talk about useless crap. I mean, whoa I totally need this. I suppose if you were doing a short film about this gadget or the wonders of iPhone video, then it would maybe be cool? The whole point of shooting video on your phone is to not need something like this.
Priced at $300 I would have trouble holding back malicious laughter if I saw some dude toting this thing around pretending to be professional. I beg to be proven otherwise as I am continuously amazed at consumerism.
Over the summer I saw a bunch of cool expensive looking RC jets and helicopters. This one dude was even flying his RC helicopter upside down and doing all these cool stunts.
The “not a toy” SkyShutter Helicam RC Helicopter will allow you to capture some seriously sick aerial footage and is quite the technological marvel. Two people are required to control this thing properly, as one person flies the copter and the other controls the camera. The electric powered helicopter weighs 30lbs and is capable of carrying up to 6lbs of camera gear from SLR’s to decent HD cams.
Once the camera is affixed to the helicopter it can tilted and panned to produce some truly professional shots you’d often associate with real helicopter footage. Just don’t ask for this for Christmas as it costs $9,000.
Today, I read an article that made me question my own sanity.
I read all about the Liquid Image Scuba Series HD320, and when you hear what this is and connect it to earlier work, then you’re going to have a serious problem yourself. Because by the time I finish talking about this you’ll wonder the same thing I did: namely, maybe Thanko’s Underwater USB Camera wasn’t so lunatic after all.
The Liquid Image Scuba Series HD320, you see, is a diving facemask with a side-mounted HD video camera. All you have to do is line up the crosshairs on the mask with the thing you want to photograph, then press the button on the mask to take the footage. It’s the equivalent of a five megapixel camera and can go as far down as 115 feet.
You can get one of these beauties via West Marine for just $300, but there are lower cost versions available.
A new rumor has burst onto the scene out of the Kodak company, and everyone’s frantically trying to figure out just what exactly it is. A “highly placed source” has promised that Kodak’s got something really big planned for the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show this January in Las Vegas, but what exactly it is, no one’s sure.
In fact, the only piece of solid data involved is that it’ll be bowing right alongside the successor to the current Kodak Zi8 pocket camcorder.
Possibilities at this point could be most anything–a storage device, a new DVD burner that works with the Zi8’s successor, anything. In fact, this could be little more than a giant pot of smoke and mirrors designed to give Kodak free publicity by having gadget bloggers like us endlessly try to play guessing games about what it’ll actually be until CES hits.
I guess either way, we’ll have to wait for CES to find out how this one finally boils out.
We’ve talked about the Argus II once before back in March, so this will be an update. Seems that a test group of thirty two blind folks got implanted with Argus IIs, got their cameras and set out to see if they could actually see anything. The early results are actually very promising, with many of the recipients now able to see shapes and lights.
One recipient, an optical scientist turned lawyer named , who had been sightless for thirty years prior to his receiving an Argus II system, went from thirty years sightless to being able to make out a door in front of him. Sure, the whole system is pretty low-resolution right now, but that’s how these things start out. Got to have a cathode tube system before you can get the 1080p plasma, you know.
The company that makes them, Second Sight Medical Products, is trying to get approval to market the devices, which are slated to cost $100,000 each. Here’s the interesting question: will any insurance plan cover this?
Oh Thanko…have I told you lately that I love you…r insane brand of gadget lunacy?
The boys and girls out at Thanko have truly done it again. They’re offering up a waterproof USB camera that will remain waterproof up to 20 meters deep, which is approximately sixty feet.
It’s got four gigs of onboard memory, USB, stores files in AVI at 736X280 resolution at 20 frames per second. Even better, the battery takes up to two full hours of nonstop running to go blank, so you’ll have plenty of time to learn all its various features.
But yes, you read that right…they’re actually offering up a waterproof diving USB camera. I admit there are plenty of other possible uses for it, but the fact that you can actually use it as a diving camera strikes me as a bit outlandish. But if you ever wanted to hunt gold in the Caribbean, and don’t mind shelling out a hundred and forty bucks worth of that gold in advance, this has GOT to be the way to do it.
I’m not sure why you’d ever want a tiny spycam built into an equally tiny bedside clock–the less savory application would probably be too impractical as this is a VERY tiny clock–but just in case you’ve got an urge to keep a clock and a camera by your bedside, $47 will indulge your clock / camera desires with the Tiny Spy Camcorder Clock.
The internal Li-Battery will offer two hours of continuous use, and has four gig of built in memory. It can also patch into your computer with an included USB cable so you can swap out data on the fly, clearing out the clock’s internal memory to continue recording.
If you’ve always wanted to watch yourself sleep, or just hope you can record something else, then the Tiny Spy Camcorder Clock is what you’re after. Otherwise, I can’t imagine anyone either wanting or needing such a thing.
