Totally ready for dubious acts of all kinds comes this mini-USB voice recorder from some generic company.  You can record up to 40 hours worth of audio on the 2GB’s or memory though it will only record 4 hours on one charge.

The audio is stored as WAV files and also takes 4 hours to fully charge when connected to a computer or a USB wall adapter.  Seems pretty cool, but anyone looking to seriously record stuff on the sly might be already attuned to different gear with expanded functionality.

On sale now for $45.

[via TechFresh]

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Now instead of using a glass to hear what is transpiring beyond that closed door, which provides little to no enhancement, you’ll be able to hear all the nefarious details in crystal clear sound thanks to the Next Room Eavesdropping Device.

For all and intense purposes it’s like a stethoscope and a powered mic simply enhances the audio on the other side of the door.  A set of earbuds deliver the audio to your ears and a built-in rechargeable battery (via USB) should provide endless hours of snooping.

I’m particularly fond of Chinagrabber’s advisement: This product is being sold as an investigative tools for law enforcement or licensed investigators.

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The ADE 651 is a device with an impressive marketing angle.  Over in Iraq, it’s being used to sniff out everything from bombs to guns to drugs and beyond, and detect them all from a distance of up to half a mile.  It’s a handheld device, easy to carry, the Iraqi military swears by it…there’s just one problem.

It doesn’t actually work.

ATSC, the company that makes the ADE 651, claims that they work via “electrostatic magnetic ion attraction”, which if I remember my collegiate physics courses correctly means “a bunch of sciencey terms strung together almost at random”.  Independent testing of many similar devices by the Department of Defense shows none of them work much better than pure chance.  And here’s the part that’ll kill you–they sold the Iraqi military fifteen hundred of these things at prices ranging from $16,500 to $60,000 dollars EACH.

And there you go.  The Iraqis bought at least $24 million worth of bomb detectors that don’t detect.

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Well, that’s it for me, folks–my science fiction lobe has officially collapsed on me, because I was just reading about a new military project that’ll probably change the way war is fought forever.

I read about cyborg beetles.

It seems that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (or DARPA, the guys who started the Internet in the first place) have been working on a kind of “cyborg beetle” that’s been surgically altered and given all sorts of awesome mechanical doodads to engage in fighting and surveillance of the enemy.  They can be controlled remotely by humans in the field, and are actually part of a much larger overall project called HI-MEMS, the Hybrid Insect Micro-Electric Mechanical Systems.  HI-MEMS, if I understood correctly, will yield history’s first-ever truly bionic organism.

The article went on from there about what all they could do, but my head started swimming about the time I pictured wasps jammed full of uranium so they gave poisoned radioactive stings to their targets.

They’re the perfect soldier.  Absolutely expendable.  Kill as many as you please, the colony will hatch a few million more.  Heaven help us when they start carrying explosives.

They’re the perfect assassin.  Can you lock yourself down so effectively that even a spider can’t reach you?  And a cybernetic black widow could definitely take out a target, probably without ever being noticed.

I don’t know whether to be amazed or horrified, and right now, I’m trending toward horrified.

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If you’ve got a hundred and thirty bucks to drop and you’re getting just so gosh darn sick and tired of people always noticing that you’re carrying a camera around, then you may be interested to hear about the Hammacher Schlemmer pen camera, a small, sneaky little spy cam built into a pen.

It records video from up to fifty feet away and can record in 6y40 x 480 resolution, which isn’t half bad for a tiny little pen camera.  Also, it has onboard internal memory sufficient to hold two and a half hours of video.

The best part is the price–you can live out all your James Bond fantasies now for just a measly hundred and thirty bucks, like I said above.  And just in case you were wondering, yes, the pen function does actually work.

And you can even buy them direct from the manufacturer, and there’s never been anything wrong with that.

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While it might be a bit suspect that you have a full can of Diet A&W root beer on your counter, the babysitter or gardener will never know that you’re recording their every move, that is until they go and try to drink the refreshing beverage.  Jammed inside this spy camera soda can is 4GB of storage, a mic and a pin hole sized camera that can capture 640×480 video that is within 6 to 9 feet.  It also features a rechargeable 3 hour battery and transferring the recorded info is as simple as plugging the can into your computer’s USB.  Yours for $59.

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Perhaps your days running with the CIA are coming to an end, but what about all that sensitive data you’ve procured over the years?  Sure, you could just toss it into a burning inferno, but we know how well that worked out in “The Terminator”.  The Eraso-O-Matic (check the website, it’s fitting) uses rare earth magnets to wipe credit cards, VHSes, hard drives and just about anything that doesn’t play nice with the magnetic forces of the earth.  There are apparently two versions and the small one starts at $395.

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Spy cameras are cool and all, but when push comes to shove they’re not all that practical.  Why?  How do you start and stop recordings without alerting those being spied on.  Simple, you grab the Button Spy Camera with Ring Controller.  Just wave the ring near the pin hole and the camera can be turned on, start/stop recordings or snap a photo.  It’s able to capture 608 x 488 video at 15fps or 1200 x 1600 pixel still images.   It features 4GB of built-in memory and a rechargeable Lithium-ion battery.  Yours for $96

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The Portable Lie Detector has ’suspicious spouse’ written all over it.  The handheld device apparently can detect when an individual is lying by utilizing voice tension technology that measures vibration in the voice.  In other words, when someone is calm their voice is smooth and free of ‘vibration’.  In order for it to work correctly you’ll need to determine a baseline by asking 3 questions that you know they aren’t fibbing about.  Oh, and to bring additional credence to the device, a devilish figure with a growing nose indicates when someone is lying.  Works with phones as well. Yours for $80.

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Prison weaponry has finally made its way into mainstream culture.  The Honey Comb appears to be a harmless brush, but hidden inside the hair grooming tool is a stiletto dagger.  Even better, and just to add yet another weapon to the ‘watchlist’, the Honey Comb is constructed of injection-molded Zytel, an ultra tough nylon that contains no metal, and you guessed it, can’t be detected by a metal detector.

I mean really, who comes up with this crap and what for?  Suprisingly, it costs just $9. Who would have thought a shank could be so cheap, or expensive depending on which side of the wall your on.

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Holy crap!  Is this real?  Apparently, the US government’s Digital TV Transition is a mass conspiracy to actually spy on unsuspecting citizens.  How so?  You know those DTV boxes the government has been so willing to pay for via a coupon subsidized program?  Well, inside of them is a small camera and microphone, at least according to the video found below.  Since I don’t have one on hand it’s difficult to verify the statements made, but what exactly are those two little devices placed at the forefront of this Magnavox box?

If it is a camera and mic, it might be fair to say this technology could be used for census data.  Regardless of its use, though, it totally violates our civil rights.  The next step is to get a bunch of these boxes and VERIFY the components inside of the boxes.  Furthermore, if such suspicions are confirmed, the companies that engaged in these lurid practices should be boycotted, right?.  It’s pretty clear that they’re on the ‘take’ since they wanted the lucrative manufacturing contracts and in exchange have no doubt kept, or will be keeping their mouths shut.  Next we’ll find out that those DTV coupons are part of a bigger scam to shovel money around and buy DTV box manufacturer’s silence.

Update: It’s fake according to a Wired article.  The guy who made the video glued an old camera phone into the box and thought it would make for a good prank.   Thanks to everyone who replied to my IMs of amazement.  I still wouldn’t be surprised if something like this happened.

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The actual applications of the Spyball are far from practical, but we already knew that since the manufacturer is a toy company. Nonetheless, tweens and teens will enjoy its snooping abilities thanks to the built-in pop out camera that can record video and stills. It can be controlled by accessing the unit via the Internet, or connecting directly with it over ‘ad hoc’ WiFi.

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Corporate espionage is probably pretty low on the totem poll of most executives, but yes, there are sleuths out there hired specifically to perform this sort of activity.  Given the slumping economy and the need to make more money, you probably don’t wanna outsource for this sort of clandestine operation.  The Swann PenCam DVR will let you keep all your snooping in house.  Built-in to the head of the pen is a tiny camera which can record up to 3 hours of AVI video on the 2GB of flash storage.  Course, the PenCam’s battery is only good for 90 minutes.  Close talking will be a bit of a requirement since the mic only pics up audio within a 3 foot range.

The Swann PenCam DVR will be available soon for $120.

Full release below

Santa Fe Springs, Calif. – (December 30, 2008) – Swann Communications, the global leader in security monitoring solutions, proudly announces the debut of the PenCam DVR. Designed to covertly capture video footage and easily transfer it to the user’s computer, the PenCam DVR is an all-in-one surveillance system that allows anyone to make their own hidden videos.

The PenCam DVR captures color AVI video files thanks to a camera concealed in the end of a real working pen. All footage is recorded on internal 2GB memory, capable of recording over 3 hours of video footage. When the memory is full, simply unscrew the pen and the lower half of the pen contains a USB connector that plugs into the user’s PC or laptop for easy back-up. Audio surveillance up to 3 feet is made possible by a built-in microphone. The PenCam DVR is powered by a rechargeable Lithium-ion battery that lasts 90 minutes on a full charge and recharges via a computer’s USB port.

“The addition of internal memory is by far the biggest improvement we made to the original PenCam concept,” commented Guy Pithie, Swann Communication’s Vice President North America. “Our customers are also looking for simplified ways to transfer video footage to their computers, making it easy to upload to sites like YouTube. The PenCam DVR’s hidden USB connector is a clever way to easily remove video footage from the device without worrying about cables or adaptors.”

The PenCam DVR has a MSRP of $119.99 and is coming soon to Swann’s retail and online resellers.

See Swann Communication’s PenCan DVR and other video surveillance innovations at this year’s CES show. Swann Communications is exhibiting at Booth# 8559 in Central Hall.

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The Secret USB Flash Drive Watch is more about convenience than stealth. Why so? USB flash drives are small enough that they can be ‘jammed’ just about any where. The storage is a desirable 4GB, while the price
makes it a less attractive proposition at $50.

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Add a ransom note to the mix and you’ll be a full fledge kidnapper. In all seriousness, the portable voice changer achieves 8 different pitches and runs on the junk drawer allusive 9V battery. I’m sure there’s a practical application. Can you think of one?

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Looks like the days of Dick Tracy are far from over. The sWaP Watch is an actual cell phone. Just pop in your SIM, pair up the included Bluetooth headset and you’ll be making and receiving calls in no time. They’ve even managed to squeeze in a touchscreen, stylus, 1.3MP camera, MP3 player, memory card for up to 2GB of storage and audio recorder.

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One things for sure:  Morse code is old as shit, but it’ll never change.  So next time you’re in a jam, and the radio and cell phones are dead you sure will be glad to have this Japanese watch, the Eikowatch.  Aside from performing the normal watch duties it also features a built-in flash light specifically designed for relaying Morse code.  And in case you’re military days were numbered, or you’re suffering from shell shock, they’ve included the international Morse code on its face.

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Sorry, I can’t resist any spy related goodies.  Featured in the head of this pen, embedded in the pin hole, is a color CMOS sensor.  4GBs of on board flash storage allow for up to 12 hours of video recording at 352×288 resolution in an AVI format.  To watch, just plug it into your USB port and you’re one shaken martini away from MI6 academy.  Expect a 3 hour batter life from the rechargeable Lithium-ion battery.

Available here for $140

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