We’ve seen many hidden camera type gadgets wonder around here at GS. While a novel idea at first, the camera often ends up being pretty substandard, suffering from abysmal image quality. Not to mention, pens or other writing instruments seem to be the gadget of choice. Not every carries pens around. That’s where this car key remote camera comes in handy. Everyone has keys. The remote won’t actually get you in to any car, but the hidden camera stuffed inside will certainly get you the dirt on whatever subject your spying on. This particular hidden camera seems it may offer image quality that is at least a small step above the rest as native photo resolution is 1600 x 1200. Even if it doesn’t product the sharpest pictures, at least they’ll be bigger than a thumbnail right?
If still pictures aren’t good enough, motion picture can be had at 640 x 480 pixels w/ frame rates hovering right around 29 per second. Make sure your computer or whatever gadget you plan on playing back your ill gotten booty on supports AVI and WAV as those are the only video/audio formats support respectively. Finally, storing digital goods is done via microSD card slot. At $36 by itself or $63 w/ 8GB microSD, this little James Bond-esque gadget is actually pretty easy on the pocket book. Interested?
Boing Boing
- September 23, 2009 9:25 am
If you’re the type of is a fine supporter of your cities finest, you may want to skip on buy as this is surely not their finest moment. Being on a special forces team such as a niche SWAT-esque drug raid team would certainly bring a daily dose of adrenaline that even the most hardcore adrenaline junkies couldn’t ignore. Unfortunately only a select few have what it takes to make the force. But did you know that there is a secret second option to reach this all natural high? It’s called the Nintendo Wii. It all went down when Polk County Drug enforcement raided a suspected drug dealers house looking for all the illegal bounty.
After a quick looksie however the team was a bit distracted by a Nintendo Wii and large screen of glass. Understandably awe struck and needing a quick “cool down” from their raid, they staid for a few and got their game on. Well, the bigger problem was that they stayed for over 9 hours! And the kicker — a secret security camera recorded their entire gaming session. As you can guess the suits back at the precinct weren’t exactly thrilled. It’s all fun and games until you get caught on camera pissing away tax payer money and playing Wii Bowling for 9+ hours.
Engadget > TBO
So you want to be a real secret agent like James Bond? Besides the dashing good looks, fine taste for alcoholic beverages, and a know-how with the ladies, one piece of gadgetry that any Bond in training shouldn’t leave his secret layer without is the Keychain Car Remote Spy Camera. Instead of just a boring ‘ol keyless remote for you trust grocery getter, this particular remote packs in several extra goodies. To start off, it has a video camera stuffed inside that will record video at up to 640 x 480 AVI format. With 4GB of storage on board, you’re looking at several hours of video capture for all of your secretive duties. But it doesn’t stop there. Also included is support for mass storage mode meaning your little hidden camera can also double as a flash drive. Finally, if you’re in the heat of the moment and need a quick camera shot to save info for later, well, this little remote can do that for you too. Pricing for the James Bond car remote is still up in the air. Until then, you’ll just have to make due with whatever you have.
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