Spy Review

A model plane based on a bat called COM-BAT is being developed by University of Michigan, and funded by the US Military, could help troops in the battlefield with essential information relayed to them by radio.

The plane will be fitted with various miniature cameras, sensors and detectors to provide vital images, sounds as well as smells. The onboard cameras will probably be used to take images of enemy instillations and other vital hotspots. The plane itself will be only 6 inches long.

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Taser International, a company that manufactures stun guns, has come up with a novel way to make carrying stun guns more accessible to women - adding a feminine touch to the gun and a holster that can also hold 1GB of music.

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If you are prone to forgetting where you left things, then a new device developed in Japan might be quite handy as it promises to locate things without the need to search for them.

In essence, its an object recognition device that can identify objects within seconds when looked into through the glasses. The camera that’s attached to the goggles constantly records what is being seen. When a wearer looks at an object the device will store into its ‘memory bank’ by filming it.

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There are now many spy toys available for the kids that imitate real spy gadgets. Although, as expeteced, they have obvious limitations compared to real versions, nevertheless, there is plenty of fun children can have with these toys as some of them are really good imitations.

Spy Gear has an assortment of spy toys for the kids. Some are pretty good while others may not evoke much interest. Below are a few I thought were pretty cool that kids might enjoy.

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As any model plane or rocket enthusiast would know, they can can sometimes come down a long way from where intended, and sometimes it is the case even with exceptional controllers. Many people flying these often do so in vast open spaces resulting in hours of search or even losing their models alltogether.

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In some ways watches are the most coveted of all spy gadgets because of the neat tricks that some of us have seen them perform, albeit in fictional tales such as Bond movies. Also, since watches are worn by so many people, they can lend themselves to being more discreet and not arouse any suspicion compared to some other body-worn devices.

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Wired CCTV camera systems have been around for years. There are many sophisticated boxes that you can buy that allow you to see many video cameras at once. Some computer-based camera systems can give you 16 windows from 16 different surveillance cameras at once! The Quad 2.4GHz Wireless Camera Receiver gives you the capability to see 4 spy cameras at the same time, but of the wireless variety.

What’s the significance of this? It is very unusual to find a wireless camera receiver that allows you to view all four camera channels simultaneously. Most other wireless receiver solutions only allow you to view a single camera channel at a time, and therefore the best they achieve is to just cycle through each camera channel.

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Many radio controlled cars with spy functionalities such as listening devices and cameras have tended to be slightly disappointing either because of their limited capabilities or the vehicle itself is too primitive looking, probably because they mostly tended to be designed for children. Not all adults would be too keen being seen at the controls of one of those. However, this, on the other hand, is a car that looks like it was designed for the family and would not look out of place in the hands of an adult.

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