It looks like Immersive Media wanted to remove all doubt about what that street-traversing fleet of theirs really looks like. There’s obviously more than one vehicle scanning in streets across the US, but now you know what to look out for — and you little punks in the audience now realize just how tantalizing a target that little 11 camera orb on the roof really happens to be.

For the Nikon lovers, the company has been brainstorming some new ideas lately. The Nikon Cool Pix 360 is the most happening thing in the photography world.

Do you recall the last time when the camera angle needed to be changed physically,…

For the Nikon lovers, the company has been brainstorming some new ideas lately. The Nikon Cool Pix 360 is the most happening thing in the photography world.

Do you recall the last time when the camera angle needed to be changed physically, and you would have to adjust yourself to weird uncomfortable positions along with your digital SLR to take good pictures? With this new model, it’s time to say goodbye to those days, and get your full 360 degrees of freedom back.

According to Nikon, the Cool pix 360 has put a lot more importance on the user interface. I think this is extremely important since, cameras are very end user related products. If the camera is not user friendly it simply won’t sell.

The camera designer Yu Chen, agrees that this is a camera for all around pictures. The camera doesn’t require the user to turn around. The unique design of the camera along with the built in inclinometer adjusts the head of the camera.

However, the camera doesn’t come with it’s own tripod. The disappointing news along with this is that Nikon is not sure when the camera will go into production. After taking a look at all the different pictures online, I think this camera might be a little hard for people to get used to the unique tripod like camera design. At the same time, the Nikon’s features will most definitely help the users take cool pictures of panoramic vistas.

If having a digital camcorder is beyond your reach, here is a solution for you from AIPTEK that has of late come up with the release of their low-cost GO-HD, an HD camcorder, which is claimed to fit in the palm of your hand. AIPTEK’s HD camcorder…

If having a digital camcorder is beyond your reach, here is a solution for you from AIPTEK that has of late come up with the release of their low-cost GO-HD, an HD camcorder, which is claimed to fit in the palm of your hand. AIPTEK’s HD camcorder boasts resolutions of 720P (1280×720 pixel resolution/16:9 aspect ratio) at 30 frames per second. The GO-HD makes use of H.264 codec technology, which lets users record about four hours of HD video clips on an 8GB High Capacity SD. The GO-HD provides HCSD card expansion, too. GO-HD measures about 4.5″ x 2.75″ x 1.25″ and weighs almost 7.5 ounces.

Additional characteristics consist of a 3x Optical Zoom with Auto-Focus, one-touch recording, a 270-degree swivel-reversible 2.4″ TFT color LCD display, and AIPTEK’s Night Shot feature, which augments image quality in dark or low light settings-almost four feet-by making use of integrated LED lights. The GO-HD comes with an integrated charger also, thus it is able to be recharged using USB while hooked onto a computer or by connecting the AC charger cable built-in. The GO-HD is also said to work like a digital camera with a 5-megapixel CMOS sensor, a two-inch macro zoom and auto-focus.

GO-HD is also capable of hooking up to any HDTV & HD monitor, standard TV, or PC (users could do with loading the software given for computer or get QuickTime 7.0 or higher for Mac. The cables to hook up the GO-HD are all incorporated. AIPTEK throws all of these sports in the GO-HD for only under $300.

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If you’re thinking of picking up one Sony’s new AVCHDhigh-definition camcorders then you’ll want to give the VRD-MC5 accessory a peep. The burner features PC-less, one-touch HD-quality dubbing when connected to over USB to your new HDR-SR5, HDR-SR7,HDR-SR8, and HDR-CX7 Handycam. The unit packs a 2.5-inch LCD, Firewire and S-Video inputs, and plenty of memory slots including SDHC/SD, xD, and compact flash in addition to Sony’s proprietary formats. It’ll even write to those wee 8cm DVDs just like Sony’s DVD camcorders. Sorry, no Blu-ray Discs here, and it won’t run from battery. Available August 10th for an estimated ¥30,000 or about $247.

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Imagine you are behind closed doors where you think you are not being watched by anyone else. Confiding on the privacy of the place, you are out of your hide. But what if there is someone else not only looking through its eyes but also storing it’s…

Imagine you are behind closed doors where you think you are not being watched by anyone else. Confiding on the privacy of the place, you are out of your hide. But what if there is someone else not only looking through its eyes but also storing it’s memory. This imaginary situation has turned real for many sending waves of sensation and causing havoc in lives of the victims.

Discreet cameras can be a real nuisance [Only for the victims]. Be it sting operations ruining political careers of many politicians or illegal incidents like discreet recording of sex between consenting adults who can even be legally married. If you are scared of such situations and try to check for the possible hidden cameras each time you check in a hotel room, you surely need this. And who knows someone could be recording your activities in your bedroom or even in your bathroom. With the proliferation of spy devices, the risks have multiplied many folds.

If you suffer from the paranoia of someone keeping an eye through spy gadgets, pocket camera detector can help you chill. Just turn around the small USB drive-size detector and it lets you know if you are in some danger zone. All you need to do now is to head for some other place or if it’s your place, look for the spy device.

Great! Isn’t it. But not for all. Think of those involved in preparing cheap voyeur films using spy cams. They are going to loose lot of money due to this camera detector that comes for $29.95. Now many of you would always keep this camera detector as you carry your cellphone. After all no one wants to be caught in a camera with pants down.

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If you’re old-skool like us, you remember hurrying home from school, heading straight for your room, and hunching over your keyboard to log into your favorite MUD, slay dragons, and find treasure.

It was a simpler time. A time when computers didn’t have fancy graphics and candy-colored buttons, and if they wanted to show you a cranky green ogre, they didn’t use CG. They used our friends “|”, “\”, “/”, and “.”

Miss it? Well pop in an Air Supply cassette and surf over to Photo2text. Upload a photo and shiny metal robots turn it into in-stant ASCII. Retro-spiff.

High-contrast photos work best, and your file has to be smaller than 200K. Make a few high-tech adjustments, then take it low-fi at Photo2text.

Convert Photos to ASCII Art at Photo2Text

p.s. Want more ASCII art? Check out Christopher Johnson’s ASCII Art Collection, featuring the always-popular “Naked Ladies” section [Maybe not safe for work.. but people, it’s ASCII!] And don’t miss the ASCII Art Dictionary or Joan Stark’s ASCII art. If that last page doesn’t take you back, nothing will. It uses java!!

p.p.s. Mac user? Check this out: you can play Quicktime movies as ASCII movies!

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