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Invisible Bluetooth Spy 2-Way Radio

Armanstein — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:28:13 +0000

You’ve probably have seen body guards or bouncers with those fancy microphone/headsets sticking in their ears. Every so often they touch their ear and then speak into their wrist or something like that and look really cool doing it. Well, no longer do you have to be a bodyguard or a bouncer to have a cool 2 way radio headset like they do. Actually you can get something much better.

Here is the Invisible Bluetooth Earpiece. It achieves its “invisible” title by way of being extremely small. It’s so small that you stick it in your ear canal so no one else can see it. Whereas the body guards headsets are normally somewhat transparent they are still clearly visibl the Invisible Bluetooth Earpiece is undetectable since you stuck it in your ear.

At first I was kind of freaked out about sticking something in my ear, cause how would you get it out? But luckily they have high powered magnets included that instantly suck the headset out of your ear (video further down will show that part in action). It still is kind of freaky, but not that bad I guess…just don’t lose the magnet.

Even cooler is that using bluetooth technology and wireless transmission technology you don’t have to run wires from the headset to an external battery. It is powered magically (wirelessly) through a metal necklace loop that you wear around your neck and under your clothes to further conceal the device.

After you place the headset in your ear and connect all the wires you can then connect to the headset via either a bluetooth enabled cell phone or 2 way radio. If you are connected via a cell phone you can have some one call you and they’ll be able to hear exactly what you hear and say and as whisper sweet nothings into your ear.

The device has been used for years by law enforcement agencies and just recently came on the market for us normal folk to enjoy. This means they probably have something even cooler than this. This video gives you some more idea about the product.

In the video they give you some good ways to use the device which include:

Board Meetings
Undercover Law Enforcement Agents
Journalists on Assignment
First Dates
Actors and Actresses Can Be Fed Lines

However they mention some specific uses where you “can’t” use it…though I don’t know if they could really stop you.

While Gambling
During Poker Games
For Tests Or School Assignments
Illegal Activities

Gambling would be a pretty cool way to use it. Those guys from the movie 21 could have used this…instead of their stupid over-the-top body signals.

FuncFash-ness: 7.5/10

Functional: 3.5/5 (cheat on exams, though not recommended!)
Fashionable: 4/5 (if smaller is sexier this is uber-sexy)

Where to Buy:

Brick House Security: Invisible Bluetooth Earpiece w/ Covert Morse Code Button $199.95

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Spy Baseball Cap Perfect for Sly Dogs!

Armanstein — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:42:19 +0000

I’m quickly becoming a big fan of Chinese electronics wholesaler Chinavasion. Product wise they do have an interesting mix of interesting products like today’s profiled product, the Spy Baseball Cap wireless video recorder.

It’s pretty straightforward and similar to the other spy video camera’s we’ve looked at. This time instead of hiding the camera in your sunglasses or shirt button the camera is slyly hidden in your baseball cap. The main parts are the wireless camera that sits in the hat with the lens poking out a tiny hole on the front. The camera sends the video signal to a wireless DVR recorder that you put in your pocket which allows you to record video to an SD card.

The only downside is that you can’t record audio.

Ok, so back to why I like Chinavasion. Of all the Chinese electronic wholesalers I’d say they are the funniest and most honest about marketing the products they sell. I mean on the solar vest we profiled they featured a nerdy looking guy picking up all these chicks since he helped them out by charging their electronic devices with his solar vest. How many people selling a solar vest would come up with that?

And now with the Spy Baseball Cap they’ve hit marketing genius again. If you check out the Spy Cap product page they have some funny “in-action” pictures of how and where you can use this product. Basically they just advertised the product as how most people would use it (or most guys would us it) to take clandestine video of pretty girls.

Or to video record the couple behind you making out while you enjoy the show .

Notice, the “You sly dog!” printed on the image. Ordinarily I would add that kind of commentary to pictures I find, but here Chinavasion has saved me the trouble. The guy is indeed a “sly dog!”

Anyway kudos to them for breaking the mold and just selling the products how people would think to use them…

FuncFash-ness: 7/10

Functional: 3.5/5 (block the sun and watch the couple behind you snog)
Fashionable: 3/5 (it’s a baseball cap…a convincing one at that)

Where to buy:

Chinavasion: Spy Cap Hidden Recorder – Spy Kit with Camera + DVR + SD Card $163

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Spy Button Camera Make You Feel Like James Bond

Armanstein — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:00:04 +0000

Spy cameras are a favorite item here at FuncFash. Last time we looked at a spy sunglasses that allowed you to record video. Now we are taking a looking at the Micro DVR Button or Screw Camera, a camera that can double as a button on your shirt or an ordinary house screw.

There are two components to the device: the pinhole camera and the DVR recording unit. The recording unit is about the size of a pack of cigarettes (which incidentally you could use to hide the unit) and the camera is the size of a button. After connecting the camera to the recording unit this will allow you to shoot up to 640 x 480 at 30 frames per second…which is pretty darn good for such a small camera. The video below will give you an idea of the quality.

The nice thing also is that there is a viewing screen on the DVR recording unit so you can see the video image as it is played to make sure things are nicely framed and to verify the device is actually working. Plus since they use SD cards your recordings are only limited by the memory limitations the SD card (which I believe is 45 hours).

As you can imagine all this cool technology doesn’t come cheap as this clocks in at $350 (currently it’s on sale). But check out this cool James Bond-like carrying case.

However, looking again at the pictures you really have to be careful what kind of shirt you choose since it looks like you are limited by the colors of buttons. It might look a little suspicious if you have 4 white buttons and 1 brown button that you keep adjusting and asking the person to speak into.

I’ve always been curious as to how people would use spy cameras like this. Here’s a list of things that I can imagine people using the Spy Button Camera for:

Creating sex tapes
Getting confessions on tape
Scoping out places before you rob them
Catching abusive cops
Evidence after you’ve been murdered
Doing your own citizen “undercover” investigations
…

Anyone know any other reasons someone would use a spy button camera?

FuncFash-ness: 7/10

Functional: 4/5 (shoots good video and multiple ways to use it)
Fashionable: 3/5 (somewhat discrete, though color matching your buttons might be an issue)

Where to Buy:

Brickhouse Security: Micro DVR with Button and Screw Camera $349.95 (on sale limited time, original is $600)

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