Posted January 28th, 2008
by Synthesis
Alright, so everyone knows about those annoying cameras that cities across the world are putting up so they can monitor crime and invade your personal privacy, right? Well San Francisco had those installed a few years ago and just now realized they sucked. More info and a video after the jump. It seems that $900,000 just doesn’t buy what it used to. So 68 cameras, 2 seconds per grainy frame, and the aforementioned 900,000 dollars later, and what do you get? 1 arrest. Wooo. Meanwhile, Chicago has similar cameras at 30 fps that have brought great results. So maybe the Police Commish was right when he said the city council was just throwing money away? [SF Gate]
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Tags: Camera, crime, government, nannycam, NSA, safety, San Francisco, security, tax Posted in Hardware, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
Posted January 22nd, 2008
by Synthesis
Alright, so in my fascination with all things USB (ask my friends if you don’t believe me), I have found the latest gadget for your USB porting pleasure. The Eazzzy Camera. Name just screams copyright infringement, doesn’t it? Anyhow, if you like your gadgets small and easy to use, this is it. Not only can it plug into a USB port to download pictures with ease, but it is also about as small as a standard flash drive, not to mention it doesn’t feature the LCD screen like most all other digital cameras. That’s right, the camera has finally turned full circle and devolved back into a viewfinder. Not to mention the eye gouging colors.
…And you’ll thought the Domino shaped flash drive was stupid.
Tags: Camera, color, digital, drive, flash, flash drive, LCD, port, small, tiny, USB Posted in Computers, Gadgets, Software And Plugins
