Filed under: Storage

Imation’s Atom Flash Drive may not be the most capacious USB key you’ve ever seen — heck, it’s probably not even the smallest — but it is this company’s most diminutive of all time, and that just has to count for something. Available in 1/2/4/8GB sizes, these units feature Vista ReadyBoost compatibility and support for passwords while measuring less than 1.5-inches long and .5-inches wide. Slip one of these sub-1-ounce drives into your pocket today for $17.99 to $99.99, depending on capacity.

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Filed under: Cellphones, Digital Cameras

Measuring just 8.5-mm thin, you’re looking at what Samsung claims to be the slimmest CMOS camera module of its kind. The 8 megapixel module is expected to supplant the 5 megapixel job found in todays top-end cameraphones sometime in the second half of the year. Fortunately, this isn’t just a case of megapixel marketing as the module also features anti-shake, a 1-cm macro, and face tracking technology. It also packs a smile shutter feature to snap that picture just as soon as a smile, or vinegar, is detected.

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Filed under: Cellphones

Unlike Brickhouse Security, we won’t go so far as to call this thing “invisible,” but when placed in the ear, all but the most eagle-eyed among us are likely to overlook it. The elaborately named Secret Service Invisible 2-Way Micro Headset comes with an easily hidden wireless transmitter that plugs into any mobile with a 2.5-millimeter audio output. Once rigged up, the wearer can have someone listen in on conversation in a room while also receiving input from said listener. Unfortunately, this likely Jack Bauer-approved gizmo demands a practically ludicrous $649.95, so it looks like we’ll be sticking to brute force and walkie talkies here. Check out a demo video after the jump — but be sure and kill the speakers first, alright?

[Thanks, Tony M.]

Continue reading Brickhouse Security’s two-way micro headset may never leave your ear canal

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Filed under: Displays

On the lookout for portable projection? Sure, us too. That’s why we were pleased to see these new Oculon Hikari Pro1440 and Pro920 (pictured) projectors land in our tips box this morning. The pair can project a 15- or 20-inch display from a distance of just 2-feet. The $399 Pro1440 LCoS model throws 250 lumens across a 20-inch, 800 x 600 pixel display from Composite or D-Sub15 RGB connected sources including game consoles, laptops, and portable media players. Things drop down to 25 lumens across a 15-inch, 640 x 480 pixel display for the $299 Pro920 which measures just 86 x 44 x 85-mm. “World’s tiniest,” as Oculon claims? Maybe. At least until TI and Microvision get their acts together. Pro1440 pictured after the break.

Continue reading Oculon’s Hikari Pro920 might be the world’s tiniest projector

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