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 Fingerprint scanners are so last century. The new wave of finger-based recognition uses veins, not fingerprints, to ID people. Hitachi has just announced their new biometric cardless credit payment system that reads the patterns of blood vessels in one’s fingers. Apparently, all our veins are unique, like snowflakes or, well, fingerprints, and can be used to easily ID people. Simply slide your finger into the machine and in a second you’ll be verified. These things should start popping up in Japanese convenience stores and panty vending machines in the near future, with their migration over here sure to happen soon afterwards. Anything that’ll let me pay for stuff without having the few seconds that getting my wallet out takes to ponder my purchase is A-OK with me.

Source: Pink Tentacle

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The cops won’t be the only ones with those wild car wreck videos any more, because now you can clamp this Clarion DriveEye recorder onto your car’s windshield and record some really rad video as soon as you get into your next accident. But wait, who would buy this? Someone who’s planning to have an accident later today?

Created to document unfortunate situations for the accident prone, this little device has a G-force sensor hooked up to a solid-state camera that’s always recording, and if it senses a sudden stop, it saves the 15 seconds of video before and five seconds afterward, perfect to play back in court when you’re trying to explain to the judge why it’s not your fault.

Clarion has constructed the DriveEye out of tough magnesium alloy, hoping that it will be able to survive all but the most horrific accidents. We’re thinking it might be bad luck is to tack one of these suckers on your windshield, as if you’re expecting—or maybe even hoping—to get into a really bad wreck. Well, if you get overly eager to use the thing, it also has a manual recording function.

They must have a lot more accidents in Japan, because that’s where this DriveEye will first be available for $412. Reminds us of a similar device marketed in Korea, the Black Eagle GPS that works the same way. Maybe these systems are coming soon to an accident scene near you.

Source: Technabob

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The Hidden Camera Detector gives you 24 hours of privacy protection. Its unique pen-shaped design saves power and prevents mobile phone interferences. It can easily be attached to your keys, car, bag, purse, or briefcase. This Hidden Camera Detector automatically detects all wireless signals. Whenever an unknown wireless signal is detected, the lights at the tip of the pen will flash according to the signal strength. You can also simply press a button on the pen to check for counterfeit currency. Its blue light allows you to detect the watermarks on most bills. With a detection radius of 10 Meters and the ability to precisely detect wireless signals of 900/1200/1300 and 2400 /2600/3000MHz, the Hidden Camera Detector is a convenient, proven way to ensure your privacy anytime, anywhere.

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We knew you could build your own marshmallow blaster gun out of a used Pringles can, tape and a two by four, but what about those of us who are too lazy to build stuff? Well, now you can buy your own pre-made pump action marshmallow gun that shoots those soft confectionaries up to 50 feet. Fifty! That’s further than any coworker can throw most office supplies. $39 gets you sweet shooting goodness.

Source: Hammacher via i4u

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