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And in the end, all this inconvenience to cell phone, PDA, media player, netbook, and laptop users (not to mention American's with Disability Act violation - some people need cameras) will be about as successful as drug interdiction at the border.

Joe consumer can buy a camera (still and video with audio) disguised as, for example, a working ball point pen (doubles as a 4GB USB flash drive) for $35.17, delivered (lower end model under $20). Another is rather poorly disguised as an ID badge (required in many places where cameras are banned); poor implementation but you can see where that is headed. Another is disguised as a wrist watch. Another as a necktie. Another small model. Miniaturization has made camera interdiction at the border all but impossible. Unless you are going to strip search and body cavity search everyone, provide them with substitute clothing, and prevent them from taking anything inside, cameras will get in.

Ironically, before all this stuff was available to the consumer for the price of dinner, there were government facilities that had these kinds of no camera security precautions while on the inside engineers were developing spy cameras that were small enough to circumvent the exact same security provisions at the other country's facilities.

Miniature equipment has been available for over a hundred years if you had the cash. And if the stakes were high enough to justify banning cameras, the camera cost was minor compared to what the pictures were worth.

The only difference with your portable electronics gear is plausible deniablity if you get caught before you snap the pictures.

And it's only 110 dollars!

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.5179

You can get a cart for around $5 - $10 from here and get free shipping. I'm really happy with the one I purchased from them.

What you want already exists for the DSi.

What you want already exists for the DSi.

Here you go.

Point still stands, if you're going to complain about price spend a few seconds looking online for a better price first.

From the page you link to: - UPDATE: This cable does not work with the iPhone

Your intelligence seems quite low, so I suspect you'll come back with another link.

Here you go.

Point still stands, if you're going to complain about price spend a few seconds looking online for a better price first.

Ok. Is $8.44, shipped, cheap enough for an iPhone 3G video cable with authentication chip?

Looky looky.

I just know my kids are going to do it too someday... So should I just save their fingerprints and order a cigar lighter flashlight to replace the lighter?
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.20216

Atleast you can rest assure DealExtreme sell replacement screens for your Nokla N82!

LED Flashlights are cheap
http://www.dealextreme.com/products.dx/category.902

If you're cheap and willing to wait a couple of weeks, this one's supposed to be decent:
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.15947

I suggest you spend some time reading though this forum:
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=45
or
http://www.light-reviews.com/

LEDs are no longer "rare" or just making entrances into flashlight or headlamp applications.

It is even possible to build your own flashlight or even a bulb for household current out of parts from this site:
http://www.dealextreme.com/products.dx/category.999

Or you can easily block them:
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.3619

Why bother when you can block it for $30? Free shipping too :D http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.8758

They do
http://www.dealextreme.com/products.dx/category.907
One of many places on the net.

Problem is the light emission is not quite as omnidirectional as CFLs. They may be good for ceiling mount lights, but probably won't work for desk lamps, wall sconces, and such. And as efficient as LEDs are, they still get pretty hot when packed together so tighly (notice the heat sinks).

Just get a handful of these eternity lights.
They have some kind of magnetic and capacitor thing that requires no battery.

Clearly you haven't used those before.
-Taylor

Just get a handful of these eternity lights.
They have some kind of magnetic and capacitor thing that requires no battery.

I guess this is close:

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.1888

1 cent for no logos, it does include other benefits to though.

no it is not.

sample wide-area jammer

Might not be stylish but you will not miss your calls

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.13236

You can get very cheap flashcarts from http://www.dealextreme.com/

Supercard DS One and Acekard would be rather safe choices, thought there are even cheaper ones.

You mean like this?

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.3333

Yes, I bought it and yes it works perfectly. I haven't had to worry about my Wiimote batteries at all since buying it.

a sata card or in-cable adapters. very cheap, like, http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.7533

Ok, maybe I exaggerated a little. $7 for 1GB, shipping included: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12245

you mean like this?

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.5179
or
http://www.dealextreme.com/search.dx/search.ifone

And twice the size of my 8G thumbdrive. http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12248

There is another product on Deal Extreme, Do not know what this is, but one of the product pictures with a leaflet has some text visible from the leaflet itself, it reads something like "...signals tramits to long distance". The word before signals is not visible in that picture.

Maybe someone else knows what this device is http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.9310

I think WRT54GL with a 500mW booster may do the trick.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12215

Not sure if this is a gimmiky product or if it will really work.

But why put rs-232 on the motherboard!?
The few who want it can get a $5 USB dongle.
Same with PS/2 - if you really want to use that old keyboard and mouse, its $2.xx delivered!

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.1440

So friggin' cheap I haven't even bothered appending a referral code :-)

Step 1: Buy pouch (http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.1305 $2.85 at the time of writing w/free shipping!)

Step 2: Put phone in pouch before entering mall

Step 3: Take phone out of pouch periodically to check text messages/make calls.

Step 4: Confuse system by having phone randomly appear for short intervals around the mall.

Step 5: ???

Step 6: Profit!

with people tracking software it will not be 100% accurate in the near future, because to get accurate numbers you need to be able to differentiate between people. I think that this is a great idea for the people who want this data, bad idea for paranoid people who want their privacy. Your tin foil hats won't save you now....but a cell phone signal jammer will.

Im assuming he means something like http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.4071 basically you put the battery in something thats not the eee to charge it.

GPS is passive so probably not. You might be able to detect it sending but if it uses GSM or the old pager network you'd be flooded with noise.

You could (if you are that paranoid) block GPS traffic.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.3623
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.8758

GPS is passive so probably not. You might be able to detect it sending but if it uses GSM or the old pager network you'd be flooded with noise.

You could (if you are that paranoid) block GPS traffic.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.3623
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.8758

While I haven't seen the exact one mentioned a few posts up, this page suggests the cost will not be $200 (although will be a bit more than a regular incandescent bulb - although I don't know where you get them for $0.50). In particular this one claims to have a similar output to a 40w incandescent for under 6USD.

While I haven't seen the exact one mentioned a few posts up, this page suggests the cost will not be $200 (although will be a bit more than a regular incandescent bulb - although I don't know where you get them for $0.50). In particular this one claims to have a similar output to a 40w incandescent for under 6USD.

You can find some ridiculously powerful (for a laser pointer), cheap ones online:
  http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.1997
  And, you can really damage someone's eyes very fast with one of these.

Here's the cheapest
For those in the UK
And another option

Thinkgeek is way too high dollar.

Specs on DealExtreme's stuff is usually grossly overstated, but it is cheap.