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prplhaze writes "Casio has done it again. Not only do they have a wristwatch that plays MP3's, they also have a watch that has an intergrated camera. It retails for around $200USD. It features a 120x120 dot monochrome display, and can store about 100 black and white images. "
I don't know about anywhere else, but when I took the SAT (at the Northern Arizona University testing center), it was a no-calculator test, and I had to leave my calculator watch at the front desk. I'm pretty sure that cameras are banned from most testing centers, so I don't see any reason why camera watches shouldn't be.
Re:Serious security concerns
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freddie
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There is no need to have security concerns about this watch. Tiny cameras can be hidden in all sorts of places. For example, way back when there weren't any digital cameras, people developed cameras that looked like buttons from a shirt. Also on matchboxes, I'm sure you can probably do a google search and find cameras way, way stealthier than this wristwatch.
When I took the SAT many years ago (1991), I took in a calculator watch. I didn't use it, but I thought it was great that I got it in. Why? It was a touch screen calculator watch that had no buttons, and the calculator display was only visible while using it. Very special back in dem dar days!
-- There is a fine line between being a cultivated citizen and being someone else's crop. - A. J. Patrick Liszkie
Re:LET'S TAKE ONE INTO FRY'S!!!!!
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Mr.+Neutron
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Why is this flamebait? Axel isn't the only person here who would like to sneak a camera into Fry's, underneath their stupid security personell.
--
"How many six year olds does it take to design software?"
If you want to get those 120x120 pics out of the watch you gots to have a Windoze boxen.
"Data Communication Specifications: Infrared Protocol: Casio original"
And to top it off it's not standard IR hardware either, they supply (read: you buy) a serial cable that has an IR port on the other end.
"Use only the separately available infrared adapter for the infrared data communication with a computer.
Data communication with an infrared port built into a computer is not supported." "Computer System Requirements
The following are the computer systems requirements for running the PC Link Software.
Computer: IBM PC/AT compatible
Operating System: Windows 95/87, Windows NT 4.0 (Mac OS not supported)
Port: 9-pin communication port only
Keyboard
Display: Resolution 800 x 600, 16-bit color or greater (recommended)
CD-ROM drive
Mouse or other equivalent pointing device"
I like how they require a mouse...
My review: Nothing more than a $200 conversation starter, and a cool toy.
Compatible with Windows 95/87
by
bdigit
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http://www.casio.com/accessories/product.cfm?secti on=51&product=3498&display=
Computer System Requirements
The following are the computer systems requirements for running the PC Link Software.
Computer: IBM PC/AT compatible
Operating System: Windows 95/87, Windows NT 4.0 (Mac OS not supported)
Port: 9-pin communication port only
Keyboard
Display: Resolution 800 x 600, 16-bit color or greater (recommended)
CD-ROM drive
Mouse or other equivalent pointing device
Time to go look for the Windows 87 cd to use my Casio Camera watch!
These watches were also publicised in Canada be appearing on The Shopping Channel (TSC). They had the whole range... MP3 watch... Camera Watch.. 'Million Sensors' watch. I really don't know what one could do with a low-res B/W camera. It was hillarious to hear the hosts babble on about 'taking pictures to remember where your car is parked'. That was the best they could manage. I'd rather spend (And did) the money on a nice Palm Pilot.
Dancy Banging at Casino!
by
resistant
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I can just see bouncing around a Las Vegas casino with one of these babies twisting around every which way on my wrist, listening to Beethoven in snatches at the same time as I take pictures of everything.
They'd probably kick me out in an instant.
-- A truly excellent pizza parlor is a delight unto the heavens. Treasure the sauce and the toppings!
from the cram-it-into-small-places dept?
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Vuarnet
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· Score: 2
Oh man, I'm not even gonna go near *this* joke.
-- Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I Learning to fly, Pink Floyd.
To you ever buy a casio watch ! I buy the super-calculator-databank-watch 100$! the plastic case break 1 year and 1 mount after (just after the warranty) If I want another one: 80$ Fuck You Casio, mayby nice look but scrap!
Hm. Interesting. I bought one quite a while ago(neary... 8 years, I think), and it was great. Advertised battery life: 2 years. What I got(with a whole heck of a lot more usage that when they recommend): 3 years. The plastic over the screen was a bit scratched by that point, though. I ended up getting a beautiful white gold/pewter watch not a week later for a birthday present, so I never replaced the battery in my Casio.
Anyways, it stood up great for me. And I'm a clutz:)
Dave 'Round the firewall,
Out the modem,
Through the router,
Down the wire,
--
Barclay family motto:
Aut agere aut mori.
(Either action or death.)
If you use the IR camera in daylight
by
the_other_one
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· Score: 3
Will it be like that Sony video Camera that had to be taken off the market because it could see throuth clothing?
-- 134340: I am not a number. I am a free planet!
Re:If you use the IR camera in daylight
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silicon_synapse
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· Score: 2
The camera isn't an IR camera. The IR lens is for data transfer between watch and PC.
I wonder how this will affect standardized tests (SATs), or even regular school tests. Cheating is already prevalent in high school (at least my school) but it's risky. Now that students will be able to sit down with their test and take snapshots of the questions and then pass them off to their friends will surely be a cause for action. Will schools now ban watches on test days?
Are you French? Or did you just go there for school?
"When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood."
-- When I'm singing a ballad and a pair of underwear lands on my head, I hate that. It really kills the mood. -Tom Jones
Re:Has /. really gotten this bad?
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kermit+the+fraud
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Yes, you can help! Turn on your filter to +1!
Re:Serious security concerns
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MousePotato
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· Score: 3
I know. There are plusses... my basic tenet of 'it's not paranoia if your right' impulsively propels me forward... Having been harassed once or twice by the police your point hits a homer. I think that with the current trend in law enforcement to fit partol cars with cameras is a damn good thing - cameras do put the burden of proof to the test. Juries love video as its sees and hears for them and greatly clarifies cases while also putting Police under the microscope. I know it would have really helped me had that technology been available many years ago. Facing the wrong side of the law for no reason - be it racial profiling or age / sexually biased selective enforcement - and then coming to thre realization that the judge or jury will never belive a 'criminal' over a Policeman's account sucks and hopefully cameras will help in that scenario.
That just means there's too many people unwilling to read other blogs, this is old news at www.memepool.com. Heck its old news here too.
Slashdot being this huge does have its ups and it definatly has its downs. I think with such a large audience they can post more than a handful of stories a day or put up a page of rejected stories. Doubt the latter will ever happen, then someone could make their own slashdot with those submitions and take ad revenue away from whomever owns/. this quarter.
Mod me down for expressing my opinion, I've got more Karma than you can imagine.
Hm... Now let's try to think of a single device that does all of these things... Yeah, I think I'd rather have one of those. It's easier to press the buttons at the very least.
Casio: The Unexpected^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hwanted Extra.
Are we (they?0 missing something?
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evanbd
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· Score: 2
Random passerby: excuse me, what time is it?
Wrist Camera wearer: It's... oh wait, I left my watch at home. sorry.
R.P.: what's that on your wrist?
W.C.W.: oh, that's a camera. See, it takes pictures! -click- See, that's you!
R.P.: pervert.
am I missing something, or does it not tell time? I certainly didn't see anything, much less buttons to change time, etc. It would seem a simple enough feature to add.
Now the s7rippers and h00kers will think,
by
Nanookanano
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· Score: 2
"gee, why is this guy forever checking what time it is?"
-- "..don't you eat that yellow snow."
Serious security concerns
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MousePotato
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· Score: 4
Geez. A wristwatch camera. I'm almost speechless. I would be if pinhole cameras hadn't already been made in watchsize versions in the 60's with real film for espionage and fun. I saw a how to article on this in a do it yourself mag when I was a kid.This camera poses some real security issues though:1. Casinos will be lloking for thier clients wearing them as photos in gaming establishments are taboo. I could foresee teaming this up with a HUD of some sorts and this would lead to a real problem of people cheating in games like poker (standard player/helper scenario but now no signals to be communicated to the player by the helper as the image of the cards is now in the players HUD). 2. Court rooms will also be a problem. Photos of jurors make them awfully easy to identify and then tamper/extort. 3. Cabaret clubs will also have thier security looking out for these devices (taking a pic of that stripper is a no no as a cabaret is a private club NOT a public place). 4. The world of kidnappers and pedophiles is notorious for photographic surveys of thier targets. This will only make it much easier for them to do so. 5. Imagine going to a nightclub with your friends and they dance up on the podiums... viola... the next day your lady friends are all pictured on an up-skirt site. The list potentially goes on ad nauseum... I can't really see any redeeming quality for the development of a device like this as the uses for it will be for the most part subversive/intrusive. The potential for abuse here is very high. I don't want to take all the fun out of it as the technology is cool in and of itself but this type of thing will help all of us put big brother on our wrists in various flavors.
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I don't know about anywhere else, but when I took the SAT (at the Northern Arizona University testing center), it was a no-calculator test, and I had to leave my calculator watch at the front desk. I'm pretty sure that cameras are banned from most testing centers, so I don't see any reason why camera watches shouldn't be.
There is no need to have security concerns about this watch. Tiny cameras can be hidden in all sorts of places. For example, way back when there weren't any digital cameras, people developed cameras that looked like buttons from a shirt. Also on matchboxes, I'm sure you can probably do a google search and find cameras way, way stealthier than this wristwatch.
When I took the SAT many years ago (1991), I took in a calculator watch. I didn't use it, but I thought it was great that I got it in. Why? It was a touch screen calculator watch that had no buttons, and the calculator display was only visible while using it. Very special back in dem dar days!
There is a fine line between being a cultivated citizen and being someone else's crop. - A. J. Patrick Liszkie
--
"How many six year olds does it take to design software?"
dinner: it's what's for beer
If you want to get those 120x120 pics out of the watch you gots to have a Windoze boxen.
"Data Communication Specifications: Infrared Protocol: Casio original"
And to top it off it's not standard IR hardware either, they supply (read: you buy) a serial cable that has an IR port on the other end.
"Use only the separately available infrared adapter for the infrared data communication with a computer.
Data communication with an infrared port built into a computer is not supported."
"Computer System Requirements
The following are the computer systems requirements for running the PC Link Software.
Computer: IBM PC/AT compatible
Operating System: Windows 95/87, Windows NT 4.0 (Mac OS not supported)
Port: 9-pin communication port only
Keyboard
Display: Resolution 800 x 600, 16-bit color or greater (recommended)
CD-ROM drive
Mouse or other equivalent pointing device"
I like how they require a mouse...
My review: Nothing more than a $200 conversation starter, and a cool toy.
http://www.casio.com/accessories/product.cfm?secti on=51&product=3498&display=
Computer System Requirements
The following are the computer systems requirements for running the PC Link Software.
Computer: IBM PC/AT compatible
Operating System: Windows 95/87, Windows NT 4.0 (Mac OS not supported)
Port: 9-pin communication port only
Keyboard
Display: Resolution 800 x 600, 16-bit color or greater (recommended)
CD-ROM drive
Mouse or other equivalent pointing device
Time to go look for the Windows 87 cd to use my Casio Camera watch!
Cool, now we just need to get a Ricochet adapter and buy one for Jenni.
Kevin Fox
Kevin Fox
These watches were also publicised in Canada be appearing on The Shopping Channel (TSC). They had the whole range... MP3 watch... Camera Watch.. 'Million Sensors' watch. I really don't know what one could do with a low-res B/W camera. It was hillarious to hear the hosts babble on about 'taking pictures to remember where your car is parked'. That was the best they could manage. I'd rather spend (And did) the money on a nice Palm Pilot.
-- "Is this death or is this Ohio?"
Where the hell is the to make it tell time!
Spyky
I can just see bouncing around a Las Vegas casino with one of these babies twisting around every which way on my wrist, listening to Beethoven in snatches at the same time as I take pictures of everything.
They'd probably kick me out in an instant.
A truly excellent pizza parlor is a delight unto the heavens. Treasure the sauce and the toppings!
Oh man, I'm not even gonna go near *this* joke.
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
Learning to fly, Pink Floyd.
You're on Candid Watch! Just think about it. The voyeuristic possibilities are endless.
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
Learning to fly, Pink Floyd.
To you ever buy a casio watch ! I buy the super-calculator-databank-watch 100$! the plastic case break 1 year and 1 mount after (just after the warranty) If I want another one: 80$ Fuck You Casio, mayby nice look but scrap!
Ceci n'est pas une Signature !
Will it be like that Sony video Camera that had to be taken off the market
because it could see throuth clothing?
134340: I am not a number. I am a free planet!
I wonder how this will affect standardized tests (SATs), or even regular school tests. Cheating is already prevalent in high school (at least my school) but it's risky. Now that students will be able to sit down with their test and take snapshots of the questions and then pass them off to their friends will surely be a cause for action. Will schools now ban watches on test days?
Yes, you can help! Turn on your filter to +1!
I know. There are plusses... my basic tenet of 'it's not paranoia if your right' impulsively propels me forward... Having been harassed once or twice by the police your point hits a homer. I think that with the current trend in law enforcement to fit partol cars with cameras is a damn good thing - cameras do put the burden of proof to the test. Juries love video as its sees and hears for them and greatly clarifies cases while also putting Police under the microscope. I know it would have really helped me had that technology been available many years ago. Facing the wrong side of the law for no reason - be it racial profiling or age / sexually biased selective enforcement - and then coming to thre realization that the judge or jury will never belive a 'criminal' over a Policeman's account sucks and hopefully cameras will help in that scenario.
Prospecting Stinks. Stop Wasting Time on Cold Calling.
That just means there's too many people unwilling to read other blogs, this is old news at www.memepool.com. Heck its old news here too.
/. this quarter.
Slashdot being this huge does have its ups and it definatly has its downs. I think with such a large audience they can post more than a handful of stories a day or put up a page of rejected stories. Doubt the latter will ever happen, then someone could make their own slashdot with those submitions and take ad revenue away from whomever owns
Mod me down for expressing my opinion, I've got more Karma than you can imagine.
this news has been posted already (about 10 months ago).. check it out http://slashdot.org/articles /00 /01/08/0811216.shtml
Personally, I don't want all this stuff on my wrist. Normal watches are too clunky for my tastes, as is...
...
Can't we make things that hang from belts or something? I dunno...
And what if you want the MS Outlook - linked watch, the mp3-watch, the camera-watch, the gps-watch (which is quite a beast), the TV/Cable-remote-watch, and the audio-recording-watch all at once? You'll look pretty damn silly, that's what! Oh, and you won't be able to lift your arms to *use* them
Geeze... It all seems pretty gimicky to me...
Hm... Now let's try to think of a single device that does all of these things... Yeah, I think I'd rather have one of those. It's easier to press the buttons at the very least.
Casio: The Unexpected^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hwanted Extra.
Wrist Camera wearer: It's... oh wait, I left my watch at home. sorry.
R.P.: what's that on your wrist?
W.C.W.: oh, that's a camera. See, it takes pictures! -click- See, that's you! R.P.: pervert.
am I missing something, or does it not tell time? I certainly didn't see anything, much less buttons to change time, etc. It would seem a simple enough feature to add.
"gee, why is this guy forever checking what time it is?"
"..don't you eat that yellow snow."
Geez. A wristwatch camera. I'm almost speechless. I would be if pinhole cameras hadn't already been made in watchsize versions in the 60's with real film for espionage and fun. I saw a how to article on this in a do it yourself mag when I was a kid.This camera poses some real security issues though:1. Casinos will be lloking for thier clients wearing them as photos in gaming establishments are taboo. I could foresee teaming this up with a HUD of some sorts and this would lead to a real problem of people cheating in games like poker (standard player/helper scenario but now no signals to be communicated to the player by the helper as the image of the cards is now in the players HUD).
2. Court rooms will also be a problem. Photos of jurors make them awfully easy to identify and then tamper/extort.
3. Cabaret clubs will also have thier security looking out for these devices (taking a pic of that stripper is a no no as a cabaret is a private club NOT a public place).
4. The world of kidnappers and pedophiles is notorious for photographic surveys of thier targets. This will only make it much easier for them to do so.
5. Imagine going to a nightclub with your friends and they dance up on the podiums... viola... the next day your lady friends are all pictured on an up-skirt site. The list potentially goes on ad nauseum... I can't really see any redeeming quality for the development of a device like this as the uses for it will be for the most part subversive/intrusive. The potential for abuse here is very high. I don't want to take all the fun out of it as the technology is cool in and of itself but this type of thing will help all of us put big brother on our wrists in various flavors.
Prospecting Stinks. Stop Wasting Time on Cold Calling.
Newsweek (the one in print), had this watch shown last week. I Love Slashdot, but this is hardly breaking news.
Someone probably submitted it back then and it got rejected. Somehow the triage process of submissions seems to be broken recently.
Me, I'm waiting for a wristwatch/cellphone with PDA capabilities. For under $300.
Will in Seattle