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Digital Camera Wristwatch
MikeyMars writes "Casio has released a new watch that, aside from telling time, can take 80 full color pictures. " The watch itself only displays in grey, but the camera takes color pictures. Its not like its doing 2 mega pixels or anything, but its still pretty nifty.
I heard on the news the other day that Paul McCartney took the pic for the cover of his newest album using a watch camera? Maybe he got a preview of this thing? Article here.
Oh BTW... the pic he took was of him standing at a urinal taking a leak. Pic in the article.
You know that people will be wearing this to the strip club. 80 pictures should be enough to get a pic of every girl there. :)
Yeah, and at 176x144 pixels, they'll almost look naked.
This will be banned in the work-place. Talk about industrial espionage! "No watches allowed!"
:-) Oh yes, I will like to wear my watch in the shower.
How about banned in the locker room. Your mind obviously doesn't work like mine.
Yum.
I'll see your senator, and I'll raise you two judges.
Now here's something useful for a change... just imagine the potential this thing has to change your dating life.
Let's set the scene: You're at the park with your new girl, watching the moon rise over the horizon, and things start gettin' a bit steamy. You're past first base, rounding second, and sure you're gonna get to slide into home.
Only trouble is, you misread the situation, and your girl decides you've had enough for the time being. What's a guy to do?
No worries, mate... you've got that watch! Unbeknowst to her, you were snapping photos faster than a Microsoft web server being compromised. Later that night, you kick back at the PC, and enjoy the fruits of your labor.
Yep, it's useful all right...
I managed to overcome the massive slashdotting of Casio.com and find a technical specs page.
Highlights:
174x144 pixels
1M of builtin memory
~80 images with JPEG compression
IR image transfer to comp
Basic Watch Functions
6-month battery if used only as a watch
"Batter life is shortened by using imaging functions and data communication functions"
Auto-Power Save when not being worn.
schools too.....
During an exam, stretch your arm up into the air and back. Manipulate your hands and wrists such that you can seruptitiously snap a photo of the paper behind you. Then look at your watch and quickly clear the photo before the proctor sees it. If the proctor asks why you're looking at your watch, you were curious to how much time was remaining.
Then hope & pray the teacher isnt using multiple exams, and that the guy behind you knows what he's doing.
The One Rule Of Chess You'll Ever Need: Don't play someone who carries a kit in their bookbag.