To be quite frank, CES this year was
so tame that we kinda thought our beloved
Crapgadget series would have to go on hiatus. We needn't have worried. This latest batch of technological breakthroughs includes the regular team starters we know and love -- a mangled animal-emulating USB hub and a heart-shaped Bluetooth dongle -- but also some new recruits from way out of left field. We've got those crazy awesome finger lights above and a starfish-shaped quad-band cellphone that apparently manages to fit in a camera and space for dual SIMs, but the true winner
has to be the camera-shaped spy camera. Working off the classic spy trick of double- and triple-bluffing, this pinhole camera is embedded inside what looks like a poor (really poor) man's point and shoot compact camera, which we suppose is the last place anyone would look for a spy cam. Hey, maybe there's something to this idea after all. Anyhow, get clicking then come back here and vote, won't ya?
Read - Party rats finger lights
Read - Heart-shaped USB Bluetooth dongle
Read - Doggie 4-port USB hub
Read - Starfish GSM cellphone
Read - Camera-shaped spy camera
Crapgadget: pick the clown to don the crown| Party rats finger lights | 2164 (41.6%) |
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| Heart-shaped USB Bluetooth dongle | 77 (1.5%) |
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| Doggie 4-port USB hub | 111 (2.1%) |
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| Starfish GSM cellphone | 901 (17.3%) |
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| Camera-shaped spy camera | 1953 (37.5%) |
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posted March 15th 2010 11:23AM
Lazer Fingers!
@TheNightPhoenix my cat would friggin love those. Light up toy rats + catnip. . . . the possibilities are endless.
Yo Dawg, i put a camera....(you get the point)
Its TOO obvious, they'll never suspect a thing!
@ClarkyAC
Speaking of camera...might want to learn how to take better pics of yourself...
@ClarkyAC
No you take better photos of yourself! You're all swirly and I can't make out any facial features...
@ClarkyAC It's not nice to make fun of yourself...
@ClarkyAC
lol
Party Rats . . . for when you're too lazy to get up and turn on the light.
@Smart People Play Tuba
Or Live Blogging at a rave...
Yeah, I think the cell phone would have worked better with the spy camera if it had been made in the shape of a shoe
i love how an ipad article is in the related posts section
@skyblaze
I would've voted for it if it was on the list.
@kevout
So true. Read a magazine that said the device was the best thing to happen to technology in years! The nerve.
Heart-shaped USB dongle's website Engrish fail:
"PLAY-N-PLAY, NO NEED TO INSTALL DRIVER!"
@CJ : You get DOUBLE THE PLAY!
@CJ
From their description word for word:
"It is in heart-shape and red."
Their first listed "feature??"
1. In Heart-Shape
It's "heart shape" and red?? I CAN HAZ?? lol
@CJ
"Introductions:
You love Dog?"
I particularly like how the 'dog-shaped' USB hub is actually shaped like a cat, so my vote thereby goes to the 'cat-shaped dog-shaped-USB hub'.
Wolverine + Lightsaber = Party Rats EXTREME
@Plazmic Flame
I believe you've just discovered the most awesome geek crossover ever.
@Plazmic Flame
And when his claws recede his knuckles will light the dancefloor.
This is more exciting than the iPad!
Hmm this will sell like hot cakes at a rave....
@southern78
If there were hot cakes at a rave, I could assure you I would buy one..
Definitely the camera.
HEY EVERYBODY, IM GONNA PRETEND IM TAKING VIDEO OF YOU WHILE IM ACTUALLY TAKING VIDEO OF YOU
If only they could extend your fingers... I'd buy 800 of em!
I'm sure the spy camera is just an attempt at reverse psychology.
"Hey I'm going to spy on you." And you show the person the camera and they're like "They can't be serious, I'm sure that camera doesn't work", but alas it is a fully functional camera!
NIGHT BLOGGING!!!!
@Alex You cant have your mom see that you are night blogging after a crazy night of raving, now can you?
I would like to thank Engadget for the link to usbfever.com
So far the "Flodable Multi Notebook Stand" [sic] is my favorite
http://www.usbfever.com/index_eproduct_view.php?products_id=857
@Obtuse
I was crying when I saw this!! the "flodable" mulit notebook stand that holds one notebook and doesn't "flod" Icredibly hilarouis!
My vote has to go to the starfish-shaped GSM cellphone. That thing is amazing.
"You love dog?"
Mmmm, yes, with sweet and sour please :)
@thedarksavant
HAHA
Introductions:
"You love Dog?"
Funny.
Laser-equiped finger rats + LSD = nightmare trip.
"Camera-shaped spy camera"
...
"Excuse me sir, you can't bring that camera in here."
"But it's not a camera! It's a... oh wait..."
Fail
I was going to vote for the Rats, but then got to the camera and...
What's the point? It's a CAMERA. Not very spy like if it's already a camera..
True, the spy camera shaped like a camera is dumb, but the Rats bring the definition of dumb to a new level.
Put these on all 4 of your cat's legs for even more fun... set your camera to timed exposure and kill the lights for joyous kitty performance art!
I actually own some of those finger lights, although I got them terribly cheap at a discount store. As a dresser for a theatre, helping actors with quick costume changes on and offstage, I can't always have a flashlight or something where I work (the audience might see it). So I use them for just enough illumination. They're great.
@tegwas uhoh, now engadget is going to be quoted on what you just said...
I think I would be super popular at the rave if only I could light up the tips of my fingers with objects that look like rats.
@vlweir The whole "NIGHT BLOGGING" suggestion may just be the manufacturers trying to cover their arses from the RAVE Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reducing_Americans%27_Vulnerability_to_Ecstasy_Act .
@Leo Richard Comerford ...but I just want to be super popular...
@Leo Richard Comerford You know, I think you're right. Typing in the dark is not what the designers of this product had in mind when they came up with these things or they would be white light. At least you could have some fun with the lights though and the usb stuff while uninspired at least serves a purpose but that spy camera disguised as a camera is pure junk.
To get the full effect you have to be night blogging on a Das Keyboard Ultimate http://www.daskeyboard.com/daskeyboard_model_s_ultimate.php .
"Introductions:
You love Dog?
You need something special in your work environment?"
The camera-shaped camera is the obvious winner, but I could totally see someone falling for it: it looks so cheap and fake, they might assume it's just some sort of water gun or something.
@zangetsu2
Oh, it's like 1" x 2". So it's just a very small camera for spying.
Still would've been better if it was shaped like anything else.