IO Data's USB-CAM30MV, webcam on a rope

IO Data, as usual, has released a very nice, very clever little ditty, the USB-CAM30MV. It's kind of a no-brainer design, with a cable that can be bent into whatever position you want (why didn't we think of that?) that's going to go for about $45 US, and does 30fps at 320 x 240, and 17.5fps at 640 x 480. So yeah, we'll admit it's the first webcam we'd ever consider owning (iSight obviously excluded),
just don't let us catch you playing to it like a Sri Lankan snake charmer.

[Via
TechJapan]