Hybrid camera system gives your smartphone “super-telephoto” zoom

Tech company Beaverlab has launched a Kickstarter to raise funds for a smart super-telephoto camera called the Excope DT1 that can be had with a 400-mm zoom lens, and works with a smartphone to capture distant imagery.Continue ReadingCategory: Mobile T… Continue reading Hybrid camera system gives your smartphone “super-telephoto” zoom

All-terrain exoskeleton turns your body into a superhuman e-hiker

If you thought the Hypershell was a weird one-and-done style of product, it’s time for a rethink. There are more AI-driven outdoor exoskeletons on the way, designed to help amateur adventurers go farther faster with less effort.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading All-terrain exoskeleton turns your body into a superhuman e-hiker

Paintball-blasting home security camera redefines ‘enter at own risk’

A big-thinking Slovenian startup has created a curious smart security camera that doesn’t just spy on your visitors, but will actively open fire on potential intruders with paintball pellets – or even tear gas rounds – with “ultra high precision.” What… Continue reading Paintball-blasting home security camera redefines ‘enter at own risk’

Motorized wheel-on-a-pole sticks it to electric skateboards

If you sometimes want an electric boost while skateboarding, but don’t want an electric skateboard, then you might like REM. It’s essentially a handheld “power stick” that works completely independent of the user’s board.Continue ReadingCategory: Urban… Continue reading Motorized wheel-on-a-pole sticks it to electric skateboards

Rifle-inspired titanium multi-tool packs a pen, flashlight and pry bar

Pens, flashlights and pry bars are all useful, and the BoltLite modular multi-tool packs all three into a waterproof titanium body. It can be carried as one solid unit or pulled into pieces as the situation dictates.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, … Continue reading Rifle-inspired titanium multi-tool packs a pen, flashlight and pry bar

Magnetic flashlights can go solo or unite to double the light

The Dynamic Duo “flashlight” is actually two flashlights – a wide-beam that illuminates a broad area, and a more focused narrow-beam. They can be used individually as needed, or magnetically joined together to form one dual-beam unit.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading Magnetic flashlights can go solo or unite to double the light

You may not have your jetpack yet, but here’s your invisibility shield

If you’ve ever wished that you could turn invisible, here’s your chance. A consumer “invisibility shield” has just hit Kickstarter, and it could be yours for as little as £54 (about US$68).Continue ReadingCategory: Good Thinking, LifestyleTags: Kicksta… Continue reading You may not have your jetpack yet, but here’s your invisibility shield

Coalax Lancer 300 modular backpack may just be the Robocop of camera bags

The Coalax Lancer 300 modular photography backpack is very much a modern-day descendant of the humble camera bag. Among other things, it sports a removable power bank, solar panel, drone-carrying compartment, and extendable rotatable selfie sticks.Cont… Continue reading Coalax Lancer 300 modular backpack may just be the Robocop of camera bags