Sanyo’s Xacti CG9 Camera/Camcorder thingy is an update to their more affordable line. It captures stills at 9.1MP, and unlike the higher end Xactis focused on HD video, this one is not much so. (They don’t even specify res but the preceding CG6 is rated at “DVD quality”.)
I like Xacti cams, even if the MPEG-4 compression squeezes vids a bit too hard, making them blocky. (1GB of SD card equals about an hour of vid.) Oh yes, this one has face chasing tech, which in previous models was good enough to focus/expose for 12 people at once. [Akihabara]
Original post by Brian Lam
Three things I like very much are watches, Transformers, and 80s toy ads. This video embodies all three of those things at once, and it blows my mind. Not to mention that a pop up, Ultra Magnus action figure watch watch is the coolest thing since the pet rock. Seriously, where do I get one of these? [Gadget Lab]
Original post by Adrian Covert
Forgive the headline, but it’s true! The annoying background music is ripped from Noah Kalina’s ‘net famous “everyday” video, but it’s laid over a montage of the camera’s (re)construction, which re-routes the battery’s juice through the hand of the sucker holding the camera, giving them a nasty little shock. For your own safety, if you nail someone with this, make sure they’re either a) smaller than you or b) incapacitated by the jolt. [Pyro Electro, Thanks Chris]
Original post by matt buchanan