Posted on 12/08/2005 10:34:30 AM PST by shooter223
BOSTON (AP) -- Police officers stepping into hostage standoffs and other dicey situations now have something new to throw into the mix - a baseball-sized camera that can be hurled from afar, survive the landing and wirelessly relay video and audio back to base for two hours.
The EyeBall camera weighs less than a pound and is protected by a rugged rubber and polyurethane housing. That allows it to be thrown through windows or bounced off walls. When it comes to a rest, the ball stabilizes itself, then begins transmitting footage and sound up to 200 yards away.
The EyeBall is the creation of an Israeli company, ODF Optronics Ltd., which has sold the devices to the Israeli military and to undisclosed military and law enforcement customers in Asia and Europe.
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It would be cool if you could shoot these out of something, for greater range. Sounds like anything over 200 yards is too far though.
Necessity being the mother of invention and all...
You can do the same thing with an X-10 camera -- for $20.
Why am I thinking that this camera will be the next fad in televised baseball....and football...
I saw the military version the other day (on teevee).
It's mounted on a remote controlled Hummer, that one can throw on top of a roof, through a window, etc.
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