Monday, June 27, 2011

Spy sunglasses shoot high-def video, look like your average pair of Ray-Bans (Yahoo! News)

Move over Lady Gaga — a new set of video-recording sunglasses might not have the flash of Gaga's Polarez GL20, but we suspect they'd lead to way more successful spying. The spy-glasses, called "Eyez," are in the works by Zion Eyez, yet another innovative company to drum up grassroots funding on Kickstarter.

The Eyez are embedded with a 720p HD video camera and 8GB of on-board memory for stashing all of your incriminating evidence, not to mention they look like completely normal glasses and only weigh a fraction more. The glasses will be able to transfer the fruits of your spying wirelessly to iPhones and Android devices, presumably through an app, and the company also has plans make livestreaming video a reality. The spy eyes can record for up to 3 hours, though we're not exactly sure how they stay powered or charge up.

Surprisingly, the glasses are marketed as a replacement for recording video with a handheld camera or smartphone rather than as straight-up spyware. According to Zion Eyez, this method of recording video allows you to take part in the action first-hand, rather than watching it unfold before you.

And if you've got indoor spying to do — er, memories to record — Eyez will offer interchangeable clear lenses, so you can turn them into a pair of eyeglasses when you need to go undercover inside.

Zion Eyez via PopSci

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