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This sexy Liquid Image Digital Underwater Camera records images and video as you swim around your swimming pool or in the ocean. Nobody is safe anymore. Available in two difference varieties. An adult-version which features a 5 MP CMOS camera, and a smaller version featuring a 3 MP camera.

The lenses of the goggles feature cross hairs which help you focus your shot underwater, and it even offers support for microSD and USB ports for extended memory storage, as well as offering some on-board storage. We can all expect a lot of pictures of old lady butts popping up on Flickr soon. Powered by 2 AAA batteries. Available for $100. — Andrew Dobrow

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Sony has developed a CMOS camera to be integrated into the Nissan “around view monitor”, which displays an overhead view of a vehicle with four cameras video system. The 23.4 × 23.4 × 21.7mm camera will offer 1.3 MP, 30 frame rate per second, with a 186.2° view in a horizontal direction and 147° in a vertical direction. We guess for keeping a REALLY close look on your car.

So few CMOS cameras have been made for cars because of their poor performance compared to that of CCD’s. And while Sony didn’t release any official performance info, they did say “of course, it reached the required level for vehicles.” — Andrew Dobrow

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In our modern times of identity theft, phreaking, phone tapping, and lord knows what else, its good to feel secure with the people we talk too. The GSMK CryptoPhone is the secure answer for the PDA. The Tri-band phone runs Windows Mobile 5.0, has a 2.8 inch TFT LCD touchscreen, a 1.3 MP CMOS camera, and multimedia support for audio and video.

Specs from the site show the focus of importance on security:

• Strongest and most secure algorithms available today
• AES256 and Twofish
• 4096 bit Diffie-Hellman key exchange with SHA256 hash function
• Readout-hash based key authentication
• 256 bit effective key length
• Encryption key is destroyed immediately after the call ends
• Source code available online for independent security assessments
• Also supports unencrypted calls, unencrypted SMS, address book, calendar etc.

Unless your some kind of government agent, this phone is probobly a little bit of overkill on the security end. But for these trying times of insecure technology, a little extra encryption never hurt anyone. And if all else fails, it can work wonders for paranoid schizophrenics. — Andrew Dobrow

CryptoPhone [GSMK, via iTechNews]