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How easy would have cheating been if we had all of the amenities that kids have these days? Forget about how easy it is just to text or call your classmates using your cellphone. Kids don’t even have to risk that much.

The Walkie Talkie Pens allows users to communicate like a spy, right through their pens. The design isn’t the most inconspicuous design of all time, but if you have an oblivious teacher, I don’t see there being a problem. (Note: If you’re like me, you originally read the product name as “Walkie Talkie Penis.” I so caught you.)

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Hidden spy cameras aren’t anything new. You’ve been able to order them out of catalogs and off the ‘net for years now. However, take a look at this necktie. Can you spot the camera? I barely could when I looked at this photo the first time. I’m pretty sure as long as you can manage to keep your tie on during whatever recon mission you’re on, you’re going to get the shot. At $66 for the 2GB version, it’s also one of the cheaper solutions. All you need now is something worth shooting. What would you record with a hidden pinhole camera?

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Is this a spy cam created by the military or is it Batman’s latest gadget? Of course it’s a piece of technology made by the military; Batman is a fictitious comic book character. The Army has awarded the University of Michigan College of Engineering a five year $10 million dollar grant to develop this robotic spy plane which bears an uncanny resemblance to a bat.

It’s called the COM-BAT and it’s concept was conceived by the US military for the purpose of gathering real-time data for soldiers. The folks behind the design are also huge fans of The Dark Knight. It’s a six-inch surveillance device that is powered by solar, wind and vibrations. So much for my idea of bat droppings as fuel.

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In the days of the Cold War, espionage was a big deal. This was back when spy bots didn’t exist and spies relied on obtaining information personally. If you weren’t a spy, you might as well have swallowed cyanide because during the Cold War everyone was a spy. That’s why Brian Dereu wants to cash in on spy-wannabes everywhere. He’s started a new business selling hollow spy coins for 20 bucks a pop.

It’s a coin that’s been hollowed out so you can covertly transport secret messages, suicide poisons, microfilms and maybe even drugs. Hell, if you’re dropping a twenty dollar bill on nothing more than a coin, you’ll have to do some smuggling with it to make up for your loss.

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Engadget has posted a photo that’s supposedly the new Macbook Pro that’s set to be unveiled today. As we can see, it sports a redesigned case, has a glass display and is blurry as hell. Since the event is in a few hours, we’ll take this with a grain of salt. Apple’s notebooks are really overdue for a redesign, though, so let’s see what Jobs has in store for us.

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The practical uses for unmanned aerial vehicles are proving limitless. Once used for espionage and photography, these airborne spy bots just fell victim to a role reversal: they’ve gone from spy to medic. Well, while they don’t exactly heal wounds out on the battlefield, they do provide air transport for supplies needed in dire situations. Think of them as carrier bots.

The South African National Health Laboratory Service has been testing prototype UAVs designed to transport testing materials and medical supplies to communities that are too much of a burden for ground delivery.  These robotic carrier pigeons are pre-programmed using GPS and microelectronic gyroscopes to guide them to their destination and can even handle themselves in windy conditions. After all, a little turbulence never hurt any blood mid-transit.

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This might look like a miniature Death Star but, in actuality, it’s a top secret spy cam. The DVR CamBall is the first ever digital video camera and MP3 player that’s as small as a ping-pong ball and able to record at 320×240 or 640×480 resolutions. What better way to sneak a camera into top-secret facilities than to roll it under the door. Unfortunately, once it’s out of your grasp their is little you can do to aim it.

That’s fine though, since this thing’s got the capability to hold up to 8GB of photos with an SD card. At $200, it comes with a couple of accessories including a tassel to wear the camera around your neck and an underwater case for snorkling shots that’ll turn you into a marine biologist in no time.

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Listen, there’s no time to explain. Government agents are looking for you. They’ll blend in, disappear and even take the persona of family and friends. Before you know it, your own dog could be working for the feds. You’ll need eyes everywhere.

That’s where the Delta spy kite comes in. A kite with a camera capable of snapping photos from 25 meters high. Not even the NSA will be able to touch you at that height. Shred all your personal documents with your spy pen, put on your spy glasses and let that kite soar. When your all done with reconnaissance, just plug the camera in via USB and upload the dirty little secrets to your computer. For $57.40, you’d better snag it before it self-destructs.

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For those not familiar with the Facebook application Cityware, it uses Bluetooth technology to monitor tens of thousands of people around the world via their mobile phone and then dumps the data on Facebook. The best part? None of these people give their consent to be monitored.

You say your boyfriend got the sweats when you asked him how The Dark Knight was? That’s because he never went to see the movie. Instead, he was out sleeping around because he thinks you’re such a bad lay. With Cityware, you can see where that no-good cheatin’ son of a bitch is going out at nights. As long as his Bluetooth is enabled, the freely-available Cityware software will track his movements. The folks behind Cityware claim it’s not a big deal. Stating that no data linking individuals to specific movements is ever recorded. Then again, when there’s a will, there’s a way.

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Here’s a great way to eavesdrop on an unknowing sap’s conversation. Objects in Flux’s Scott Mitchell has turned a vintage lamp into a parabolic microphone for recording. It’s got volume control and a headphone socket mounted in the lamps base. This way, no one other than the headphone wearer gets to hear the goods. And by goods I mean the sound of your roommate banging away the night.

The whole project is powered by a 9V battery, which is fitted inside the lamp shade, out of site out of mind. While it does amplify the sound, it suffers in performance due to the small size of the parabolic dish. Mitchell provides circuit diagrams and instructions for the project, perhaps you’d like to make your own, more effective, lamp microphone?

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