Wednesday, August 20, 2008

World's First Underwater Digital Camera Swim Mask



Wish I had one of these when I was SCUBA diving at the Great Barrier Reef!
Hammacher Schlemmer's Digital Camera Swim Mask integrates an underwater digital camera into a swim mask. The on-board 5-megapixel camera goes down to 15 feet and can take up to 30 pictures in its 16MB memory. You can expand that with a microSD card (no size limitation specified) in order to record more than 52 seconds of video as well. There's an LED inside the mask that tells you which mode you're in, but the whole thing requires two AAA batteries to operate. It's only $99, and can be used in snorkeling or just at the pool.
Of course it would have had to be able to go deeper than 15 feet...


(Photos of the dive boat I stayed on and of me and my dive buddy at the Great Barrier Reef.)

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