Hasta La Gadget!

While there are many futuristic uses for the heads-up display in Google Glass, several people I’ve met who were wearing them used them primarily to capture images and videos from their personal point of view. So if you don’t want to spend $1500 on a pair of real Google Glasses, you can get the camera part for less than 1/10th that cost.

Made by Japan’s Thanko, the Mitanmanma Megane HD Camera Glasses(JP) are designed so you can capture POV video on the cheap. Just place the glasses over your eyes, press the button, and start capturing video to a microSD card. Unlike Google Glass, however, that’s all these glasses do. If you start asking them where the nearest Starbucks is, you’ll be waiting a very long time for an answer. They don’t capture still images, and they won’t make appointments for you either.

Unlike other video glasses, these ones are quite minimal, weighing in at just 2.1 ounces (though a regular pair of sunglasses weighs about 1/4 of this). Also, they can’t be worn over other eyeglasses like Google Glass. They’re capable of capturing a (suspect) 1920×1080 resolution AVI format video at 20 to 30fps. They’re supposed to run for about 30 to 40 minutes on a charge. Here’s some craptacular sample video so you can check out the image quality:

I’m not sure if the frame rate gets any better than that, so they look like they’d be good for capturing animated GIFs and Vines more than full-motion video. Still, what do you want for a hundred bucks? You can get a pair of the Thanko Mitamanma Megane HD Camera Glasses from Japan Trend Shop for $112(USD) plus $12 for worldwide shipping.

Thanko’s USB Shoes Cooler might be a hot selling item this summer.

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Those who have ever visited Japan in the summer time must remember how brutal Japanese summer is. It’s very hot and humid so that you pour sweat all over your body right after leaving home. Japanese salarymen (meaning corporate employees in Japanese) are poor things because many of them have to put on a tie even in the hottest month of August.

So, we would like to recommend the “USB Necktie Cooler 3″ released by Thanko. It looks like a regular tie at first sight, however you can pull the knot down and a fan shows up. Once you connect the tie to your PC’s USB port with the accompanying USB cable, the fan starts running and cooling down your neck area.

With a portable battery (sold separately), you can run the fan anywhere and anytime without a PC.

This practical tie with some light humor could be a great belated gift for your salaryman dad for Father’s Day.

Price: ¥2,980 (including tax)
Size: 480 x 95 x 24mm (tie part)
Weight: 120g
Power source: USB bus power
Accessory: USB cable

Thanko just released a 4.5mm thin business card sized 1,000mAh portable battery and 4GB USB memory unit called the “Gokuusu (Ultra-slim) Battery 4.5mm”.

In order for it to connect to various kinds of devices, 4 different connection adapters come with the product.

Price: 2,980 yen (including tax)
Size: 85.5 x 4.5 x 54.4mm
Weight: 35g
Able to connect with: dock connector (iPhone 4, etc,), lightning connector (iPhone 5, etc.), micro USB (smartphones, etc.), and mini USB (digital cameras, etc.)

Thanko released a “self-shot stick” that you can use to mount your smartphone and take pictures of yourself over a meter away and at practically any angle.

The stick can be extended from 30cm up to 120cm. It can also attach to a digital camera or a tripod.

Before it gets extended, it’s only about 7cm long and can very easily be carried around in your bag.

Price: 1,980 yen (including tax)
Weight: 178g
Load capacity: 500g