Camera oddities: The weird and the wonderful

To be geeky is to be weird. And cameras are certainly not spared the Frankenstein treatment. While the girls prefer their fashionable tiny cams, photographers with "funny" needs are well-served with plenty of cams that, well, looks plain bizarre.

Eyebox: Here's looking at you, honey Think you are the only one eyeing the latest swimsuit billboard? Beware. It may well be the ad that's checking you out instead. The Eyebox can be mounted on billboards in stores to see just how many people are looking at the latest movie poster plus other more... cryptic applications.	Throw-and-go "invisible" UAV Unlike invisible man, this bugger can soar like a bird. But it's not meant to be a superhero, instead it's supposed to be a military unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). This aircraft's tripod, boomerang design reportedly relies on the "concept of persistence of vision" for its invisibility prowess.
RealPIX: The camera that sells houses How often can a humble US$299 camera lay claim to selling off a million-dollar home? The RealPIX is a camera designed specifically for agents and homeowners in need of a quick snapshot that captures as much of a house as possible in a single frame.	The GasfindIR-LW infrared camera: Who farted? Carbon dioxide is for suckers. If you really want to do some damage to the environment, sulphur hexaflouride is where it's at. The big news is you can now buy a camera that can detect the gas. It's a great way to find out just how dangerous the air around you really is. Sniff.
Tilting security cams for the paranoid Who would have thought that a tilt-a-whirl would come in useful in warding off intruders? Because no matter how many security cameras you've installed, there will always be blind spots--and we know that's exactly where our enemies are sure to be lying in wait.	Smile for the stick Don't be a stick-in-the-mud. Rise to the occasion with a camera that lets you go places your tripod doesn't. And thank goodness Princess Di is resting in peace, because this latest camera innovation would have surely made her life a living hell.
Gadget Lab's cyclopean camera The disturbing trend of technological mutation has spread to cameras. This three-eyed mutant camera can apparently produce two slides that can "combine to produce an image that gives an illusion of three-dimensional depth". Groovy.	Spice up your desktop with Doraemon Unlike Tweety Bird, we absolutely lurrve kitty cats, especially those that can sing like a canary. iPod in a pussy suit? Bring it on, we say. Meow. It's a good thing we are not into calicos because this silicon pouch comes in only two colors--black or white.