Have you ever been unfortunate enough to view one of those grisly video productions called Faces Of Death? Basically they film people being killed, maimed, sliced or anything else which involves death and gore. The Pistol Cam might not help the production value at all, but it surely makes the filming easier. And we also hope that people don’t think of actually making those sort of videos with this device.

The Pistol Cam is basically a gun with a camera mounted on it. No, it’s not meant to capture all of your photogenic targets. The sheriff’s department SWAT team of Orange County, New York has started adding cigarette box-sized combo cameras, laser pointers, and flashlights onto their weapons, with the thought of violent accountability in mind.

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While we totally understood when Blizzard announced that World of Warcraft would have a cool set of action figures released in its vain, one game we didn’t expect to see action figures for was Guitar Hero. Branding an axe is only really considered action if you’re trying to slice someone in half with it, you know?

But nevertheless, Activision and McFarlane Toys are joining forces to create a line of Guitar Hero themed action figures for McFarlane’s fall line. Whether you want to collect them or just form a toy-led super band, the Guitar Hero action figures might have more success getting action than providing action if you know what I mean. That’s right. Chicks dig musicians.

Action figures will be available for the Axel Steel (pictured), Johnny Napalm, Lars Umlaut and the God of Rock characters from the hit game. Each of the guitar wielding heros will have 15-18 movable parts (hopefully not anatomically correct moving parts.)

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Imagine Cookie Monster from Sesame Street developed an insatiable hunger for coins. Then remove the huggable blue body, add a blockish, unintentionally creepy robotic face for chowing down on metal, and you’ll have something that resembles this Facebank. Created by, who else, but the Japanese, the Facebank is an exceedingly creepy piggy bank given human-like features.

Using a special sensor in the devices’ eyes, the Facebank knows when you’re about to insert a coin into its mouth. When you want to feed it a coin, the gadget’s mouth starts chomping, fueled by a robotic (and hardly silent) motor. Watch as the Facebank slowly digests your money down it’s metaphorical throat hole.

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Gadget mavens Brando are back with yet another SATA hard drive dock, and this time round, their offering features a built-in 2-port USB hub and a memory card reader for your convenience. Gotta love the one touch backup feature, since that makes it a snap to keep a copy of all your crucial files without going through too much of a hassle. Good to know it supports both 2.5″ and 3.5″ SATA hard drives, making this a highly versatile gizmo to have, especially when you want to transfer data from different computers since this connects via USB. It will cost you $53 to bring this puppy home.

Step of Mind Ltd (SoM) has recently presented its concept and system that will be used in treating movement disorders, with the final product been dubbed SoM-ToUR. Sounds a bit out of this world, but here’s a brief description on what it does.

Based on the chaos theory and is a non-invasive solution that retrains the brain to process motor commands in a chaotic manner. The system is comprised of a specially designed shoe and proprietary software. The company aims to facilitate rehabilitation of persons with movement disorders (hemiplegia resulted from stroke or brain trauma, cerebral palsy), prevent deterioration of motor skills in the elderly, reduce muscle pain, and enhance performance in sports and leisure activities. SoM is led by a talented team of professionals with extensive backgrounds in neurophysiology, rehabilitation, motor dysfunctions, medical devices and business development.

I don’t know about you, but the thing attached to the shoe surely looks like some sort of whacked-out device.

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Now the Interior Rear View Mirror and Flashing Auto Warning Light is definitely a mouthful, but this China-sourced invention aims to bring up road safety by another notch.

Pai Lung Interior Rear View Mirror is light-weight with a compact size, it is easy to attach to the inner side of the car door and efficiently helps passengers or drivers observe traffic approaching from behind. Moreover, its Flashing Auto Warning Light has a great indicator function; its bright light is able to get special attention from other car drivers, which ensures the highest security on the road.

There is no word on pricing though, but with the company Pai Lung having achieved worldwide patent rights including U.S.A., Japan, EU and Taiwan, this should be able to be available in due time.

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You may remember about a week ago when we covered a story about the miBook, a PDA that was an instruction book with digital video capabilities. One of the most practical uses for the miBook is for cooking, but this Pandigital Kitchen Technology Center (KTC) is designed specifically for the kitchen.

The KTC has a 15 inch (1280 x 720) touchscreen that allows the user to access recipes at one touch. The KTC comes loaded with several recipes pre-programmed in the unit itself. If you want to get even more experimental in the culinary arts, use the device to get on the net and find more recipes.

It has about 1 GB worth of memory, which is enough for several MP3s. Not only is it capable of playing music, but it will do pictures, videos, and it will even support HDTV playback. Now you can entertain yourself as you cook.

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We have seen much Star Wars merchandise in the last three decades, some of it was cheaply made, and some has passed the test of time. So why not make Star Wars USB hubs?

Before you say “to get George Lucas more money”, let me tell you more about these particular Star Wars products. Not only will they give you some extra USB ports and give authentic Star Wars décor to your desk, but the R2D2 and Darth Vader models also come with some special features.

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