The Spy Ball
Popular science
Friday 15rd October, 2004 (UPI)

ODF Optronics developed its Eye Ball™ R1 as a virtual panopticon, a sensorball that can keep a camera trained on holed-up terrorists and other wrongdoers. Sturdy enough to be thrown through an open window (a rubber casing molded around the electronic guts protects them from jolts), the tennis-ball-size device illuminates the room with a strobe of LED lighting and can pan 360 degrees, streaming audio and video back to the user over radio waves. A kit includes two Eye Ball™s, a practice ball, a control unit, and chargers that can provide enough power for several hours of spying. Price not yet set.