Another gadget for the YouTubers. This miVDOFX DV Cam will snap still images like a digital camera, but it will also allow you to add 18 built-in special effects and music instantly to your movies.

With a 1.5″ color screen, a 4X digital zoom, a built-in speaker, and an SD slot (expandable to 2GB), it will let you record from your ipod or MP3 player while filming.

No word on price or availability.

I can’t think of any recent sci-fi movie that’s predicted as much near-term technology as Minority Report. First, there are all the touch-screen technologies with finger wagging and hand waving and such for arranging and accessing information. Now, Panasonic’s gone and developed an iris scanner that doesn’t require the scanee to concentrate on any given area. It uses a number of digital cameras to locate the iris and scan it, then identify the individual in only two seconds. A lot of practical applications, of course, like security checks and such, but I can’t help imagining walking through a mall and having my name called out. Just a little creepy, while also being pretty cool.

Actually, I can think of a whole slew of good uses for Zink’s hybrid digital camera/portable printer. Imagine meeting your insurance adjuster at the accident scene, and you get an instant copy of the picture he’s going to use in deciding how much money you should get. Sounds convenient to me. It’s a 7 megapixel unit with a 2-inch display and SD memory card, and so as a camera it’s just so-so. No pricing, but availability is expected by the end of the year.

One word: Gorgeous.

Gotta have it.

Through some physics voodoo and a sprinkle of pixie dust, Kameraflage has created a means to create images that only show up on digital cameras. There are, of course, numerous uses for such a technology (although practical ones escape me at moment). Perhaps celebrities could use it to save particular messages for the paparazzi, who I’m sure by this point have gone digital.