Telescopes have been around for hundreds of years, and although their uses are mainly scientific (studying the night sky etc.), every now and then they've been used for less "celestial" purposes, namely spying on other people. And the device you're about to see seems perfect for the job, as it is also capable of capturing video clips or photos of what the user is seeing through the lenses.

Leaving the jokes aside, the Telescope with Video Capture presented by GadgetUniverse.com is really a very useful device, as it offers a zoom level between 15x and 45x, with a full 60mm of light capture (the fully coated lens maximizes the level of light entering the telescope), and takes high-quality photos via its 3.1 megapixel camera. Moreover - in order to assure the quality of the digital images - the telescope comes packed with a tripod and another crucial feature, a remote button for snapping the shots.

The images are recorded in JPEG format and they can be very easily transferred elsewhere, since the device has also been fitted with an SD card slot, and can also be viewed immediately after being taken on the device's bright 2.5" TFT LCD display. Nevertheless, if you want this kind of zooming power, you'll have to cough up around 450 US dollars, which is a pretty big sum, but a lot cheaper than a professional camera with a telephoto lens. So, if you're into bird watching (or tom peeping), this is really the thing to get.

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