Forget about optical mice, the Gestpoint from GestureTek is a futuristic device that tracks your hand movements in mid-air, similar to the fictionalized system Tom Cruise used in the sci-fi classic Minority Report. Two cameras mounted in the posts translate your hand movements and move an onscreen cursor. Clicks are initiated by moving your hand forward, and then out of the posts' vertical plane. The posts can be laid flat, for interesting interactive map displays.

It takes a little getting used to, but it does work.

Gyrocam

Do you have some spare cash lying around? Put it to good use, with the Gyrolight and Gyrocam from Gyrocam Systems. These helicopter or plane mounted camera systems can record and track people in day or night.

The Gyrocam comes in several different sensor packages. You can buy just the color camera, or a triple sensor camera that combines a color camera, night vision camera and thermal imager. A laser range finder is also thrown in. The high resolution color camera offers 800 lines of resolution and can see a license plate from half a mile away and 1,500 feet up. The night vision sensor has a lux rating of .00001.

The 20-million candlepower Gyrolight can be slaved to the main camera. The beam width is adjustable from a tight spot to a wide area fill. Up to six different filters can be used and switching between the filters is easy - Just flick a button in the cockpit. The light can be modulated into a strobe light, which can help temporarily stun running criminals. The Gyrolight has a 60 degree per second slew rate.

How much does it cost? You don't want to know.

Here is a video that Gyrocam gave us that shows off the incredible zoom capabilities of the camera.