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I'm your host AJ Vickery and I'm joined by Andy Baryer. Together we talk about the latest in tech and take your calls.

* Samsung Galaxy S4 - Samsung holds three simultaneous parties in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver for the release of the Galaxy S4

* Skimming Credit Cards - AJ and Andy discuss a CBC story where a security expert was able to skim a credit card using a Galaxy S3 Smartphone and an app

* HD Sunglasses - The guys talk to the folks at Pivothead who make sunglasses with built-in HD cameras

This week we're giving away a pair of Pivothead Wearable Imaging Sunglasses.

Video-recording glasses aren't new. But video-recording glasses that you wouldn't be embarrassed to wear? Now that is novel. Pivothead Video-Recording Sunglasses ($300) employ an 8 megapixel Sony CMOS sensor and 8GB of built-in storage to let you capture video up to 1080/30p or 720/60p, still photos in bursts of up to 16 shots in a row, and works with an optional Wi-Fi dongle to communicate directly with your iPhone or iPad. With four different styles and multiple colors to choose from, you're sure to find a pair that suits your style.

Memorial Day Specials:

Pivothead is celebrating the unofficial start of summer by offering big savings on some of our most popular products. 

Stay connected and juiced up wherever summer takes you with our Air Pivothead and Power Refuel accessories. This mighty duo helps you get the most out of your Pivothead eyewear so you can capture and share every moment of your spectacular summer in full HD. 

These special offers are only available for a limited time. Order before May 27, 2013!

I have suggested them for the drunk driving unit. The video would be invaluable in detecting impaired drivers and taking it to court. I am going to work hard to get you some business down here for you. Just let me convince our bosses that they will be a good tool and perhaps I can get you a bulk order. I personally love them

We have used the Pivothead Durango glasses on a Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) who was inserted into a training area using a helicopter. The Pivothead glasses recorded the events that the JTAC experienced from his viewpoint in 1080p high-definition. The Pivothead system is almost completely unobtrusive and does not interfere with dismounted operations as we have demonstrated.

Got word you had inquired on how the equipment had been working out thus far.  So far so good.  Smaller agency so we don’t use them every day, however we have officers assigned to narcotics squads and they and we know they are also there for any situations that would arise surveillance wise as well.  Thanks again for the great product and will let you know of any success stories.

The New York Yankees - the first Major League Baseball team ever to use wearable technology - team up with Pivothead to give fans a new unique perspective of professional baseball players.

Click on the Yankees OnDemend video below and watch never-before-seen point of views of: Brett Gardner, Curtis Granderson, Mark Teixeira, and Kevin Youkilis.

Pivothead Durango:

BEST FOR: Shooting discreetly. THE TEST: With a comfortable fit and crisp, polarized lenses, it’s easy to forget the Durangos pull double duty as a legit action cam. (They weigh only a smidge more than normal sun glasses.)

Underscoring the trend, a first-of-its-kind booth dedicated to “cutting-edge eyewear technologies” was at the International Vision Expo, a trade conference last month in New York. Among the featured companies were Pivothead, which makes $299 sunglasses that have a high-definition camera; Zeal Optics, which said it had seen strong demand for its goggles with an embedded video camera; and 4iiii, a Canadian company that makes sunglass attachments for athletes.

SPRINGVILLE, Alabama -- Check out these cool new sunglasses that allow simple video and still photo capture with a tiny camera built into the nose bridge. The video camera shoots 1080 30 fps, 720 60 and 30 fps video and the still camera shoots 8 megapixel still photos. Memory capacity is 8 GB on board.

The glasses are very comfortable and stay in place. The lens are glass and can be worn as safety and shooting glasses. Several different interchangeable lenses come with the kit. Photo gray, mirror blue, dark gray and clear came with the kit I received. Once you learn the correct way to change the lenses out, it's fairly easy.