If you see something that looks like four hula hoops attached together hovering in the sky, don't automatically assume that it's a UFO. It might just be the Aeryon Scout, a new product from Aeryon Labs of Waterloo that is actually a flying camera.

The device is composed of four connected foam rings with a rotor inside and a camera attached to its bottom. It flies under control of a remote. Why would they produce such a weird camera? You may ask.

The makers of the Aeryon Scout say it was designed for taking pictures of places where it's too difficult, dangerous or time-consuming to go. According to Steffen Lindner, one of the founders of Aeryon, this new product is mainly targeted at the police forces, security companies and surveying and engineering firms.

Floating object inventions have received a lot of attention today. Many of these gadgets make great use of the properties of magnets to create this hovering effect, by engaging magnets set upon opposite poles. The effect is rather unique and almost magic-like.

The latest gadget to utilise this concept is a picture frame, which appears to suspend in mid air between two ends of what seems to resemble a desk lamp, but does not emit light, only acts as a magnetic force to hover the picture.

With three various styles, including an artistic base, original base and a cosmic base--every idea has been designed and produced. Simply position the photo frame, which holds two pictures, between the "lamp" and watch your own pictures descend from mid-air.

如果你看到一個像四個呼啦圈連在一起的東西在天上飛，可別想當(dāng)然地以為它是UFO。這個東西很可能就是“艾倫偵查器”，滑鐵盧艾倫實驗室研制出的一款新產(chǎn)品，它其實是一臺會飛的照相機(jī)。

這款照相機(jī)的主體是四個連在一起的泡沫狀圓環(huán)，圓環(huán)中間有一個旋轉(zhuǎn)器，底部安裝了一個攝像頭，可以由遙控器控制飛行。你可能要問，為什么要生產(chǎn)一款這么奇怪的照相機(jī)呢？

“艾倫偵察器”的研制者們說，設(shè)計這款相機(jī)的目的是為了在那些耗時耗力也很難到達(dá)的危險地帶進(jìn)行拍攝。斯蒂芬·林德納是艾倫實驗室的創(chuàng)始人之一，據(jù)他說，這個新產(chǎn)品的主要目標(biāo)用戶是警察、保安公司以及勘測工程公司。

如今，各類懸空式產(chǎn)品的發(fā)明引起了不少關(guān)注。很多這種小玩意兒都是在兩個相對的柱狀物上裝上磁鐵，大大地利用磁鐵（異性相吸）的特性，產(chǎn)生出懸空效果。這種效果很獨(dú)特，幾乎可以說是“神奇”。

利用這種發(fā)明的最新產(chǎn)品是一款相框，它看起來就像是懸在一個類似臺燈的東西中間，但這個“臺燈”不發(fā)光，只能產(chǎn)生磁力令相片懸起來。

這款相框有三種不同的樣式：工藝底座式、創(chuàng)意底座式和大底座式——三種樣式的產(chǎn)品都已設(shè)計出并投入生產(chǎn)。相框里可以放兩張相片，你只需把相框放到“臺燈”中間，就可以看到自己的相片懸在半空中了。