Invisible Fence, Inc. develops pet training products that trains your animals with small electronic shocks.  Today, the company passed it’s latest innovation, the Outdoor Shield Plus, through the FCC.

The Outdoor Shield Plus looks like a rock, but the device actually hides a transmitter that will trigger a shock in Invisible Fence’s Computer Collars.  Users place the Computer Collar around their pet’s neck and place Outdoor Shield Plus transmitters around their yard to create an invisible electronic border that their dog won’t be able to cross without getting a shock.

Unlike other shock systems that are buried under the ground, the Outdoor Shield Plus creates a shocking radius that extends up to 5 feet.  This is ideal if you want to keep your pet out of specific areas.

Sure, it does seem somewhat cruel train your pet with electricity, but the Outdoor Shield Plus may help to keep your dog out of hazardous areas – potentially saving your pet’s life.

ThinkFlood made news with their WiFi-based RedEye system that turns your iPhone or iPod Touch into a universal remote control.  However, at $188, the RedEye isn’t cheap.  The system also relies on a somewhat bulky IR transmitter that limits the device’s portability.

Today, ThinkFlood announced the RedEye Mini, which solves many of the original RedEye’s shortcomings.  The RedEye Mini is a tiny device that fits into the 3.5mm earphone jack on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.  All you need to do is insert the RedEye Mini into your headphone jack, download the free RedEye app, and program your devices in the app.

Better yet, the RedEye Mini costs only $50, a much more attractive price point than the original RedEye.  Additionally, the RedEye Mini comes with it’s own carrying case, so you can use the device to change channels wherever you go.  The device draws power from your iPhone, so you don’t need any batteries, either.

ThinkFlood plans to release the RedEye Mini in Spring of this year.  You can sign up to be notified when the RedEye Mini is released on ThinkFlood’s website.

Sure, smartphones are wonderful devices, but sometimes the lack of a large display, mouse and keyboard can be quite frustrating.  Enter Celio Corp’s REDFLY .

The REDFLY is not a notebook, it’s a smartphone terminal that connects to your BlackBerry or Windows Mobile phone via Bluetooth or USB.  The REDFLY doesn’t have a processor, storage or an operating system.  Instead, the device relies on the power of your smartphone.

Once connected, the REDFLY mirrors the display of your smartphone on an 8 inch screen.  This gives you a lot more real estate to view media, edit documents and browse the web.  Better yet, you can use the REDFLY keyboard and trackpad to navigate through your phone and edit documents, which is a big improvement over a stylus and mini-keypad.

The REDFLY also has a VGA out, so you can display your mobile phone’s contents on a projector.  You can plug a USB flash drive into the REDFLY for additional storage, as well.

Today, Celio passed the REDFLY C8N and C8V through the FCC.  These devices sport an 8” display, 800×600 screen resolution, and 8 hour battery life.  The REDFLY C8N/V measures only 1” x 6” x 9”, and weights just 2 pounds, so the device is a bit smaller that most laptops.

Currently, one of the biggest limitations of the REDFLY is smartphone support –  the device only supports BlackBerry OS 4.6 or later, and Windows Mobile 6.0-6.1.  However, the company plans to add support for additional OSes in the future.

At $250, the REDFLY C8N is much less expensive than laptops, but only slightly less expensive than a low-end netbook.  That leaves us wondering why we wouldn’t just carry around a netbook in the first place.

The REDFLY C8N is currently backordered, but you can expect the device to be available soon.  I’d also suggest that you watch some YouTube videos of the REDFLY in action to get a better idea of how it works.  One video is below:

Wallets are handy, but very insecure.  If you lose your wallet, anyone can open it up and take your credit cards, cash and IDs.

Enter iWallet Corporation.  The company’s flagship iWallet device has a fiberglass, carbon fiber or kevlar exterior that is locked with a biometric fingerprint sensor.  In order to open the iWallet, users must register their finger prints with the iWallet PC application, and swipe their registered prints on the device.

The iWallet also pairs with Bluetooth mobile phones (currently only the BlackBerry Curve 8900 is supported), and will notify users when their wallet and phone are separated.  That’s a valuable feature if you tend to leave your wallet behind, but not so useful if you forget both your phone and your wallet.

The iWallet is currently available from iWallet corporation, starting at $299 for a fiber glass model.  A carbon fiber or carbon fiber with kevlar model will run you $599.  Engraving is also available for an additional $99.

Although the iWallet seems like an interesting idea, we really need to stress test the device before we endorse the product.  I’d like to see if the iWallet can take a good solid hammer shot to its hinge, which would be necessary to truly protect its contents.

Also, the iWallet’s battery lasts for only 24-48 hours, meaning you’ll need to remember to recharge the device pretty frequently.  You don’t want to have to explain to others how you let your battery die and got locked out of your iWallet.

It’s a pain to let your cat in and out of the house, especially at odd hours in the early morning.  But if you install a cat door, who knows what other riff raff may be creeping through that door?  You may wake up with a living room full of possums.

Enter SureFlap.  The company’s Microchip Cat Flap uses wireless technology to recognize the ID chip already implanted in your cat to give your pet access to your home while keeping out “marauding intruders.”  The door works with 15, 10 and 9 digit microchips, and can store up to 32 different codes if you’re one of those…you know…cat people who have 32 cats in their home.

Sure, you do have to train your cat to actually use the Cat Flap, but once that’s taken care of your cat will be able to enter and leave when it chooses, while unauthenticated animals will be locked out.  You can also manually lock the cat flap to prevent your cat from leaving the house altogether.

The Microchip Cat Flap is a pretty ingenious use of a cat’s ID chip.  I’m not sure how many cat owners with pet doors actually have random animals entering their house, but this seems like a pretty valuable solution for those of you that have this problem.

Parking in a crowded city can be a nightmare that involves driving around in circles looking for an open stall.  Nedap has an answer for crowded cities, with their Wireless Space Count System.  This wireless system uses parking sensors, pictured above, to report how many stalls are occupied or available.

Each Wireless Space Count sensor transmits information to a central server, which can then display information to the public on signs, maps or even on mobile devices such as cell phones.  The wireless sensors are powered by an internal battery that lasts for up to 10 years.

Systems like these have already been deployed in parking lots and street stalls around the world.  San Francisco has a similar system that gives users the location of empty stalls via cell phone, while accepting payment from phones as well.

Although a city-wide wireless parking system isn’t cheap, it’s likely that city residents won’t mind playing a premium for the time that a system like this saves.  Plus, wireless sensors can be integrated with payment systems so parking cops can easily ticket drivers that aren’t feeding their meters.

As a parent there are a ton of things in your cabinets that you should keep under lock and key.  Alcohol, prescription drugs, chemicals – they’re all potentially problematic in the hands of kids, but at the same time you don’t really want a big ol’ Brinks safe in your kitchen or bathroom.

Enter CompX Timberline’s TP-100 StealthLock.  This device is designed to be installed in run of the mill cabinetry.  All you do is screw in the receiver latch, pictured above right in black, into your cabinet, and screw a small latch onto the cabinet door.  The receiver latch is opened by a wireless transmitter pad, pictured above left, that allows you to set a PIN number to open the device.

Sure, the StealthLock won’t stop someone from forcefully prying open your cabinets.  But it is a good deterrent for wandering kids or moonshine-loving gramps.

Last month the San Jose police department announced that it would equip police officers with head mounted cameras to record contact with civilians.  Today, the AXON system that will be used by the SJPD passed through the FCC, thanks to its manufacturer TASER.

The AXON system is comprised of a head mounted webcam, a small computer called the AXON Tactical Computer (ATC) to record video, and a communications hub that connects the two and has buttons for controlling recording.

The head cam, pictured below, wraps around the sides and back of the user’s head.  It is supported by the user’s ears, as well as the back of the neck.  A small camera points forward from the left side of the headband.

The head cam has a wired connection to the ATC.  This small Linux-based computer has a 4.3” touch screen LCD display (480 x 272), and is worn by officers on duty.  Officers can control the ATC through the device’s touch screen or through the communications hub that sits between the ATC and head cam.  The communications hub gives officers quick, push-button access to video recording functions without having to navigate through the ATC’s menu.

By default, the ATC runs in ‘Buffering’ mode, which continuously records a 30 second buffer of video.  Once a recordable situation is encountered, the officer places the ATC in ‘Event’ mode, where all video from the camera is recorded in addition to the 30 second buffer.  This system allows the ATC to record throughout an officer’s shift without running out of storage space.  And, once a situation occurs, the buffer gives the officer 30 seconds to hit the ‘Event’ button.

The ATC also has a ‘Privacy’ mode where no video is captured.

At the end of an officer’s shift, the ATC is placed in a dock for recharging.  The dock also downloads data from the ATC, and uploads any video clips to the Evidence.com website.  The Evidence.com site allows video taken from the AXON to be reviewed online by police personnel.

Overall, TASER has developed a pretty slick solution here with the AXON.  By recording sensitive situations, the AXON could reduce complains of abuse or unnecessary force by police, while preserving evidence that can be used in court.  Sure, it does remind me a bit of Minority Report, but in the case of law enforcement, video does help to clarify heated situations.

The GASLOG system from Silicon Controls (model SC414) helps you to manage your fuel levels without manually checking tanks.  The circular cellular dialer, above, connects to your gas tank and reports your gas levels to a central server via GSM.

It’s a common sense solution that can be used to really cut down on busy work.  For example, tank refueling can be automatically scheduled once a tank drops below a certain fill level.

Announced back in July, the Wacom STU-300 allows users to capture electronic signatures in a mobile environment.  The device, which passed through the FCC today, connects via USB to a laptop and can recognize 512 pressure levels and 200 signals per second.  We don’t really have a reference point for those stats, but according to Wacom they ensure that a unique biometric signature profile is recorded, making forgeries nearly impossible.

The STU-300 is ideal for mobile environments where an accurate electronic signature is needed.  Insurance agents, for example, could use this device when doing accident reports.

No word on pricing or availability, but we’d expect to see this device soon.