Remote-controlled exploration device approximately the dimensions of a softball. The kino was named Eli Wallace after the 1920's Russian newsreel series Kino-pravda ("film truth").

The kino appears primarily designed for short-range reconnaissance missions through the Stargate to determine mission.

The kino is capable of measuring temperature, gravity, atmospheric composition and barometric pressure. It can also be configured to record the video it is continually receiving, and to organize that information into a form of log.

Information collected by a kino is transmitted into an Ancient remote, which the end user may use to directly control the device's movement. If uninterrupted, however, the kino will independently govern itself.

Crew members of the Destiny take it upon themselves to use kinos to assess damaged areas of the ship, record journal entries, and even spy on others.

KEY EPISODES

Air, Part 2 - Eli Wallace discovers the kino technology and a service bay which dispenses them, and takes one for his own.
Air, Part 3 - A kino is sent to a desert planet to monitor the vicinity of the Stargate and the away team.