The Red Ferret Journal

I don’t know, I’m thinking the only thing worse than being woken up by the ‘exterminate’ of this Dr Who Dalek Talking Alarm Clock thing, would be if it rolled up to your bed and shoved the sink plunger into your eyeball repeatedly until you made a move for the bathroom. Man, masochism comes in strange shapes nowadays, that’s for certain. $37.15.

 At 25 centimetres tall, this golden replica of those dastardly Daleks features an alarm clock with LCD display set into the Dalek’s chest. When the alarm goes off, your Dalek’s ears and eyes (we thought they were just knobs) will light up and you’ll be treated to 3 of their famous phrases: ‘You would make a good Dalek’, ‘You are the enemy of the Daleks, you must be destroyed’ and who could forget that heart-warming cry ‘Exterminate!’.

LightForm is the world’s first flexible LED lighting film. This amazing stuff comes in 10 inch x 1 mm thin strips with sticky backed 2 sided tape, which you can cut and shape to your requirements. Just attach a battery pack to one end and you’ve got yourself a red, amber, green or blue decoration or safety lighting strip for your transport or other needs.

You can also sew the strips onto material, which makes me think it could offer a much easier way for people to turn their old clothing into safetywear for bicycles or whatnot at quite a reasonable price. For example, why not use it to mimic this turn signal biking jacket? The US developed strips are priced at around $29.95. It looks like an excellent product which could do with some decent marketing and exposure (hint: guys don’t make your website an image so search engines can’t find it!). [Review]

 ”This is one of the most radically innovative lighting products to come along in decades,” said Grote. “LightForm will change the shape, design and application of interior and exterior vehicle lighting in ways we haven’t even begun to imagine. In the evolution of lighting, this is a totally new species.”

This Wireless Doorbell & Camera combines a plain vanilla wireless door bell…natch…with a teeny video recorder. When a visitor presses the button to ring your doorbell, the camera starts working and records a video of them to a hidden removable SD memory card.

The camera offers 2 megapixel resolution and 30 fps video rate and will record down to 1 Lux illumination (i.e. gloomy). When you return home, just pop the card into a reader on your computer and check to see who tried to deliver stuff. And failed. $40.99.

 In order to solve your problem, we will introduce you a new model Wireless Monitor Doorbell. With a build-in hidden camera inside, it can record anything when someone ring up the bell. This will help you to see who knocked your door when you were not at home. Remote wireless paging system, the most distance is 30 Metres. All video and audio files will be save in a memory card. You can see the video when plug the card into your PC.

The Biknd Helium must be the ultimate bike transportation bag. It can carry a road bike with a 64cm frame or a full-suspension mountain bike. There’s even room inside for a spare pair of wheels. There’s a lot of novel tech in the Helium including hub covers on the outside of the bag to protect your tyres, and a hard-hitting polyethylene, drop-down endcap that takes all the hard knocks. The bag is even on wheels.

The other neat bit is the pair of inflatable side sections which are pumped up with an integrated foot pump after the bag is sealed. This stops everything moving around and provides extra cushioning. RRP is US$599, but that’s nothing compared to the price of the bike, right?

Traveling with a bicycle has never been this simple: the Helium is light and easy to carry and its revolutionary inflatable padding offers unrivaled protection. Thanks to its minimal dimensions, it fits easily in the trunk of even the smallest cars (width of 100 cm). Every small detail has been looked into: the Helium bike case has special compartments for an extra wheelset and also for stowing you helmet, shoes and other essentials (pump, spare tubes, etc.)

Tags: gadget, biknd+helium, bike+case, bike+travel+case

BakadoPlayer is a free media player which focuses on subtitle handling, which is something that most players tend to overlook. The main thing is the customisability, which means you can make them more legible in terms of position, font and colours.

It may not sound like much to you, but imagine you have Italian friends over for the weekend and you’re watching that rip of The Sound of Music…! See? It’s strictly Windows media compatible, but looks like something that could be handy for you foreign types and all.

Now this is just funny. Welcome to the instant wannabe wardrobe service designed for our slave-to-the-label fashionista cousins. Mega everything-wholesaler, Light in the Box is offering Wholesale Oscar dresses, in any size, a whole day after the Oscars (ok so I’m a day late). Fancy yourself as the next Elizabeth Banks’ or what about Helen Mirren? They’re all there, in most sizes, with a 10-15 day lead time, priced around US$180.

Tailor made evening dresses and party dresses at wholesale prices. Shop your own quality-made taffeta or satin evening dress and wow everyone at the next big event.

Tags: light+in+the+box, oscars+dresses, wholesale+oscars+dresses

Can’t You See I’m Busy is a very cool online game site designed to give you, the slacker mouth breathing cubicle dweller, a perfect gaming experience without getting fired. The small selection of games includes a Break-Out clone based in a word-processor, a great Moon Lander in a spreadsheet and a block game.

The games are all coated in these serious business environment wrappers, making it look like you’re working your socks off when in actual fact you’re just adding to the total delinquency of our Western Civilisation. Or something. [Via]

 Welcome to CantYouSeeImBusy.com – the only site where you can play games without your boss noticing. Let’s face it; we all want to relax every now and then, but still want to appear professional or busy! That’s why all the games atCantYouSeeImBusy.com are designed in a way that nobody can see that you’re gaming. In fact, your boss and colleagues will think that you’re working harder than ever before.

The Royal Mail, purveyors of fine snail mail services to the citizens of the UK, have launched a new updated Royal Mail Online Postage service. And it’s nice. You can now set up an online address book to save fave addresses, personalise your mailings with logos and templates and make use of fast drop areas on the high street to make sending parcels less of a queue and snore process.

Just sign up, choose your mail item and desired UK or international destination, pay via card, print/attach the PDF stamp and put the letter or parcel in the post box. Now why can’t other businesses also recognise the advantages of the online digital universe and adjust their business practices to suit?

 Save time by printing your postage online with this free and easy to use service. You don’t need new software or equipment – just a computer and printer. Log in, select the right service, add address details and then buy, print and send your item. The price finder tool helps ensure you select the right postage for your needs. You’ll never run out of stamps again!

One of the best things about the ‘Net is that it stops you plonking your kids down in front of the television for hours at a time, instead you can sit them in front of YouTube and follow [insert children's television show character here]-related video links for hours at a time. Unfortunately that does lead you, on occasion, to some not-kidsafe content.

Kideos provides a subset of YouTube selected by a panel of parents, where each video has been deemed kid-safe and classified by age group or by categories such as cute animals, superheroes, fairy tales – you get the drift. It’s free and doesn’t require registration but if you register you get to save your favourites, and additional safe browsing by removing external YouTube “related video” links.

Kideos is the premier destination for kids to safely watch videos online. Each video on Kideos has been screened by our Video Advisory Council before it makes it onto our site. Our goal is to empower parents to feel comfortable allowing their child to spend time on Kideos, while also making sure children have a thoroughly entertaining experience.

Tags: you+tube, kideos, kid+safe+videos, kid+safe+you+tube

Google have just announced their own place for business applications – they are calling it the Google Apps Marketplace . There is a spot on one of their websites where they are showing off fifty ( yeah 50) of their partners in this venture. You can check out the video right here.

This is clearly the next logical stage in Google’s plans for world domination,  but there’s nothing wrong with that, right? Who wants to be using Microsoft Word in 2023? Look, many people are not big fans of Google and their privacy policies and I don’t blame them, but if Google helps to make the web better, then that’s probably a good thing, eh? 

It’s no surprise they’re entering the business application market, after all that’s where Microsoft dominates and we know how well the two get along. And there’s no question that a fair percentage of the globe will welcome an alternative to the Microsoft application monopoly. I mean, come on, does anyone think that Clippy from Office was actually a good idea? Who trusts a freakin’ paper clip? A digital stapler maybe. 

Watch for two things. First, will the Google offering be aimed at small companies primarily or will they shoot straight for the heart of the Microsoft cash cow in the enterprise space, and second how much prominence will be given to third party apps that connect directly with Google Apps. Already 2 of the top 3 on the home page do, expect that to become a feature. 

The Google Apps Marketplace offers products and services designed for Google users, including installable apps that integrate directly with Google Apps. Installable apps are easy to use because they include single sign-on, Google’s universal navigation, and some even include features that integrate with your domain’s data.

Tags: freeware, google, google+apps+market+place

This ingenious White Goat machine, made by Japanese company Oriental, turns used office paper into toilet paper. Simply feed shredded paper (or it can shred it for you) into the White Goat (after you’ve removed all the staples!) and it will mix the paper with water and presto – a perfect roll of toilet paper emerges on the other side.

The process takes around 30 minutes and 40 sheets of paper to make one roll. Its designers say it will save 60 trees per year. Seems like it would work best in large companies or large commercial spaces. Not a bad idea though and you get free-ish toilet paper too! I wonder what happens to the waste water though?

The equipment in here dissolves shredded paper in water to make toilet paper. All the customer need to do is put the shredded paper in, take the toilet paper out and supply the machine with water.

Tags: gadget, eco+gadget, white+goat, office+paper+recycling

The Joos Orange (geddit?) promises to take portable solar charging performance to a new level by delivering up to 30x more power than any solar charger currently on the market. How? Well apparently it uses a sophisticated micro-processor controlled energy management system tied to some Ninja mono-crystalline Silicon Nitride anti-reflective coated solar cells.

It’s waterproof, shockproof, operates in very low light (including under water and in rain) and can store power for years on the internal 5,400 mAh battery. Most importantly – well done guys – the battery is user replaceable after it’s 1000 charge cycles are up. Size is 8×5 inches. Available in June at around $100.00. Sounds delicious. [Via]

 Powerful This is a tool, not a toy. The JOOS Orange makes more power than any personal solar charger on the market. Up to 20 times more. With our optional reflector kit, even more — up to 30 times more. JOOS charges even in the shade or in light rain. The large 5,400mAh replaceable battery pack holds enough energy to charge most smart phones at least 4 times over on one charge. Want to check out our claims? The JOOS Orange connects to a cool application on your computer that tells you everything you want to know about the power you’re generating…