Things that go ‘boo’ in the night!
The LED Lantern. $16.99. Old, new, borrowed and blue. Let’s just skip the formalities and get married. OK, so it’s an old 60’s swingin’ paper lantern with an ultra hip LED lamp inside. But it’s battery powered, which makes it 100 hours portable. So there. It’s a modern version of the classic paper and wood round lantern, but instead of candle or oil this lamp is illuminated by LED. The LED light can be switched to either slowly cycle through…
The Aroma Bubble Massage Jet Spa. $169.99. Methane jokes aside, this uber functional bath mat looks as good a way as any to wibble-wubble the cares of the day away. Switch on, lie back and dream of days gone by, when men were men and small furry animals weren’t called George. Just lay the jet spa mat flat in the tub and fill up the tub with water. Then plug in the air pump and experience the most relaxing sensation you’ve ever had in…
The Deluxe Mini Fog Maker. $24.98. There are times when only multi-coloured misty fog will do the trick. Such as important dinner parties with your favourite ambassador to the UN and spooky movie nights. Please don’t howl at inappropriate moments though, eh? Or during the movie. Instant fog, anytime. No chemicals needed. Amazing device vaporizes water immediately to create an overflow of misty fog. Simply place the vaporizing unit in at least 2.5″ of water and plug its transformer into any…
The Wireless Jammer. Luddite are we? Well then cop one of these and be done with it. Cigarette sized device which blocks wireless video cameras, WiFi LANS and Bluetooth. Range 30 metres and frequency range 900Mhz – 2.5Ghz. £250.00/$445.00. The jammer is small enough to be concealed in a pocket, briefcase e.t.c. and used inconspicuously. It has in-built rechargeable ni-cad batteries and comes complete with the charging adaptor. The adaptor is dual voltage for 120/220v…It produces a powerful 1 watt…
The Talking For Sale Sign. $329.99. Simply brilliant idea. Set up your own short range advertising radio station and spam your neighbours and friends ad nauseum. Perfect for selling homes, cars, boats, etc. Repeats a message over and over. Just put a sign on your house or car letting people know what station to tune their radio to. Record your voice and transmit it to any FM radio on any FM station (up to 600 ft). Our latest kit combines an…
The Freedom Keepsafe security system. Attach signal transmitter to valuable PDA. Place Receiver unit in pocket. If the two are separated more than 10 to 20 feet, alarm sounds. Simple idea and sensible? Keep your valuables near to you with this slim, small & light security proximeter.
StretchCordz Swim Trainer. Attach one end to bath taps, other end to infant. Throw into water. Set timer. Return when Olympic champion emerges. A bit wrinkled. $49.98. When you want to swim laps but your pool just isn’t long enough, the StretchCordz Swim Trainer belt gets you back in the water. Designed to help you improve your stroke, endurance and strength, this is the same equipment used by Olympic athletes and nationally-ranked college and high school swim teams. Simply attach…
12–volt Pizza Maker. The Ferret can think of several trivial or important reasons why every geek-driven automobile in the civilised world should contain one of these majestic examples of high technology equipment. World peace is just one. $39.99. Plugs Directly into Your Cigarette Lighter Socket Unique Heating Elements Cooks from Oven Top and Bottom Use with Any Oven Safe Cookware
The iBreeze USB Apple Laptop Cooler. Got hot Apples? Don’t get custard, get blowin’. After all it’s acrylic, so how can you go wrong? Designed for yer trendy iBook or Powerbook, so don’t go putting any other boring beige or black stuff on it, y’hear? $24.95. Our iBreeze is a dual fan-cooled, USB-powered, clear acrylic desk stand for your Apple Powerbook or iBook. It is powered by the computer’s USB port, and provides a passthrough port, so you don’t lose the…
The SOS Hammer LED Flashlight. $9.95 buys you the kind of ‘trapped but peaceful’ attitude that can only come from hefting a shatterproof, polycarbonate, ‘smart-chipped’, SOS message flashing 12 red LED’d, waterproof Titan of a flashlight. Ask for it in your Xmas stocking, alongside the nuclear fall out shelter. On the tip points is the same patented “Diamond Head StrongTM” special alloy used to fabricate the nuts and bolts on commercial aircraft. The tough, sharp points can crack any glass windshield or…
The Rad Monkey VLC800 Digital Cowbell. OK, so things are definitely getting a bit weird now. Vintage cowbells? Dedicated R&D? What are these guys drinking? I mean it’s got an LCD on it for Pete’s sake! [Thanks Andy] The Rad Monkey VLC800 may be the last cowbell you’ll ever buy. In addition to Rad Monkey’s well known cowbell amplification, onboard DSP also faithfully reproduces the sound of a dozen of the world’s most sought after vintage and modern cowbells. Thousands of…
The Nap Zapper. $7.95. At these prices forget about naughty motorists and buy them for all those lazy good fer nothin’ students sleeping in class. A room full of alarms going off would cheer up any long suffering teacher I bet. Everyone has experienced drowsiness while driving. Some of us have actually fallen asleep only to be awakened by the blaring horn of an oncoming car. Avoid this potential tragedy by wearing the Nap Zapper on your ear. If your…
The Samsung SPH-B2000 3G handset. Oh how I wish that Auntie Maude had not frittered away my Korean language course fees on her illegal download knitting pattern habit. Then I would know exactly what this latest ‘swing n’slide’ satellite DMB phone was about. It apparently offers multi-tasking DMB broadcasts along with SMS and runs for 3 hours per charge even when beaming lovely re-runs of popular Korean soap operas for our amusement and profit. Oh yes!
The Tekkeon MyPower ALL portable battery pack. $119.95 gives enough Lithium Polymer juice for an extra 4000 photos, 100 hours HD MP3 player, 10 hours camcorder, 12 hours PDA, 80 hours CD player time and 3 hours laptop. Apparently works with lotsa products. With myPower ALL, you can enjoy hours of extended play time on notebook computers, portable DVD players, digital cameras, camcorders, MP3 players, portable CD players, mobile phones, and other portable consumer electronic products. Selecting the right voltage for a personal…
The OBS Insight Vehicle Security System. A mobile CCTV system for your car. A bunch of cameras, microphones and a box with an SD card slot, all hooked up to motion sensors, the car alarm, impact sensors, panic button or whatever. But the cool thing is that it runs a constant buffer system which, when triggered, will automatically store 2 minutes of the action prior to and after the event. Neat. [Thanks Erica]. More here. $1499.95. The Insight System is designed…
