To round off search week – Surf Saver. Back in the day I was a heavy heavy Surf Saver addict. I’d save everything, every little web page I came across, complete with graphics, links and naff blinking buttons. And yes I could search for information at the drop of a hat, and locate trivia in every crevice. But then I realised that at the rate I was going I would very soon have all 3 billion pages of the Net…

The Dawn Power Dish Brush. Out geek the grease! ‘Power through grease and grime with the Dawn Power Dish Brush�a battery-powered, rotating bristle tool that redefines the way you do dishes. Dawn Power Dish Brush makes cleaning your dishes faster and easier because it does the work, not you. Dawn Power Dish Brush has a Power Ring that combines stiff and soft bristles to clean edges and hard-to-reach corners. The stiff bristles remove tough baked-on or dried food, while the…

Mass Media Diving. Well I guess it beats dumpster diving (especially since it looks as though it will eventually involve copious amounts of laughing gas). [Via the anarchically wonderful �cal.] ‘The mass media diving (formerly called mass media helmet) project is an experimental device…which is driven by an application i’ve coded which is scanning continnuously [sic] the CNN website, transforming the informations into raw data, diffused then inside the helmet See also Usman Haque’s most excellent Sky Ear Project. ‘In…

The Home Safe Fog Machine. Perfect for all those Agatha Christie re-enactment parties and stuff. $99.95. ‘an ominous but harmless dense fog, a delightful effect that won�t harm floors, furniture, pets, or guests. The non-toxic, water-based fog liquid (available separately below) is heated slightly by the low-profile unit and dispersed as realistic-looking fog…

The Home Safe Fog Machine. Perfect for all those Agatha Christie re-enactment parties and stuff. $99.95. ‘an ominous but harmless dense fog, a delightful effect that won�t harm floors, furniture, pets, or guests. The non-toxic, water-based fog liquid (available separately below) is heated slightly by the low-profile unit and dispersed as realistic-looking fog…

The Electrocharger. Fit this to your SUV and save a bundle on the guilt counselling fees, eh? ‘Developed in conjunction with Texas A&M University, the ELECTROCHARGER is the most significant advancement in automotive performance in the past 100 years. It is the world’s first retro-fittable hybrid electric system…The ELECTROCHARGER is a power adder that takes the place of your alternator and runs in parallel with the engine…The ELECTROCHARGER is powered by a Super Capacitor Battery Pack (SCBP) that is located…

The Elumens TopDome. Yet another cool product from the VisionStation people? ‘Elumens introduces the TopDome, a horizontally-formatted hemispheric projection system designed for use in the Simulation and Training markets. The TopDome features a 180 degree field of view and single-projector system. The TopDome’s unique horizontal format makes it an ideal candidate for training and simulation applications like flight simulation, out-of-hatch training, rail training, armored vehicle simulation and many others.’

Why would you want a Dual Screen Talking Golf Game thingumyjig? Well why not? FORE! $29.95. ‘Challenging hand-held electronic golf game simulates the sights and sounds of a competitive round � anytime, anyplace! The realistic sound effects include swing, applause, accolades and (unfortunately) a splash! Dual LCD screens simultaneously show a “bird’s-eye” view of the entire hole and the ground-level view from your current lie. The Hint option will select the best club and give caddy-like advice on swing power.’

Innova 24/7. I’m sorry, but you’ve got to love a torch (!) which features ‘eight steady and signal light functions in less than 3″x2″x1″. And it looks cool too. The 24/7 projects pure light up to 75′ and offers up to 2-mile signal visibility from LED lamps powered by a best-in-class lithium battery (up to 15,000 hours of power.’

Baby-Pro. [Babel] The crash test…ahem…dummy for baby buggies.

CCCleaner. ‘CCleaner is a freeware system optimisation tool. That removes unused and temporary files from your system – allowing it to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space. The best part is that it’s fast! (normally taking less that a second to run) and Free.’

As promised earlier – and because it’s search week here at Ferret Towers – I’ve been playing around with a minty fresh download of the new Grokker 2.1 for the past few days. And it’s actually quite neat (e.g. it found some stuff that I didn’t know existed, which is definitely A Good Thing). This kind of visualisation tech is great for finding associations between different data sets – which Google and ilk can’t do of course – which is…

University of Bath (it’s a place not a room, silly) software will let computers turn digital images into art. Apparently. ‘The Picasso-effect software is part of a unique suite of imaging technologies developed by computer scientists at the University of Bath that turns photo albums, videos and movies into drawings, paintings, and cartoons. The software could also revolutionise the way that animations are made…By giving the computer an �aesthetic sense�, Dr Peter Hall and Dr John Collomosse from the Department…

Follow up to my earlier post this week on spray-on screen Goo. Apparently Sony has just come up with a black projector screen which really improves the quality of projected images in well lit areas. Could be very good news for the front projector biz. [Via BoingBoing] ‘Now Sony has developed a black screen that works on [sic] defiance of colour theory, by reflecting only pure red, green and blue light and absorbing other colours of light including ambient light…

The Ziga Digital Picture Frame and MP3 player. Play some funky music on the internal speakers along with your desktop photo slideshow, or not. The frame also plays AVI video and comes with a credit card remote control. $177.00.