The Automatic Quarterback. $69.95 buys you l33t Joe Montana skillz for all your weavin’ and receivin’. A powerful football passer that throws a perfect spiral every time, our automatic quarterback sends a soft polyurethane foam football up to 30 yards, and adjusts between lateral passes and long, high bombs. Children can set the timer for running deep, or a friend can launch a pass with the manual trigger.
Read MoreMonthly Archives: December 2004
X-Key.
The X-Key. The truth is out there. From $300.00 for 256MB. Xkey is a “mobility appliance”: a plug & play USB device that enables employees to work securely from any PC – complete with the critical applications, corporate data and security they need for productive work…Xkey securely mobilizes up to 2GB of corporate data – ensuring employees always have their documents, presentations and spreadsheets in their pockets. Corporations can further boost employee productivity by equipping them with applications (such as…
Read MoreThe Cubes.
The Cubes. Er..the Ferret has a feeling that this 3DDilbert-type play set could be a genius idea. Re-create your own office and get fired for insubordination, why doncha? Sets priced from around $12.95 each. Oh and don’t forget the Job Title Generator! Finally, the drudgery of corporate life has been captured in a play set for adults! Bob, Joe, Ted, and Ann spend eight hours a day, five days a week, at tiny desks in tiny cubicles in a giant room…
Read MoreCarbCounter.
The Carb Counter. $49.95. Hey, with this you can still eat badly, but at least you can count ‘em in and total ‘em up. T’riffic! It’s so simple to save and track your carbohydrate, caloric and fiber intake… Entering the first few letters of a food item will take you to a food (or to a particular restaurant such as Taco Bell, McDonalds, etc.) You can then easily scroll through the menu items to a particular food or meal. Remember…
Read MorePower Play.
Th Power Player. A plug-in TV game with…ahem…76,000 games on-board. Yep that’s right, the world’s first 76,000–in–1. Top that Nintony! 8 bit Tv Game, Build [sic] in 76000 games in1, Game Card Usable, Battery: 4 x AA, 2 Player [Update: …and oh how reader Allen destroys my illusions. It’s a misnomer. Only 100 games. The Ferret is desolate, shattered, bereft, unconsolable. And hoodwinked to boot!]
Read MoreSushi clock.
The Sushi Clock. $260.00. Don’t be fooled by cheap imitations, this little beauty is made from ‘authentic pieces of hand-crafted wax sushi’ . Yum! Featuring authentic pieces of hand-crafted wax sushi, specially coated for long life, this amazing clock faithfully replicates a tray of tasty take-out sushi. To complete the illusion, the hands of the clock are chopsticks, and the second hand is a toothpick. The sushi is amazing, too, created by top-name Japanese wax food artsists [sic] at Maizuru…
Read MoreCool for cats!
The Coleman Coolbox. $209.95. Essential equipment this winter. Oh yes… AM/FM Radio, CD Player, Integrated CD Storage Compartment Stores 8 CD’s, Two 4″ Speakers, Cooler Compartment keeps 9 Cans or 6 Bottles of Soda Cool…
Read MorePrint this!
National Geographic are offering free PDFs of some of their famous photos to allow you to print off 25 x 33 inch posters at home. New posters are added each month. What nice people, and what a happy coincidence that there are adverts for HP printers and inks on the page, eh?
Read MoreLucky shirt.
Meet Women with This Lucky Shirt. Huh? The current bid for this delectable item is $278.06. Complete with money back guarantee! I have owned this shirt for about 10 years and whenever I wear it I attract women everywhere I go. I estimate that I have picked up or have been picked up by 500-550 women when wearing this shirt. I am just an average looking guy, I’m not rich, and I’m actually on the shy side so I typically…
Read MoreDS Band.
Not to be outdone by current Sony PSP PR, Nintendo has been demonstrating some of the cool wireless tech in its new DS handheld console. Check out this fab video of a group of Japanese execs very self-consciously ‘getting down’ with some wireless co-op music playing using a new program called Band Brothers. Rather cool tech. Rather naff song. For those who are about to rock, we salute you!
Read MoreWrist Cam PDA.
The Wrist Cam PDA watch. Hah! They call it a Wrist PDA Digital Camera II. But they’re Chinese. The Ferret is going to call it a Wrist Cam PDA. Because we can and we want to. Whatever, it looks like the Chinese have discovered super miniaturisation, so hold on to yer hats folks. Camera – Home time – Daily Alarm – Calendar – Schedule Alarm – Telephone – To Do List – Password Protection – Game · Internal Memory: 4M-bit SRAM (equivalent…
Read MoreSmart Mug.
The Smart Mug. $24.95. Now here’s a product clearly calling out for the USB treatment. But what do we get? Yet another tedious miniature Xmas tree ionizer. Sheesh! Plug Smart Mug into your car’s cigarette lighter to keep beverages exactly the temperature you specify! Perfect for coffee, tea or hot chocolate. Choose any temperature between 85 and 160 degrees F; an audible alert confirms that the beverage is ready to drink. The dishwasher-safe liner is removable for washing. 16 oz. mug fits standard…
Read MoreVivadi.
The Vivadi Saturn. The name may make it sound like a downmarket Korean SUV, but it’s being billed as the world’s most advanced television set. Well they might have a point since it sports a 46 inch twin tuner plasma TV with integrated 200GB Media PC/PVR, DVD Recorder, Internet/email access and add-on flat panel NXT speakers. It’s very cheap too. Just £15,999.00 for the basic system with the optional NXT’s coming in at a paltry £7,999.00. Hah, chump change. Unsurprisingly it’s for sale at Harrods!
Read MoreI see. I think. I know.
InfoIC. Neat freeware site watcher that lets you also receive alerts when a small part of a site changes. InfoIC – Scan websites for changes, prompts you when they change, and highlights the changes with colors. Sample: Say you want to be updated with the newest movies currently showing. Just surf to your favorite movies website, ADD it to InfoIC website tracking software, you will automatically be prompted with changes in the added page.
Read MoreTV Ears.
TV Ears. Hey, super useful they may be, but as a tech design statement these things don’t speak to me at all. Know what I mean? At any volume. $169.95. Great for people with mild or moderate hearing loss, the TV Ears allow you to clearly hear the TV without turning up the volume. This is accomplished through the use of voice-enhancement technology, which raises hard to hear words above the program’s background sound so they’ll stand out…Automatic volume control (AVC) automatically reduces…
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