The Digital Battery Tester. £5.99. Useful little widget for battery users everywhere, especially if you’re fed up fiddling around with a multimeter to check on old cells. The LCD display of this Digital Battery Tester clearly indicates the voltage of D, C, AA, AAA and 9 V batteries, especially as there are two different scales for 1.5 V and 9 V batteries. It’s compact design is another advantage.
Read MoreMonthly Archives: January 2005
Make movies.
MakeMovies. A rather super set of comprehensive and free tutorials on all aspects of creating cartoon animation, including scriptwriting, character creation, equipment etc. One for the budding animator in the family.
Read MoreFresh patents.
Fresh Patents dot com. It’s like watching a rolling history of hope and optimism. Viz this reduced stress taxi cab. FreshPatents.com: the latest published US patent applications each week BEFORE the USPTO decision to grant/deny. FREE innovative services like keyword monitoring, RSS feeds and browse by location. Learn about new ideas for FREE. Register New applications are published Monday.
Read MoreClear as a bell.
The AccoustiClear Alarm Clock Radio. Comes with the speaker embedded in the clear plastic, see? That’s why they call it the Accousti….ah ferget it. Should be a mirror, really. So you can see just how happy you are to wake up at 4am on those chilly Mondays. $100.00. Meet the bedside alarm clock radio that sounds like a full-size audio system. Our AcoustiClear Alarm Clock Radio uses advanced clear-speaker technology to deliver rich, three-dimensional sound to your bedside. Its integrated mini-subwoofer provides deep,…
Read MoreUSB Cup warmer.
USB Cup Warmer. At last, a geeky grande half-decaf, skim, foam but no whip, hazelnut latte with sprinkles warmer that actually looks as though it’ll work. £9.99 ($16.48). Why is it that a really good cuppa always seems to cool at 10 times the normal rate when you’re working at your computer, it’s really very annoying. Well at last there’s a suitably techy solution in the USB cup warmer. Simply plug this little gadget into your USB port, wrap the…
Read MoreLe Segway, zoot alors!
Looks like the Europeans may be warming to the Segway concept better than the domestic US market. Viz the Oxygen Network – a zero emission vehicle rental station in the city of Lille in France. The Oxygen Station is located on the Champ de Mars, just Northwest of Lille near a large parking lot. The Oxygen Boutique is located in the center of the city at the Lille Flandres railway station. A total of 16 Segway HTs and 25 electric bikes…
Read MoreSyn-ful future.
The Ford SYN US concept car. With its slit windows and menacing front profile this concept urban vehicle looks like something out of Judge Dredd. An armoured car SUV for the terminally frightened perhaps? Look well suburbanites, for this is your post-Hummer future. The architecture of the SYN US comes from the Ford Fiesta and the inspiration definitely came from bank vaults and armored cars – this concept’s exterior design immediately communicates that it takes security seriously. When parked and…
Read MoreBang Pistols.
Bang Pistols. Things to leave at home when flying. #3 in an occasional series. £1.49 a pack. The delightfully silly pistol-shaped party poppers are for people who take partying seriously. Simply inflate the pistols (you get two in a pack), squeeze, and out shoots a spray of party streamers. Considerably more fun than your normal poppers.
Read MoreSearch fo’ fonts.
Search Free Fonts. A search engine for free and commercial fonts. Worth a bookmark.
Read MoreH2x-Prize?
The WaterCarOne project. The world’s first contest to develop a car powered by water. First prize 3 million euros ($3.96 million). Need some cash? Get going then. Will this do for I-90 travel what the X-Prize promises for high 90K travel? Or will it all end up a…cough…damp squib? The web site is a bit weird (read sparse), but it all looks kinda kosher…er…doesn’t it?
Read MoreTag, you’re it.
The Desktop Rover Laser Tag Tank. £44.99. The Ferret’s suggestion? Bundle up and return that smiley face cooking apron that Aunt Flo bought you from Ikea and go out and get this instead. You know it’ll be more fun. Really. Every Desktop Rover is also equipped with an infrared “Laser Tag” game. Up to 4 Rovers can compete at once. Each remote control has a “reload trigger”. After 6 shots, you’ll need to reload by pulling back on the middle pull…
Read MoreOneClick and you’re gone.
The OneClick intelligent computer power strip. £28.00 worth of cleverness. Super neato. OneClick the intelligent mains panel automatically controls the power to all of your peripherals from your computer. Switch on your computer and OneClick instantly switches power to your monitor, scanner, printer, games console and speakers. Switch your computer off and OneClick turns them all off again. It’s that simple. OneClick can save you energy, save you money, extend the life of all your peripherals and give you the…
Read MoreOh la, choc.
The Chocolatiere. $29.95. The Ferret can’t stand chocolate. Nope. Nasty stuff. All that brown. Sweetness. Melty, gooey-ness. Mmm… Er…excuse us for a moment, be right back… Excalibur’s new Chocolatiere is both a chocolate fondue pot and your personal fancy–candy maker. Delight your guests with an invitingly warm (but not too hot!) dipping chocolate for their strawberries, pineapple chunks, orange slices, bananas or other favorites. Or create a five inch, whipped–cream–filled chocolate–covered heart for Valentine’s day. Or use the other included molds…
Read MoreWhat’s that smell?
Sushi Pillows. Hey, I soya one of those in the shops…time for bed chop, chop…salmon sling me a pillowcase, please…[OK, that’s enough – Ed]. From around $23.00. Finally you may now purchase a giant sushi in the form of a soft and comfortable pillow! Our pillows are each hand made and come in a variety of styles some include – California Roll, Avocado Roll, and Salmon Roll (with more types on the way!).
Read MoreHive mentality?
Lots of chat around about the upcoming new Exeem service [dead link at the moment, note!] to replace BitTorrent, but I’m wondering whether tech like this SwarmStream stuff is really the future of large file downloading? Answers on a broadband pipe to… The SwarmStream SDK is a comprehensive suite of acceleration technologies that greatly enhance the raw speed and reliability, of enterprise, consumer, and military applications over Wide-Area Networks. Onion Networks redefines state-of-the-art by being the first company to provide WAN…
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