The Datatec SRComm [Google translate] is a black box flight recorder for cars. Stores things like acceleration, steering wheel action and braking using GPS and a passel of sensors. And saves data onto Memory Stick. How long before these are mandatory, driven by insurance premium pressure or law?
Read MoreMonthly Archives: January 2005
Pucker up.
Remote Hot Lips. £14.99. There’s got to be some way to get maximum value from this toy on Valentine’s Day, but darned if we can come up with it. *Sigh*. Getting too old! Press the remote’s button to set the lips off emitting one of 6 different smooching sounds from up to 20metres away! Embarrass your friends, and family! Or even use to make a hint to a want-to-love one :) Kissing sounds range from a quick peck to a big slobber! Just place…
Read MoreOuch… brrrr…
The Talking Key Chain Thermometer. Sometimes it’s important to know why your toes have suddenly gone numb. $7.95. Know the temperature at the push of a button. Simply attach the key chain to your keys, jacket zipper or any convient location, and then simply press the button and the temperature is announced in degrees Fahrenheit. Uses one button cell battery.
Read MoreWorker’s playtime.
The Omnirax range of music workstation desks could be really useful for those with too much gear and not enough cat-swingin’ room.
Read MoreCarry cot.
The Portable Backpack Hammock. $99.00. Is the Ferret lazy and does this qualify as a Ferret friendly tool? Does a polecat have whiskers? World’s first full-size, portable hammock fits right in its own backpack so you can take it to the beach, camping or just into your own backyard! At eight feet long, our hammock is perfect for all of your backyard and beach excursions. It weighs only 22 pounds in its own sleek backpack; sets up in seconds…
Read MoreTiny tech talent.
This teeny prototype battery powered LED projector from InFocus looks awful cute, doesn’t it? No more news, sorry that’s it.
Read MoreTrack trasher.
The Data Destroyer Office Pro. $199.00. Phew, for a moment there, the Ferret thought this was called the Office Destroyer Data Pro. But we digress. Oh and there’s probably no truth in the rumours that the company recently demonstrated the unit by loading up batches of the latest Avril Lavigne album. Businesses can now destroy the information on up to 50 discarded CDs and/or DVDs by pressing a single button with Data Destroyer Office PRO… The unit applies thousands of tiny imprints to…
Read MoreYour podness!
Is podcasting the new CB radio, or does it have legs? Time will tell. In the meantime some stuff on the subject: Podcasting is cool. Podcasting sucks. I’m not sure, I think it’s… no wait… Who cares, come to our Podcast Expo anyway. We need the money. Just shut up, download our free Sparks! prog and record podcasts ad nauseum. Pah, what you really need is our iPodder program.
Read MoreWord back!
The Word Backup Utility. Use this free Microsoft Word template to backup your computer. Yep you heard me, use Word as a file archiving tool. Colour me astonished! [From the very cool O’Reilly book, Word Hacks]. Use this coded Word template to backup your system. We here at MouseTrax use this system to backup our entire network, in an amazingly short time! Greg even uses this same code for enterprise network backups. Just include the directories you want backed up and provide a…
Read MoreArtocracy.
Artocracy. Art for the masses, by the masses? Power up the inkjet printer and play! Artocracy was started to help artists make extra money through digital and downloadable prints…We realize that a digital print is not a one of a kind artwork; they are not meant to be. These prints are to bring challenging ideas, innovative artworks, and people together. Not all art has to be precious, there is a freedom in having it not be precious. Artocracy is about the…
Read MoreFeedbeep.
Feedbeep. Send any RSS feed to your phone via SMS. Swish! FeedBeep is the final link between you and the wealth of information published on the internet. Hundreds of thousands of data feeds are available in RSS format, and now you can receive alerts about events worldwide — as they happen — right on your SMS-capable phone. Alerts can be set to go to your mobile device or our web messaging system based on your keywords or any time new…
Read MoreCommodore redux.
The Commodore 64 DTV. £24.99. Harrumph! Back in the day, you went out and bought a Commodore computer and it looked like a real computer. A man’s computer. Not one of these sissy joystick wallahs! Bah humbug! The Commodore 64 (also known as C64) has unparalleled heritage as a groundbreaking games and home-use personal computer. Since it’s launch in 1982, the C64’s role in the evolution of the modern games industry was incredibly powerful and the echoes of its influence…
Read MoreErgo I am, maybe.
The Ergomatic Keyboard. $175.00. Can this fearsome looking implement really be ergonomic? Handwritten answers only please, to… Designed by the internationally recognized expert Lillian Malt of England, the Ergomatic keyboard provides users with the option to use the standard QWERTY layout or the revolutionary Malt layout. At the touch of a key, users can switch from the standard QWERTY layout, which was designed to slow typers down, to enjoy the Malt layout, which is ergonomically correct for the mind! The…
Read MoreCopy cat.
The DX-2 Disc Publisher. Start your own record label for $2995.00. Microboards DX-2 features either two 52X CD or two 16X DVD (32X CD) recorders combined with our World Famous Print Factory print engine. The easy-to-use, yet powerful recording software enables users to burn and print seperate jobs to each drive or a single job to all drives. The DX-2 prints at up to 4800 dpi with ultra-fast CD or DVD recording…The DX-2 print engine connects to your PC via USB…
Read MoreDIY surround sound cans.
DIY surround sound four channel headphone mod. Geeky? Sure. Hard to do? Probably. Effective? Apparently. Complete with mixing box. In effect, you get a very real theater sound (Better sound then most theaters) It feels like your [sic] on the set, and you can hear many details that you never hear in the theatre…It’s fun to turn down the front speakers and just listen to the rears, there is often sounds from the crew or director that the mixer’s didn’t catch.
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