The Model 22 SIM Backup Device. Anonymous looking box is apparently a second generation SIM backup device in that it can handle GSM and CDMA, can store 1000 directory entries over 4 separate SIMs and can restore without using a PC. $15.00. It is compatible with GSM & CDMA and has a large capacity to save 1000 telephone directory information. It can very conveniently backup telephone directory information of all kinds of SIM card to the device. It can also…
Read MoreMonthly Archives: March 2006
Scaredy mail.
WillSelfDestruct.com. Free, anonymous, single view, self destructing online email service. I’m not sure that I understand the logic behind trusting your private messages to a remote server outside your control, but hey, we’re open minded here at Ferret Towers. Absolutely Okay, so what do I use this for? A: To be honest with you, we‘re not precisely sure. Here are some ideas: * Sending out passwords? it‘s much better than your password sitting in someone else‘s mailbox for eternity, or *…
Read MoreSelf Parking BMW.
The Self Parking BMW car (video). Hmm…not long now before we see more of these self parking vehicles littering the streets. And not long after that before the first lawsuits when puppies get run over or whatever.
Read MoreFerret posts this week
Here’s a quick round-up of Ferrety posts from the past week for anyone who missed them. Enjoy. The Phone-Fi System. – The Centrios Cordless Phone and CD… Biometric Wall Vault. – The Biometric Wall Vault…. Classifieds come to Google. – Block Rocker. Google maps meets… Well hard TV. – The Humax LG32TPVR is a flat… SMS 007. – SMS 007. Jiri from Czech software… LTB Wireless Surround Headphones. – LTB 2.4GHz, 5.1 six channel… Diamond dancing. – The Dance-On Piano….
Read MoreLink-o-Matic – iLiad and more…
The iLiad – e-book readers get serious. HTML.net – learn CSS and HTML the easy way. London traffic alerts – nice, but why not use Google maps? Cluster Ballooning – crazy people, crazy ‘sport’. Pligg – yet another content management system.
Read MoreDuff EMI DRM. Sigh.
Yet more useless DRM. What is it with the dumb music industry, eh? This time it’s EMI.
Read MoreCP-1 USB Spy Mouse.
The CP-1 USB Spy Mouse. Nope, doesn’t contain a little plastic fish. Guess again. That’s right, this puppy holds a rather more sinister secret, a little condenser microphone which transmits to any nearby receiver. Great way to discover if Simpkins of Accounts really is in love with the photocopier guy. Yes, it’s just like a mouse. CP-1 is a transmitter mouse. A sensitive condenser microphone is built in it. CP-1 starts working as soon as you connect it to the…
Read MoreHome biofeedback system.
The GSR-2 Home Biofeedback System. GSR for Galvanic Skin Resistance, see? Anyhoo, this baby promises to reduce your stress by teaching you how to keep the feedback tone nicely low and steady. I guess that while you’re concentrating on this task, you’ll tend not to be worrying about other things anyway. $59.95. The GSR 2, home biofeedback device precisely monitors your stress levels by translating tiny tension-related changes in skin pores into a rising or falling tone. By resting two fingers on the sensing…
Read MoreBiker’s wireless liberty.
The Intaride Liberty Wireless Motorbike System. The world’s first universal wireless communication system for any helmet, any bike. Not just vanilla comms either, we’re talking Bluetooth powered GPS, music, bike to bike intercom and radar detector. Complete with automatic volume adjustment as the wind noise changes. Pretty cool, huh? Just clip the unit onto your helmet and go. Priced at £299.00 introductory full kit offer. [Via Daily Motorcycle News] Finally, here is a system that gives you all the features of…
Read MoreOil Standard.
Oil Standard. A groovy Greasemonkey script which converts all online US $ prices into the equivalent value in barrels of crude oil. Suddenly you can see just what the value of that iPod is in oil resources. Bit spooky, although I’m not certain where it leads us in the end.
Read MoreWorld music finder.
Calabash Music. Billed as the world’s first fair trade music company, this cool site features…er…world music. Excellent, about time, nice one! Offers a limited range of free tracks for download – c’mon guys don’t be so mean, shove some more tunes up there – and a great selection of stuff to buy from all sorts of obscure villages and villes. And artists get…gasp…paid! Through our digital network, independent artists are able to sell directly to you. Our artists earn an ‘equal exchange’…
Read MoreAttensa online RSS reader.
Attensa Online. It’s hard to get excited about RSS readers any more, two a penny really, eh? But stumbled across this puppy a few days ago and quite liked it. Nice feel, very quick and accessible from any computer. Worth a look-see. And it’s free. Attensa Online is a Web based RSS reader that works like a dedicated RSS reader application to make keeping on top of RSS information easy. Attensa Online is a free online RSS reader that you…
Read MoreMichael Jackson sings off-key.
We do feel sorry for companies sometimes. Really we do. The Ferret has just received it’s first Cease & Desist notice, although strictly speaking, since it’s from a Media & Ethics Department [huh? – Ed] rather than lawyers it’s more like a wannabe. The problem? That we featured a product called the Laundry Pure from a company called EcoQuest International this week. Yep, our crime good ladies and gentlemen of the jury, is that we dared to give free publicity to their product on the pages…
Read MorePhlash flash.
Phlash is a camera phone flash unit which is ‘12 times brighter than the largest sun’. Ah sorry, that’s the Death Star press blurb. Anyway, this could be a useful tool for midnight snappers everywhere. $19.95. [Via Techdigest] The world’s first universal cameraphone flash! 12 times brighter than most built-in flashes. Finally, take pictures indoors and at night with that camera you already have in your pocket!
Read MoreDJ plays, records, leaves.
The Vestax CDR-07. Billed as the world’s first professional rewritable audio CD recorder. Apparently DJs can now record in real time on stage. What, screams? OK, I confess I’m a little impressed, it’s got pink buttons for goodness sake. The Vestax CDR-07 can record any kind of music and sound to CDs, with the world’s most diffused digital media, using only one cable in real time and with DJ beloved features such as +/-100% tempo control, master tempo, scratch mode,…
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