The JBL On Tour Portable Speakers. Not normally a lover of portable speakers are we. But these look rather stylish. 24 hour play time on 4 batteries and a black colour option too. Yummy. €99.00.
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BioResonator.
The BioResonator Set. Looking suspiciously like a tuning fork on a plank of hollow wood, this is actually an adjustable tuning fork on a plank of wood. Subtle difference see, and all to do with Theta brain waves, sound and banana milk shakes. OK, so we made the last bit up, but you get the drift. $259.95. “Difference tones” created by the BioResonator are used to align your brain waves for deep meditation, relaxed awareness, problem solving, creative thinking and…
Read MoreEZ Pad?
The SpeakerCraft EZ-Pad A/V Remote Control. Dude, how could anyone, and we mean anyone, dare to call something like this an ‘EZ Pad’? It’s like calling the Space Shuttle a microlight. Jeepers. $524.99. The SpeakerCraft EZ-Pad system is an expandable IR repeating system that uses an RS-485 communication protocol between the keypads and controller, letting users press buttons on an easy-to-read keypad or even use a component’s original infrared remote to send commands to another room. The EZ-Pad Controller is…
Read MoreBluetooth GPS to go.
The G-Sat BT-328 Bluetooth GPS Receiver. These GPS thingies are starting to look kind of cute. Small, powerful and most importantly with very long battery life. This one sports a 16 hour run time, which is plenty for navigating from your door to the supermarket. The BT-328 is the latest Bluetooth GPS from Globalsat. Built with the latest SiRFStarII low power technology. It combines performance with low cost creating an entry level BT GPS at a very attractive price. Compatible…
Read MoreTrax customer tracker.
The Trax Visual Proof system is designed to let merchants track customers coming through their store door. If that sounds a bit scary, maybe it’s because it is. But hey, that’s 21st century living for ya. Eyes in the spy. TRAX Is Proud to Announce the introduction of Visual Proof that Guarantees 100% accuracy of the traffic counters and provides you an overall profile of your customer base. We install a High quality camera system and Linux Server which…
Read MoreiPod Backpack.
The iPod Mono-Strap Backpack. Well let’s assume that you want to have a backpack with some geeky looking iPod control buttons and a headphone jack on the strap. Would you pay $99.99 for it? Or would you get out your trusty scissors and an old rucksack you have in the attic? Answers on a damp electronic gadget please… All this tech wonder is made possible by a ribbon cable connection inside the backpack which plugs into the dock connector on…
Read MoreDiscovery Speed Detector.
The Discover Speed Detector. A speed detector for $39.95. Yeah, yeah, so it’ll only measure speeds up to 60 mph, but that’s as fast as the human eye can track a moving watermelon anyway, isn’t it? So, just a fun way for the kids to terrorize the neighbours, or a little bit more? Your call. # 5 different speed detection modes # Measures speeds from 2 to 60 mph # See how fast you can throw a baseball or how fast…
Read MoreUSB Vaccine Drive.
The Iocell USB Vaccine Drive. The world’s first portable anti-virus USB drive. It’ll automatically run an anti-virus engine when plugged into the USB port of a computer and vape any virus, spyware or adware nasties it finds. And at USB 2.0 speeds.
Read MoreWireless SCART Sender.
Wireless SCART Sender. Neat idea, peeps. Cram a wireless 2.4 GHz audio/visual sender into a SCART plug and beam your TV programs to any other set in the house. It even comes with a UHF remote control extender. Small, discreet and priced at just £39.99. What more could a telly addict ask for? Watch movies, Satellite, Freeview channels on any TV in house without moving your DVD, Satellite receiver VCR player or running messy cables. • 2.4GHz wireless connection, avoiding…
Read MoreDIY LCD Photo Frame.
The most marvellous Mike Haney of Popsci has produced a fascinating account of building a DIY LCD Photo Frame out of an old decrepit IBM laptop, some string and a copy of the free Slickr screensaver. Super delicious for just $80.00 and a packet of crisps, Mikey. But the real star of this project is Slickr…a screensaver that displays a constantly updated slideshow of images from my account on Flickr.com, a free photo-sharing site. I can even set it to show…
Read MoreHero R/C Vampire Bat.
The Hero R/C Animatronic Vampire Bat. Yep, gotta say that if I saw this thing scuttling across the room towards me I’d not be too happy. Luckily it appears that it’s only the head and mouth that move, but even so…. Yours for a measly $6500.00. These creepy little crawlers was scaring audiences on Halloween (2005) in the CBS movie “Vampire Bats”. There were 32 pieces, made up of animatronic heroes, Crawlers, Flappers and static props that were used…
Read MoreFerret posts this week
Here’s a quick round-up of Ferrety posts from the past week for anyone who missed them. Enjoy. Bluebottle spam killer. – Bluebottle. 100% effective spam… AAA Logo Maker. – AAA Logo Maker. So you’ve… The Media Tank. – The Media Tank. The Ferret is… Android dawn. – Well it’s almost here. The… Keymon wireless keylogger. – The Keymon Wireless Keylogger…. Hair remover with pedal. – Vector Hair Removal System. Must… Google hearts hubs. – The Google USB Mouse Pad. Quick,……
Read MoreLink-o-Matic – Etch-a-Sketch Portraits and more…
Etch-a-Sketch Portraits – $5000.00 buys you a lot of iron filings. Aroma Tiles – scratch n’sniff wall tiles? Weird. The Lava Wave Clock Radio – trippy, man. Atomic Clock Sync – automatic clock setting freeware for your PC. Clinical Herb Manuals – A to Z of clinical herbs. Astonishing resource.
Read MoreFireball media maker.
The Escient DVDM 552 Media Manager sports a 500 GB hard disk and can handle up to 2000 DVDs and CDs in external changers. Man, who’s got time to look at all that stuff? I barely have time to watch half a Becker rerun episode a week. Ooops, did I just admit that? Tsk. There is no better way to enjoy your home theater than with the DVDM-552’s ability to graphically organize and display your entire DVD, CD and digital music collection…
Read MoreEZ Dub.
The Lite-On SOHW-1673SU EZ-Dub DVD Copier. This little puppy offers a 3 step disk copy in a neat little external form factor. Shove a DVD or CD into the drive, press the Dub button, and replace disk with a blank one when prompted. There, even your gran could do that, eh? Also does drag and drop backups. LITE-ON introduces EZ-DUB, a patented new feature, making copying easier and more hassle-free for users than ever before. The EZ-DUB function works with the addition…
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