The Wireless Pet Doorbell Mat. So like the pet stands on the mat and the door bell goes. Simple eh? But just consider the potential for abuse by a mischevious feline or pooch? Hop on, hop off, hop on, hop off. Who me? Ringing the bell all night from 3.00 am? Naaah! $59.95. [Via Seihin] The wireless Pet Door Bell Chime Mat is designed to look like a doormat and the chime can sit on the floor or mount on the wall….
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Voice Buddy.
Voice Buddy. Voice recognition package for games. Load it up and start issuing game commands and all sorts of groovy stuff using your mouth instead of your fingers. Sounds great, but somehow we suspect that fragging your way out of Castle Wolfenstein using voice commands may just be a bit painful. Whatever. It’s $39.95. There’s nothing else like it. This is the must-have add-on that every gamer needs. Only Voice Buddy gives you true, interactive voice control for games and…
Read MoreMoody Microphone.
Why settle for a boring old PC microphone when you can invest $9.00 and get yourself a Classic Condenser Microphone? Coming to you from the old Radio Music Hall, here’s Tommy Wansworth and his Troubadour Bandsmiths. Or something. Outstanding transparency and natural sound reproduction # An extended 20 Hz to 20 kHz frequency response # Flat response curve for accurate reproduction of sound sources # Low noise and high output clipping level # Low distortion over a wide range…
Read MoreAKA.
AKA (or AlwaysKnownAs.com). A kind of nickname based Plaxo without the spamming? Set up an account with nickname, enter all your contact details and distribute nickname so people can keep up with you when you change jobs, homes, names, sex or whatever. These services are great if you spend a lot of time moving around from place to place, but for boring stick in the muds like me? Not really. Actually I have a sneaking suspicion that a Skype name may end…
Read MoreBrick.
The PM304AF MP3 Player and FM Tuner brick. OK, so it’s not a brick, it’s a portable device. But you get what we mean, don’t you?
Read MoreSunny bike.
The E-V Sunny Solar Bike. Solar panels built into the wheels, propelling bike at up to 30 kilometers per hour. $1295.00. Cool (or warm). (or something). The E-V Sunny Bicycle has light absorbing Solar panels built right into the Wheels, creating continual power from the Sun’s Rays, and maintaining a constant charge to the batteries. The bike is propelled by a 500 watt front hub motor. The variable speed electronic controller drives the bike to speeds of up to 30…
Read MoreAnimatronic Sir Alan.
The Animatronic Sir Alan. Er..so there’s Donald Trump in the US doing The Apprentice thing, and in the UK there’s Sir Alan Sugar. But only here would they produce a surreal animatronic desk ornament which talks and stuff. Words can only attempt to describe our embarrassment. £39.00. [Thanks Graeme]
Read MoreWi-Fi Tester.
There is a school of thought that says if you’re going to carry around a wireless Internet tester gizmo, then it should be glaringly loud yellow and totally in your face. That’s just one school, of course. Your tuition may lead you towards a different star. $274.99. See signal strength in any location, identify equipment name and channel of transmission, and identify and communicate with IEEE 802.11b/g access points. The Wi-Net Window Wireless Tester features a full alphanumeric LCD that…
Read MoreAnimate your photos.
A service which charges £12.00 to animate a photo of your face? Perhaps not. The animations are shipped as video clips compressed in .zip format. Use a decompression tool (free at 7-zip) and extract the .avi. You can play it back with any video player (free at VLC). Video clips with .mov extension are best viewed with QuickTime or MPlayer.
Read MoreRoad warrior.
The Baal All Terrain Off Road Bike Concept. Finalist in this year’s Michelin Challenge design contest, features hands and feet steering, a 500 ccm ATV engine and a big rubber track instead of sniffy things like wheels. Aren’t concept designs fun? It is based on a bendable rubber track that guarantees maximum traction as well as freely changeable directions. To make the handling more comfortable and interesting, the vehicle is steered by hands and feet. Being intelligent and ground adopting…
Read MoreDigital Clock T-Shirt.
The Digital Clock T-Shirt. Set it to the wrong time and watch fellow commuters freak out. Fun for all the family. A$59.95. This comical addition to your party wardrobe runs off 4 x AAA batteries, which are discreetly hidden in a little pocket inside the shirt. With a simple flick of the “on” switch (located on the discreet battery pack), you can go from anonymous punter to “life of the party”…Then you can put in a new set of batteries…
Read MoreBattery Blender.
The Battery Powered Blender. Smoothies on the beach, fruit juice in the car, it all sounds lovely doesn’t it? Sceptical stirrers that we are, however, we wonder just how effective 4 AA batteries are going to be when faced with a tub full of tough nut blueberries. £10.00. With this blender you can make your favourite smoothie or maybe a cheeky cocktail whilst relaxing in the garden soaking up some rays. You could even take this handy little blender on…
Read MoreSuper Mini Sound Box.
The Super Mini Sound Box is a weird little external speaker that features a ‘retractable resonator’ which apparently increases the sound coming from your audio player. $15.00 says that it doesn’t improve the sound enough to justify sporting a bulge in the pocket all day long. Built-in lithium ion battery, changing via USB port. # Dual 3.2cm speaker. # Retractable resonator provide louder sound. # Power volume control knob. # LED indicator. # Applicable to iPods, MP3/MP4 player, PDA, Mobile…
Read MoreAll the news…
The Newspaper Snippet Generator is fun. [Via Metafilter].
Read MoreFerret posts this week
Here’s a quick round-up of Ferrety posts from the past week for anyone who missed them. Enjoy. USB Rock Star. – The USB Rock Star. Dancing and… The Computer Bed. – The Computer Bed. Part desk, part… Tamagotchi lives. – Tamagotchi 3 Connexions. More… The Doggie Driver. – The Doggie Driver dog… Sun watcher watch. – The Zeon Tech Solsuno looks like… How to reinstall Windows without losing data. – How to Reinstall Windows Without… Sports Car DVD Player. – The Ferret…
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