60207 is a brand new comparison shopping service for your mobile phone.Use it to find the best Internet prices on white and electrical goods by sending a text message to…ah…60207. They’ll send you back the three best prices for that product. Not a new idea of course, but interesting to see another company join the market. Even if it’s UK only. Choose a product in a store. Copy the manufacturers’ name and product code into a new text message. Send the…
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Digital Light Studio – drawings and sculptures?
The Digital Light Studio. It’s not often that we feature products on the Ferret which we really don’t understand, but this is one time when we have to ‘fess up. What is this? What does it do? Why does it cost $75.00. And what on earth are ‘light sculptures’? Improve your 3-dimensional art skills—or just have fun—with this digital light studio. Draw, morph and animate original ‘drawings’ in 3-D. Studio has 32 LEDs, a 360° spiral dome and a demo…
Read More68 bulb lamp – how bright is too bright?
The 68 Bulb LED Flashlight. Blind yourself with science, literally. Or failing that try ordering a pizza from your local hostelry out the window using Morse Code and a pair of your old Y-Fronts. This is probably quite a bright – signal Mars – type flashlight, d’you think?
Read MoreCuboglass – the TV that isn’t sure
The CuboGlass Television tries very hard to pretend it’s not. A television. It does this mainly by masquerading as a microwave oven. Without the *ding*. It’s €950.00 though, which makes it an expensive way to cook a pie. Or not. CUBOGLASS is much more than a television set, it’s an absolute clear sign. When it’s off you can’t make out what it’s for exactly : desirable even before you now what it’s used for. This is due to the irony…
Read MoreSound Sentinel – protecting ears everywhere
The Sound Sentinel. Stick this puppy in the corner of your nearest loud venue and it will automatically switch off the building’s power supply when a preset maximum noise level is reached. The perfect tool for people living next door to rock venues, eh? Woot! The main unit has a built-in microphone to measure noise levels (remotely mounted microphones are available too). The Sentinel flashes a warning as noise levels approach the maximum permitted for the area. Eventually the red lights…
Read MoreUSB Mirror Card Reader
USB Mirror Card Reader. You see what you really need is a five slot USB card reader which has a mirror slapped on to the front. Just in case you need to freshen up before uploading those holiday snaps to your laptop. Probably. $22.00. USB Mirror Card Reader which is a 5 slots all in one card reader with stylish mirror outer covering. It offers a DIRECT slot for T-flash so that adapter is NOT required. It provides you the easiest,…
Read MoreMediaFire – unlimited file hosting for free
MediaFire. Unlimited file hosting and downloading for free. Ad supported (mostly AdSense from what I can tell at the moment). The user interface is great (i.e. simple), sign up is instant and the whole service is one of the best I’ve seen in terms of speed and ease of use. You just have to wonder how long the company can maintain this level of service with such a limited revenue model. How deep are your pockets guys? Ah well… You assume all…
Read MoreTurn your photos into a Lichtenstein pop art
Excellent Photoshop tutorial by Melissa Clifton on how to turn your photos into Lichtenstein inspired pop art. It’s not for Photoshop beginners, but it’s well worth reading if only for the cool factor of being able to create fab retro posters with your choice of subject matter. Benday dots were Lichtenstein’s trademark. Benday dots are a printing process which combines two (or more) different small, coloured dots to create a third colour. Back in the day, pulp comic books used benday dots in primary colours…
Read MoreSuper VGA Box – console TFT love
The Logic3 Super VGA Box connects up games consoles and PC TFT or CRT monitors. No more flicker, flacker on that 1950’s TV stuck in the corner of the room. Complete with remote control, so you can remotely control things. Lots of things. From all sorts of exotic places like Madagascar, Venice, Prague, Mogadishu…[that’s enough – Ed]. £49.99. The new TV VGA Box from Logic3 allow the use of Video game consoles on an PC Monitor or watch TV. It…
Read MoreLaser cat toy
The Scoobee Laserchase Cat Toy. Drive your moggy nutz by flicking the laser light around the room and up the walls. 12 different laser shapes to choose from. £6.99. The Scoobee Laserchase is a new device that focuses on what cats find most stimulating, light. By giving the owner control of a low intensity laser beam, cats immediately switch to hunting mode and have no hesitation in chasing the images around until they are exhausted. This not only gives them…
Read MoreTotal Isolation System – can you hear me?
The Total Isolation System masks sound through the use of a set of custom fitted Challenger S isolation earphones and a Marsona white noise generator. Result? You probably won’t hear much at all. Which may be a good thing or bad, of course. Priced from around $315.00. WARNING: Using the Total Isolation System at a volume that exceeds safe levels can damage your hearing. The Total Isolation System is capable of masking emergency alarms, crying children and other sounds you…
Read MoreEgg Cuber
The Egg Cuber. Transform your boring old round eggs into square ones. We gather from studies carried out by our test team that this product will not work with raw eggs, but only with those that have been boiled in extremely hot water. You have been warned. $2.99. What kind of a chicken lays a square egg? Use this nifty egg cuber to transform a round egg into a square egg. Sturdy, clear plastic design.
Read MoreDIY Thumb Drive Raid Array
The DIY Thumb Drive RAID Array. Missed this one first time out, but it’s still pretty cool. A USB 2.0 RAID array using four standard 512 MB USB flash drives. The results, using a very cheap hub and some naff drives, was a sixfold increase in I/O speeds but at the cost of reliability. Oh and it only seemed to work on Linux. It would be interesting to try this again now with a bunch of higher quality 4 GB drives and…
Read MoreScrybe – offline and online organiser
Scrybe. An interesting new web application that looks as though it will offer a new twist on the old calendar, to-do list metaphor. Of course it’s all Ajax and Web 2.0 looking but the innovative print out and timezone options point to something a little bit different. It’s hidden behind a video walkthrough at the moment, but definitely one to watch. Scrybe is a groundbreaking online organizer that caters to today´s lifestyle in a cohesive and intuitive way. Simple solutions for some age old problems….
Read MorePhotoshop panorama tips
How to create a photo panorama from multiple images using Photoshop’s hidden Photomerge feature. Neat. Believe it or not, a lot of people don’t know that Photoshop can automatically stitch photos together to create a panorama. If you continue reading, then I’m guessing you fall into the “believe it” category. Honestly, when I show people where this feature is and that it’s really called Photomerge instead of Create Panorama, they’re always amazed.
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