The Amphibious Chariot. From yellow blob boat to blob tank to ugly blob car in two three easy moves. Be still my beating battery pack. £19.99 complete with controller. Is it a boat? Is it a car? Is it a tank? You decide! 4 x 4 car or tank, wheels flip into the body to become a boat Can be used to transport cans of pop whilst in land mode Working lights
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Swing Shot Tennis Robot
The Swing Shot Tennis Robot. I have a feeling that this is a pretty sophisticated tennis robot thingy, which can serve balls and all sorts of clever stuff. It may not look much like a fancy android, but I bet it’s just as useful as one of those dumb camera bots that trundle around doing very little. And let’s not get started on the bike riding robbies, shall we? Around $8400.00 apparently. [Via Seihin]
Read MoreDIY David Blaine street magic – trick or treat?
DIY David Blaine Type Street Magic. A small but interesting selection of street magic tricks that you can practice yourself. Of course most of them require the use of a special ‘tool’ which conveniently happens to be for sale thereabouts, but what the heck, it’s all good clean fun. Street Magic Trick methods to allow you to perform similar style tricks to David Blaine’s…
Read MoreBetter fonts – 10,000 and counting
Better Fonts. Well, 10,000 fonts is not a bad number to be starting with, is it? Some free, some not. But the key to this site is the great font auditioning layout, which makes it super easy to see whether a particular font will suit your project. If you can be bothered to wade through them all, of course. Still, it’s a great free resource. The fonts presented on this website are their authors’ property, and are, to the best of our knowledge, either…
Read MoreFerret posts this week
Here’s a quick round-up of Ferrety posts from the past week for anyone who missed them. Enjoy. Work that iPod, baby – The Marware Sportsuit Sprinter is… The KishKish Skype Lie Detector – The KishKish Lie Detector for… DIY Laptop bag – A DIY Laptop Tote made out of… Video of the week – Cyril the amazing magician – This Cyril Takayama guy is… Our music wiki is open again – Oh yes, I keep forgetting to say… Barcode your products…
Read MoreThe Electric SUV – if you can’t beat them…?
The eBox Electric Power SUV. Using the same basic power train as the new Tesla EV sports car, this tricked out Toyota Scion xB goes 0–60 in under 7 seconds, is electronically limited to 90 mph, has a 140 to 180 mile range and comes with power steering, air conditioning and a 5300 cell Li-Ion battery. Oh and it costs 0.02c per mile to run. The Scion will cost you around $15,000, and the EV conversion will add $55,000 on…
Read MoreFuzzy Logic Rice Cooker
The Fuzzy Logic Rice Cooker. Look, I’m sorry an’ all, but I really do object when my kitchen utensils are smarter than I am. Heck, a frying pan is probably smarter than me, but this is taking it too far. A rice cooker that fine tunes the boil according to circumstances? This will not end well, you mark my words…$189.95. A microchip allows the cooker to monitor the cooking process and fine-tune adjustments to temperature and heating time depending on the amount…
Read MorePianist Hand Concert
The Pianist Hand Concert probably seemed like a good idea at the time. ‘Hey Harry, let’s make one of them piano hand things’. Ah well, everyone has to live and learn. And in true maestro ego style, you have to clap first to get it playing. Sheesh! $16.95. [Via The Raw Feed] The various gears and levers inside this clear plastic hand interact to move the fingers as if they are playing one of six classic piano pieces; as…
Read MoreKeychain Digital Camera with LCD
Mini Keychain Digital Camera with LCD. Surely this 6cm x 4cm keychain camera must be the smallest around with an integrated working LCD? £19.99 buys you a bit of a talking point. This tiny and unique mini camera is small enough to take with you everywhere With the 300,000 CMOS sensor you can take excellent images and view them on the exclusive 1.1 inch colour screen first
Read MoreUSB Webcam Server – tiny is, as tiny does
The Imview USB Webcam Server is not very big at all. It is however very beige. Which is nice. [get on with it, please – Ed]. Right, right, so it’s got motion detection with email notification, built in Web server, supports up to 30 viewers per USB camera and to all extents and purposes replaces your PC completely. Webcam wise. $63.75 for a sample. It’s compact size (48mm x 63mm x 21mm) and light weight (75grams), allows the device to be…
Read MoreHTL Wireless – the cellular fashion house
HTL-Wireless. ‘The World’s Leader in Cellular Fashion and Cellular Entertainment’. Er…what can we say? The company sells the CPC Strap for $49.95 and it’s clearly as fine a piece of fashion as you’re ever going to find anywhere. Just see how cool these good people look with super trendy devices strapped to parts of their anatomy. Hurry, won’t you? While stocks last… The CPC STRAP is very unique. It’s the world’s first and only cell phone case accessory on the market that has Jewelry Strap…
Read MoreMedia Convert – free online file converter
Media Convert is a free online file converter. The sites lists a huge number of file formats – video, audio, image formats etc up to 50 MB in size. It will even convert and upload to your mobile phone (useful for video?). It’ll be interesting to see how long it lasts. A lot of formats are supported. Main formats are : # Raw text, HTML, XHTML, Microsoft Word, RTF, PDF, PS, Open Office, Star Writer, Pocket Word, Word Perfect # CSV, dBase, Microsoft Excel,…
Read MoreZopa – finance 2.0?
Zopa is the ‘world’s first’ P2P finance marketplace and surprisingly enough it seems to be gaining traction. Set up by some high powered bankers in the UK, it acts as a go-between so that individuals can borrow from other individuals, without heavy footed banks getting in the way. It’s community, it’s secure and it’s based on sound legal foundations. Coming to the US too soon, so get ready Wells Fargo… Zopa is the first marketplace for lending and borrowing. Trustworthy people lend money directly to other trustworthy…
Read MoreThe Multi Slot Speaker Dock
The Multi Slot Speaker Dock. You’ve got more than one device, don’t ya? So why not get a speaker dock that can cope with them all? This little doohickey will add external speakers to your PSP, iPod and even your Smartphone. If it’s Nokia or Sony-Ericsson. Just change the adapter and off you go. Easier than swapping out the speakers, we think you’ll agree. $58.00. Ever thought of one pair stereo of speakers for all of your music players? Now you…
Read MoreLinkCheck Ethernet Tester
The LinkCheck Ethernet Tester gives you a fast readout of the state of your Ethernet connection. Plug it in to your RJ45 socket, whistle aimlessly while buffing your nails, and use the reading to make yourself like an uber geek. Bob Metcalfe? Who he? $39.99. The LinkCheck can be used to test for the presence and speed of standard RJ45 10Mb or 100Mb Ethernet connections. With the push of a button, the LinkCheck will indicate connection status using three easily…
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