The AimShot HeatSeeker 3500 Rescue Tool. This puppy is a thermal heat sensor that is effective at up to 300 yards and comes complete with not one, but two – count ‘em grandma – lasers to pinpoint the source of all that thermal energy. You wanna find lost kitties, injured livestock, a cowering lawyer? This is the thing to use. $159.95. The 64 different intensity settings of this Infrared Spotter will help eliminate false readings. When you hear or see the bar…
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Designer VoIP Hulger accessories
The new Hulger VoIP Designer Accessories look like they’re going to be quite interesting. It’s a strange business to be in though, isn’t it? Producing throwback retro tech to freshen up our worn out 21st century design rut? Is it a fad? Bill Amberg and HULGER have collaborated to produce a new range of luxury VoIP and accessory phones. The collection will be available shortly.
Read MoreToufee – Flash movies for all
Toufee. If you’ve ever wanted to create and publish your own Flash animated movies, here’s your chance. This free service offers some pretty slick tools, you can select your choice of video, audio and special effects, and what’s more it’s actually really easy to use. OK, so we’re not talking designer art output here and the interface is a bit dated, but hey, it’s free and it’s very fast. And even more importantly it’s a snap to embed the resulting movie in your…
Read MoreDIY Motivational Posters – get ’em now!
DIY Motivational Posters. Print off a load of your own custom motivational posters and stick them up all over the office. We guarantee that it’ll motivate your colleagues in one way or another. Armed with a digital camera and that non-stop wit of yours, you now have the power to turn a simple photograph into an inspirational message that will burn forever in the hearts and minds of dozens. Print it, frame it! Make two — we know you’ve got…
Read MorePandoraBrowse
PandoraBrowse. At last you can listen to your favourite Pandora custom music streams without having a browser window dedicated to the purpose. Because this free little utility minimises it to the system tray. Nice. PandoraBrowse is a mini browse for the Pandora.com music service. PandoraBrowse lives in your Windows systray and gets off your taskbar while still playing music!
Read MoreMicro Mosquito – tiny helicopter buzz
The Micro Mosquito R/C Helicopter is small and buzzy, with a 35 to 40 minute flight time per charge. The spec is probably not gold star, but judging by the video it looks like it might be some fun on Boxing Day. For an hour or two at least. Hey, what are we doing talking talk about the Yule? It’s only November for goodness sake! £69.99 ($110.79) The Worlds smallest, lightest and quietest full function indoor R/C helicopter, the innovative Micro Mosquito has big performance but weighs only…
Read MoreAuto Detective Pen
The Auto Detective Pen is Kojak and Colombo rolled into one. [Who? – Ed] Not only will it protect you against wireless sound bugs by flashing brightly once it detects a suspicious signal, but the secondary UV light lets you sniff out dodgy banknotes as well. Goodness knows the kind of company you’re keeping if you need all this hardware around (and does your Mommy know?) but no doubt you’ll have a good explanation down at the station. One off samples for $17.71. # Auto detect the wireless signals, when…
Read MoreThe SynCh – the charge up your life brigade
The SynCh. Too many gizmos and not enough chargers? Then this may be of interest. A multi-cable, multi power source charger which lets you juice up two devices at once. Oooooh! The interesting thing is that you get the choice of USB, car socket and conventional mains power sources, the downside is that you have to buy each device adapter separately. Priced at around £20.00 for the charger and £5.00 for each adapter. With the amazingly versatile SynCh, you can:…
Read MoreWork that iPod, baby
The Marware Sportsuit Sprinter is a hand held iPod case which is designed to let runners and other physical activists use and abuse their music player on the move. Don’t bother buying one of these, guy, if you don’t have a 250 bpm habit, OK? $24.95 to you and make it snappy. Sportsuit Sprinter is designed for runners, active walkers, and any user who requires a comfortable and convenient way to hold and control their new 2G iPod nano. Sportsuit…
Read MoreThe KishKish Skype Lie Detector
The KishKish Lie Detector for Skype. Part of their commercial answering machine software which will cost you $49.95 a year for the privilege of using a bit of dodgy voice stress analysis on your Skype calls. We suggest you save your money and try building your buddy list in a more hospitable way. Now KishKish SAM offers you a tool to detect the lies you hear on your Skype phone. With the use of KishKish SAM VSA you can monitor whole conversation…
Read MoreDIY Laptop bag
A DIY Laptop Tote made out of neoprene, rubber, velcro and some tape. It looks quite cool really, in a utility street-fashion kinda way. And it doubles up as a mouse mat when open, which is rather fine, doncha think? Not sure how much money was saved though… I cut the neoprene so that when the bag is folded together it forms the interior of the bag. One of the final steps is to adhere it to the rubber mat with contact cement….
Read MoreVideo of the week – Cyril the amazing magician
This Cyril Takayama guy is just astonishing. I’m not a great fan of magicians on the whole, but some of these close up tricks are just unbelievable. Really. More info here. [youtube width=”345″ height=”275″]G0G9yENOSOQ[/youtube]
Read MoreOur music wiki is open again
Oh yes, I keep forgetting to say that the Ferret music wiki is open again. For those who don’t know, it’s a listing of free and legal music download sites which anyone can add to, as long as it’s legitimate. It’s free, fun and you never know, you might find something really interesting to add to your massive Abba collection.
Read MoreBarcode your products
Get a barcode for your product. Priced at $29.95 each (plus a one off membership fee of $34.95) and delivered by email. Hmm…there must be a way to use this for fun or profit, surely? Which types of products can your barcodes be used with? A: Any and all product types with the exception of pharmaceuticals… Q: Can these barcodes be used on my product worldwide? A: Yes, these are globally unique UPC-A barcodes that can be used in any and…
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