The No Touch Alarm Card is a light sensitive credit card sized device which sounds an alarm when exposed to a small amount of light. You stick it in your wallet or purse and immediately a thief or pickpocket removes the wallet an alarm will sound. We understand that some spouses may be using it to reduce their partners’ spending addiction, but have been unable to confirm a corresponding increase in midnight shopping in those cases. A$14.95. “No Touch Alarm Card” is a promotional credit card-type personal safety alert device….
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Flashing LED Balloon Lights – twinkle, pop
Flashing LED Balloon Lights. Clearly a marriage made in heaven. Duffy old analogue party balloons with flashing LED lights inside them. Oh yes. Please note that these lights do not come with balloons, so get your own, you tight fisted old Scrooge people. Available in jumbo or regular sizes and multi-colours. Priced at £1.95 each. This L.E.D. balloon light is reusable, and is a small sealed unit containing a very bright led. The balloon light is designed to be switched…
Read MoreThe Peak Oil Clock – countdown to the end of oil
The Peak Oil Clock counts down till the day when there’s no oil left. Of course it’s something of a conceit, because there will always be oil around, it’s just that it will become too expensive to recover. That’s not a great place to be. The big question is, will we reach that point in 29 years? Your call.
Read MoreFlippid – buy or sell stuff instantly
Flippid. Hmm…this online buying and selling service could be a real rival for eBay if it gets traction. The idea is that you post stuff for sale, or that you want, and the system matches one to the other. Sounds simple, but the matching technology needs to be pretty clever to make sure that buyers and sellers find each other fast. Once a match has been made you are notified by email and can choose to trade or not. Fees payable on sale…
Read MoreFerret posts this week
Here’s a quick round-up of Ferrety posts from the past week for anyone who missed them. Enjoy. The Shoebox Computer – flip-flop magic – The Shoebox Computer. If Scrooge… LockLite – turn your key into an LED flashlight – The Lock Lite. Turn your key into… Google Mail Fetcher – at last a real spam solution? – Google Mail Fetcher…. Sizeeasy – just how big is that gadget? – Sizeeasy. Very cool little Rails… i-Kids Safety Device – one button…
Read MoreiWoofer – iPod dock looks alien, sounds familiar?
The iWoofer may look a bit strange, but who are we to cast the first stone? The final of this week’s iProducts is an iPod dock with a 12 watt Titanium driven speaker, glowing neon lights, a ‘downfiring’ sub-woofer and a built-in radio. Are you excited yet? $99.00. Introducing iWoofer, the fresh and radical iPod speaker system. iWoofer is designed to make a striking impression for the eye as well as the ear, with unique combination of features like downfiring subwoofer and…
Read MoreHannibal Deuce + – the Linux Media Center with attitude
The Hannibal Deuce + is an Ubuntu Linux powered media center which incorporates the MythTV Open Source software package, oodles of connectivity and playback codec options, 500 GB of storage, built in BitTorrent downloading, integrated DVD Rip and Burn and a remote control. There’s even a 9 in 1 memory card reader in there. And all for just $899.00. Penguin: 1 Microsoft Mouse: 0. [Via ILTLI] We thought of one thing while we were creating the Hannibal. What would we want…
Read MoreRelaxView 4.0 – world’s lightest and most invisible video eyegear
The RelaxView 4.0 Mobile Video Eyewear. So we receive this PR release, about a new ‘world’s most lightweight’ mobile video headset. Ah says we, as we search for the product shots, 80 grams is indeed a truly light weight. But strange to tell, all we can find anywhere on the sales site are these rather odd 3D illustrations of said product. Surely not, say we. No-one could ask prospective customers to part with €499.00 on the strength of a rather…
Read MorePet Prayer Collar Capsule – for the devout doggy
The O God Pet Prayer Collar Capsule. Apparently designed by O God, this is a product which really defies description. So if you allow us, dear reader, we will let the product blurb below speak for itself. $85.00. [Via Stylehive] Each capsule comes with a prayer scroll that you insert in the capsule. The prayer scroll reads “O GOD, please help me be a good and loyal pet, even when I have to go to the vet. Never let me…
Read MoreWaleli GSM Doorbell – open the door remotely with your mobile phone
The Waleli GSM Doorbell is a bit of a genius product which combines mobile phone technology and an electronic door lock to let you chat to a visitor and open your door using a cell phone handset. The wider implications are immediately obvious, are they not Holmes? Being able to open the door from afar when you’re running late and your visitors are early, opening the door to workmen while you are at your office, that kind of thing. Do note that…
Read MoreBuild your own Infrared Paint Remover – stripping made easy
The DIY Infrared Paint Remover. You’ve gotta love teh internets haven’t you? Here we have an intelligent use of common sense, applied to a product which appears to be somewhat over-priced in the marketplace. Result? Home decorators across the world rejoice, while paint peels off doors, windows and wooden domestic appliances without a murmur. Wife calling you crazy: freeParts: $40Money Saved: $400Watching wife enjoy stripping paint: Priceless. The rest of this page focuses on simply repackaging a quartz heater to…
Read MorexRez – extreme high resolution images
xRez is a collection of insanely high resolution panoramic images in various categories covering natural and urban subjects. If you’re into zooming down into a gigapixel image to look up a person’s nostrils, then this is for you. Well OK, we exaggerate a tad. Awesome project though. xRez is a consortium of digital artists committed to exploring new creative opportunites made available by the advent of extremely high-resolution gigapixel digital photography. We believe this is clearly the next revolution in photography,…
Read MoreI Like Totally Love It – Digg for gadgets. Genius!
I Like Totally Love It. Sometimes it’s the simple ones that do it for you, and this one is superb. Rather than load you down with reviews, fancy navigation and frills you don’t need, these guys (a bunch of students, no less) have come up with a genius play – a Digg for gadgets. You register for free, submit your gadget recommendation and the community votes for it to get to the front page. Sure there are similar out there, but this is the…
Read MoreFender Strobe-e Keychain Tuner – perfect pitch in your pocket
The Fender Strobe-e Keychain LED Light and Guitar Tuner is the kind of gadget that is guaranteed to impress the ladies. You know the sort of thing, you whip it out casually during the warm up chat, and turn the conversation deftly onto your commitment as the lead guitarist with Green Day. Of course this only stands up long term if you are in fact said Billie Joe, but apart from that it should work a treat. Which makes it…
Read MoreiPod2Car – embed your iPod into your car stereo system
The PXDP2 iPod2Car Gen 2 System lets you plumb your iPod into your car stereo system, so you get full control via the factory radio and steering wheel controls. You can even browse tracks via the radio screen. Needless to say it only works with a few makes of vehicle, but the list is growing all the time and Ford and Toyota are covered, so that’s a good sized population right there. Apparently the audio quality is excellent. Priced at around…
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