If the boffins have their way, the sniffer dogs of the future could be wasps. Yep, instead of looking for bombs or fugitive terrorists with doe-eyed bloodhound critters, the Man could use parasitic wasps which have super sensitive odour receptors. Makes a bit of a mockery of all them old black and white Louisiana chain gang swamp escape movies , don’t it? Scary too. Bzzzzzz…….. He found he could train the wasps to seek out almost any odor of concern…
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Flickr enabled LCD photo frame.
The eStarling Flickr Enabled Emailable Digital Photo Frame. Winner of the Ferret’s ‘cool but inevitable’ tech award for 2006. Flickr moves offline. It’s Wi-Fi enabled, it’s expandable via SD and Compact Flash cards, you can email photos to it (from your mobile phone too) and it displays the tagged Flickr RSS feed of your choice. Oh and it’s also Gmail friendly. How geek is that, dude? $249.99. Simply do a search on Flickr for your favorite photos. Cut and paste the URL from the…
Read MoreThe NiteMax.
The Carson NM-1 NiteMax. How serious is your need to see in the dark, hombre? $289.99 worth serious? Then, dear friend, you probably should seek expert advice as soon as possible. Or invest in one of these Digital Nightvision thingies. It’s got an LCD screen and bucket loads of super tech, and will really go well with that Dracula outfit you’ve got hanging in the hall cupboard. Advanced solid state circuitry provides 24 hour operation in any lighting condition…Carson’s NiteMax…
Read MorePure water. On tap.
The Aran-Jecter Water Purifier. Pump oxygen into water to purify it. Not filter, pufiry. Or purify. Whatever. Why do we write this stuff? Because it is a civic duty. To entertain, obfuscate and confuse. To find products that cost $939.95 when a $5.00 filter will probably do. To trivialise. To banalify. To shut up now and go lie down. The Aran-Jecter energizes the oxygen in the air and pumps it into water through the Aran Infuser. The resulting energized oxygen…
Read MoreCell phone money checker.
The Mobile Torch – Bank Note Detector. Strap one of these purple LED lamp units onto your mobile handset and you’ll never be hit with a fakeroony bank note again. Sure you’ll get some weird – maybe even pitying -looks from friends and family as you scan their currency en route to your wallet, but what the heck, it’s a free world ain’t it? $8.00. Widely used for checking the articles with fluorescence anti-fake symbol such as bank note, valuable papers, ID…
Read MoreP2P traffic jam buster.
Israeli company Cellint has come up with a product called TrafficSense which collates info from driver’s mobile phones, and combines it with speed data, travel time and stuff to provide real time traffic jam updates. The technology will effectively track multiple handsets in a given area to warn drivers of traffic jams up ahead, without the need to install expensive sensors en route. Yay, we say. “Many traffic jams develop from nothing to a major jam in a few minutes – so a real…
Read MoreSkype united?
WebDialogs Unyte. Skype add-on adds on add-on add-ons. Oh OK, so it’s a cool plug-in which provides collaborative working via desktop, document and application sharing. Remember this is Skype we’re talking about, not some obtuse geek VNC hack. Pretty neat tech if it works as advertised. Free for beta.
Read MoreLink-o-Matic – The StikAx and more…
The StikAx – hey Mr DJ, play it one more time… The Gmaps Pedometer – distances on Google tap The Background Image Maker – er..make backgrounds you can love? GotVoice – home and cellular voicemail organised via web or email for free AllExperts – the largest free Q & A service on the Net
Read MoreCell phone lenses.
Add-On Cell Phone Lenses. Now here’s the thing. After-market add-on lenses for PDAs, cell phones and the like are definitely a cool idea. No doubt. But why oh why, in the name of all that’s David Bailey have the guys decided to split the product packs up into two sets – one with macro and two other useless types, and the other pack with tele and two other useless versions? Everyone knows that tele and macro belong together, don’t they? Especially at $15.00 a…
Read MoreRetro Radio-ness.
The Seiko KR866N Retro Clock Radio Flashlight. Actually not sure what it’s called, but who cares? Just sweep your gaze softly and slowly across those deliciously artful curves, caress the resolutely analogue clock face with your pupils and spend an intimate moment with the profusion of angrily fussy dials and knobs. Then tell me it isn’t love, Morwenen. Around $55.00.
Read MoreThe Strobe Belt.
The Stridelite Unisex Strobe Running Belt. Flashing lights with 300 hours per battery change, waterproof on/off switch and a weight of just 3 oz with batteries. Why? To hold your trousers up of course. Oh and stop you getting run over in the dark when you’re out pounding the streets marathon style. The Ferret may start wearing one whilst eating bulging chicken terriyaki burritos. Got to keep that waistline lit up, you see. $30.00. The most streamlined product in the StrideLite…
Read MoreSoft Claws.
Soft Claws. A range of delightfully designed claw covers for your cat. In different colours too. So now you can not only destroy your feline’s credibility audibly – you have attached a tinkly bell already, eh? – but also make them the laughing stock of their back alley with a beautiful visual motif. Nice one. Also available for dogs, hah hah! $17.95 and good luck with trying to glue them on, dude. [Update: UK stockists].[Via Presurfer] Developed by a veterinarian, Soft Claws are…
Read MoreiCare, do you?
The iCareMobile S-Series Mobile Phone. No display, speed dialling, SOS dialling. Perfect for distressed gentlefolk across the universe. The S-series mobile phone is the perfect communications tool for companies who need to be in contact with their staff, drivers, reps etc. and still have full control over cellular airtime expenses.
Read MorePapercraft.
Homespun Magixx. Paperfolding models for free to play with. Just download the PDF and off you go. Enjoy!
Read MoreSerenity video recorder.
The Serenity Security Video Recorder. A network enabled surveillance DVR with 1 terabyte of hard drive-ness built in and the ability to record up to 16 cameras simultaneously. Which is an awful lot of bank robberies, eh? $8399.99. The rack-mountable Serenity 16-Channel NVR offers flexible setup. Schedule recording to start at specific times, when motion is detected, or upon alarms, using the DVR’s 16 alarm inputs. You can also manually start all channels’ recording at once with the press of a…
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