The HTM1010 iViewer offers four channel multi-media streaming over the airwaves to your television set from iPod, digicam, PSP or whatever. The fact that it comes from Homer Technology should not worry you one bit. No sirree! Duh! Priced at $69.95. Tags: wireless+streamer, television
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The iPod Black Box – aircraft data recorder goes white and curvy
Light aircraft maker LoPresti has announced that it will be using the Apple iPod as the flight data recorder – otherwise known as the ‘black box’ – on its Fury aircraft. The white box – doesn’t sound right does it? – will apparently store 500 hours of flight data. iTunes at 10,000 feet sounds groovy, but surely there’s going to be a slight problem with robustness if you need to recover one for a crash analysis? Aren’t real black boxes suppose to survive fire,…
Read More$11,000 Swarovski Hairdryer – follicle damage for your bank account
This $11,000 Swarovski encrusted hairdryer is apparently only available in Hong Kong. ‘Nuff said? Tags: hair+dryer
Read MoreNetvibes2Go – your cool stuff now on your phone
Netvibes2Go is the latest feature to come out of the rather excellent Netvibes labs. Just set up a tab called ‘mobile’, populate it with your preferred content including email services, RSS feeds, etc and then navigate to http://m.netvibes.com to get full access to it all on your mobile phone or device. Just tried it with my Nokia N800 and it works beautifully. For those of you who don’t know what Netvibes is, try it out, it’s superb. Tags: netvibes, mobile+phone
Read MoreBitMe Television – BitTorrent television by invite only
BitMeTV is an invite only BitTorrent television service. You know the kind of thing, upload and download of your favourite programmes and series. Of course it is only to be used for backup purposes of programmes you already own. The only problem is you’ve got to find an invite. Nope, we don’t have any to give away, we’re very unwashed. These BitTorrent files are meant for the distribution of backup files. By downloading the BitTorrent file, you are claiming that you…
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 ultimate home office system – 32 Terrabytes and counting… – I would have to venture a guess… Storm Tracker Emergency TV Lantern – a tale of three prices… – The Storm Tracker TV/Radio/Lantern… Twingly – watch the blogoshere on a realtime screensaver – Twingly is a screensaver which… iCar – pimp your ‘pod, baby – The iCar takes music player/dock… Rechargeable M7…
Read More3Style Wireless Mouse – mouse and jog-wheel in perfect harmony
The 3Style Wireless Mouse is a clever little Australian developed doo-dad that combines a standard PC compatible rodent with a jog-wheel. The base doubles as the recharge station and it can operate at a 10 meter range. This is a neat little gadget that might win a lot of friends in the video editing and music production arenas. Still on its way to market at the moment, so no news on price. The video is cool and worth watching. The…
Read MoreSeascooter Aquanaut – the water propeller for kids
The Seascooter Aquanaut is a small sized water propeller designed for children over 5 years old. It’s powered by a rechargeable battery and will scoot along at around 1.2 mph. Strangely enough, it’s marked ‘For Pool Only’. $99.95. NEW personal water propeller for children less than 100 lbs/45.4 kg; with extremely compact and light design powered by rechargeable battery. With various safety features including positive buoyancy, safety grille, safety lock With 16.5 ft/5 m depth rating, 3.5 kg thrust and…
Read MoreTango! – tackling speech handicaps, 21st century style
The Tango! is a new communications device aimed at helping those with severe speech problems, such as those with Cerebral Palsy and Autism, to communicate. The Windows CE based unit combines a digital camera and flash, with a recordable phrase generator which speaks a sentence out loud via a synthesised voice when a large icon button is pressed. There are a few of these ‘augmentative and alternative communicators’ around, but this one seems to be quite innovative. Priced at $6,899.00 or…
Read MoreEleksen Double Sided USB Fabric Keyboard – two-faced typing tool
Eleksen Double Sided USB Fabric Keyboard. Letters on the one side, number pad and media controller on the other. It looks like a neat idea, but will it really work? Or will you find yourself flip-flapping around trying to get the best of both worlds? Hmm…not sure. Tags: fabric+keyboard, double+sided+keyboard
Read MoreLight Saber Umbrella – LED and rain protector together at last
The Light Saber Umbrella. Take the trendy and illuminating properties of an LED flashlight, mix in a light emitting multi-coloured handle, throw in the terribly useful water repelling function of an umbrella and you’ve got a hip and wacky way to brighten up a dismal day in the city. Around $41.00. Tags: LED+umbrella, light+saber
Read MoreDigital Book Index – 90,000 free and low cost e-books
The Digital Book Index is a storehouse of over 90,000 free and low cost e-books for browsing and download. The ‘Browse by Subjects’ feature is the awesomest best way to access it all. And no, you won’t find the latest Harry Potter here, but you will find lots of really cool stuff (like 3500 children’s books and stories). Check out the free uBook PC e-book reader as well. [Via Metafilter] Digital Book Index provides links to more than 130,000 title…
Read MoreConvert your Windows XP to Windows Vista – dangerous liaisons
Feeling brave and yet too cheap to splash out more money to Microsoft? Then download the free Vista Transformation Pack and transform your boring old Windows XP interface into a shiny new Windows Vista look-alike. Why brave? Because this skinning stuff has a tendency to dig itself deep into the guts of your PC, which can make it tricky to uninstall if it doesn’t work properly. In other words, don’t do this unless you’re prepared to re-format your machine and start again…
Read MoreSolar Battery Charger – sun juicer
The Four Battery Solar Charger has a 7 volt solar panel and will charge up four batteries of the same type in six hours ‘on a good sunny day’. What makes this interesting is the fact that it’s on offer at just £7.49. It looks like 2007 could be the year of the solar gadget. The charger is supplied complete with a 5-way spider for powering small electrical goods such as personal stereos, toys or torches. The built-in blocking diode prevents reverse…
Read Morei.Dear Wood Speaker – trees a crowd?
The i.Dear Wood Speaker is a tiny 1.5W speaker on a keychain with a wooden case and a rechargeable Li-Polymer battery. It’s clearly designed to broadcast your mobile phone secrets, although it will also work with ordinary media players. Although our Korean is a little rusty, we believe that it uses USB to re-juice, and lasts for a full 5 hours per charge. Cutesy, eh? Around $25.00 in Won-like. Tags: wood+speaker, portable+speaker
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