I-mu Magic Audio Frequency Singer. Occasionally, very occasionally dear reader we get a product on The Ferret which we don’t totally understand. Herewith one such. It’s billed as a ‘fairly magic audio frequency fixture’, and we’re not absolutely sure what that means. It could be a flat surface resonator which transfers music from your MP3 player or phone to any surface. Or it may not. We must therefore leave the facts to your imagination and press on with the price….
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Animated Retro Table Tennis T-Shirt – no sweat just pong
The Animated Retro Table Tennis T-Shirt. We suppose that if they could, they would have called it the Pong T-Shirt. We don’t care about retro copyright so we’re going to call it a Pong T-Shirt. Because we’re like that. We think it would be much much cooler, though, if you could actually let someone play a game on your chest. Maybe using your ears as controllers. Heh. $24.99. So instead we present to you this fine Animated Retro Table Tennis…
Read MoreJott – instant voice reminders sent to email from your cell phone
Jott is a super cool mobile phone application which lets you send instant voice reminders, notes, to-do list items or whatever from your mobile phone. What’s clever is that these notes will be transcribed and delivered to your email inbox or to your contacts instantly. So it’s kind of like an infinite memo taker. US only at the moment, but a really cool idea nonetheless. [Via Lifehacker] A Jott is a thought, an idea, a task, an action item, a phone number,…
Read MoreFD’s Flickr Toys – so much fun with so many images
FD’s Flickr Toys is a page choc full of wonderful, entertaining, useful and downright essential tools that you can use to get the best out of the more than 400 million images on the Flickr service. Yes I know that I used to be a sceptic, but how can you argue with numbers like that, eh? Enjoy! Tags: flickr, flickr+tools
Read MoreFight for Web radio – or lose it
Tim Westergren of Pandora has been blogging about the absolutely ridiculous ruling by the US Copyright Royalty Board which will effectively kill off Internet radio if left unchanged. Man, where do they find the stupid muppets who make these idiot decisions? Do I feel strongly about this? You bet. And so should everyone who cherishes the Internet. Do not sit still – please complain, petition and fight to get this ruling overturned. The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has recently released a…
Read MoreThe Bling Vinyl Killer – trash your tracks in style
The Swarosvki Vinyl Killer is one of those fun looking self-running record players. Just pop it on to your record and it will whizz round and round at 33 RPM playing the track with it’s on-board amplifier and needle. This new model features a bling-bling set of Swarosvki crystals to impress as it gouges, so for a mere $487.00 or thereabouts you can really trash your vinyl in style. It’s not the record that spins. The world’s smallest self running…
Read MoreCyber Snipa USB Tool – the pendant memory toolkit
The Cyber Snipa USB Dog Tag is a flash memory drive and utility toolkit all in one dainty, neck worn package. It even has an LED flashlight, which makes it great for finding your computer’s USB slot in the pitch dark. And why not? £26.95. The hardcore tag houses a 512mb USB memory stick, with an in use status light, ideal for storing all your top secret files. For the old school die hard battle fans out there, the USB Dog…
Read MoreGolden Tee Television Golf Game – trackball golf arcade fun
The Golden Tee Television Golf Game. Golf arcade machine fun-ness on your television complete with real arcade type trackball and buttons. Turn your living room into a tavern dive in one stroke. Arf! $59.95. This is the interactive plug-and-play video game that is officially licensed by the makers of Golden Tee, played by more than 10 million tavern-goers each year and renowned as one of the most popular golf video games available. The system simply plugs into your television and…
Read MoreT-Dancer – sound sensitive chest piece
The T-Dancer Sound Sensitive T-Shirt is apparently the first such piece of apparel to feature a lady gyrating against your chest in time to the music in the room. For most geeks this will of course be the nearest they get to such unabashed intimacy, so it’s clearly not to be sneezed at. £24.95. Not just your bog standard black cotton T-shirt, the new T Dancer has a newly designed sleeker battery pack, plus you get the added advantage of…
Read MoreCustom Printed Toilet Paper – your face, their bottom
Custom Printed Toilet Paper. Is there anything more we need say about this? Really? Priced from $12.00 each for a 4 roll pack, to $2.86 each for a 4800 roll pack. They’ll take just about any kind of image file format and apparently there’s no extra charge for incorporating photos of your ex, your boss, the head of the RIAA or whoever. We would just ask that you think of the children first. Price includes offset printing on facial quality,…
Read MoreSysMetrix – super cool dashboard tool
SysMetrix is one gorgeous freeware tool from Nicholas Decker which offers a desktop clock, system info and totally useful dashboard widget all rolled into one. it’s skinnable, and can monitor and report on ‘hundreds of statistics’. Oh yes. SysMetrix is a skinnable clock and metering application. Its purpose is to provide system metrics in a variety of interesting, useful, and cool ways. It can monitor and report on the hundreds of statistics… Tags: desktop+widget, pc+clock, dashboard, freeware
Read MoreFerret posts this week
Here’s a quick round-up of Ferrety posts from the past week for anyone who missed them. Enjoy. Call-Em-All – telephone call broadcasting for your group – Call-Em-All is a telephone voice… TypeFaster typing tutor – zip, ding, rattle rattle – So you’re fed up with… iCoustic – the acoustic guitar gets all digital on us – The iCoustic Guitar. Take an… SpyCye – home robot gets nosey – The SpyCye Robot is just one of… Love Tester Kit – daisy…
Read MoreForerunner 301 – GPS training feedback in a heartbeat
The Garmin Forerunner 301. We continue to be amazed by the increasing sophistication of these wrist worn training aids. The latest model from Garmin features GPS tracking, heart rate monitor, multi-sport capabilities – just perfect for triathletes like us – and an auto-learn feature which adjusts heart rate settings as fitness improves. Of course we’re so fit that these things are more than a little redundant, but for the rest of you… $214.27. This training partner continuously monitors your heart…
Read MoreWatchminder – electronic elephant never forgets
The Watchminder 2 is a wrist borne personal nag. It’s got 60 personal messages and 30 alarm settings which you can use to remind you to do anything from take your medicine to buy batteries for your watch. It can even help you stop smoking, probably by wearing your fingers out pressing alarm buttons. Anyway it’s $99.95, so there. With the Watchminder 2 you will no longer forget to take medications, show up for appointments, or make an important phone call….
Read MoreMini Memory Mice – mouse and flash disk beautifully interwoven
Mini Memory Mice. Hey, who knew that you could get small computer meece with flash memory integrated? Not us. But apparently you can. Which is quite interesting isn’t it? These particular versions go from 32 MB up to 1 GB, so there’s plenty of room to store all those complex mouse drivers. Arf! Tags: flash+drive, pc+mouse
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