The Soundbomb Project. Apply to buy one of these motion sensitive, recording and playback toys and you can set it up to startle passers-by with your own choice of loud noise. Oh yes, they call it art. Oh and only those who ‘deserve’ one, will be able to buy one, so get over it, Mr Gates. Soundbombs are New-Media-Accessories. Each one a lowtech object for interactive transmission. An integrated soundmodul makes it possible to record any given sound and then…
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Peepel – another office web app hits the street
Peepel Online Office Suite. Spreadsheet and word-processing, with maps coming soon. Needs to be better than good to compete in an increasingly crowded space, don’t it? Peepel is a unique approach to online applications, allowing multiple applications to run in the same window. Users can open as many applications as they wish in multiple resizable PeepelWindows within the one browser window. PeepelWindows are not pop-ups and can be resized, moved, stacked or cascaded. Peepel is in early stages at the moment,…
Read MoreHelp Mandyleigh get famous – call for support
Longtime Ferret reader Gary writes in to ask for some support for his wife Mandyleigh, who is bidding to win a Sellaband competition with her jazz rock music and possibly make it big time in the recording world. She’s pretty good actually (although I’m not totally sure about Numb, Gary), so why not give her a helping hand? She’s promised to give everyone who helps out a link to download all of her MP3 tracks for free. And hey, if…
Read MoreInfant Care Timer – keeping track of baby
The Itzbeen Infant Baby Timer is one of those weird products that could only come out of the mind of a marketing Mom. Who else would create a product that makes sure you don’t forget to feed baby? You what? Have you ever tried forgetting to feed baby? With six pairs of ear plugs in and barricaded behind a solid steel door you can still hear the howls. Anyway, who are we to question? After all it’s only $24.95. This is the…
Read MoreSolar Lantern Light – from the sun to you, with love
This Solar Lantern Light may not wow you with its subtlety and elegance, but it’s probably very functional, thank you very much. In a typically Chinese uber-utilitarian way. Apparently it provides 7 hours continuous light, which is not bad at all, so you can stop your sneering at the back there. It even comes with a car charger option in case the sun goes out. Tags: solar+lantern
Read MoreUSB Finger Dance Mat – exercise those pinkies
The USB Finger Dance Mat is a great way to show your fingers you love them. No really. Why buy them boring old gloves or yet another ring this anniversary? You’ve been together a long time, so show them how much you care by giving them a tiny DDR mat to play with when they’re bored and you’re too busy to pay any attention. It’s the least you can do, dude. £9.99. Bordom in the office is something that happens all to offen….
Read MoreMagicTouch USB Touchscreen Kit – add the feelies to your PC or laptop
The MagicTouch USB Touchscreen Kit lets you turn your boring old screen into a lovely, sparkly touchscreen so you can finger it, gesture at it, and generally play future tech on your rusting old heap of a computer. It’ll cost you $159.00 for the privilege mind you, so it’s not a trivial upgrade, but hey, what price coolness? Touchscreen add-ons are an easy and affordable way to add touch screen interaction to an existing display. The touch add-ons that we offer…
Read MoreBubble Guru – instant video clips for your site
Bubble Guru is a quick and dirty video clip maker for your site which lets you record and embed messages on your website in a matter of moments, using your webcam and some Javascript-i-ness. It’s super fast to do, the resulting ‘bubbles’ are entertaining and you never know, it just might prove useful to some people. Bubble Guru is an easy-to-use tool for quickly recording webcam video messages and getting them onto your website or sending them to others. Bubble…
Read MoreUndercoverXP – free CD and DVD cover maker
UndercoverXP is free CD and DVD cover maker. It also does inlays and CD labels, although it looks as though you have to do most of the image manipulation before you import the image into the program. It’s not bad in fact, and worth a download if you’re in the need for such a beastie, especially since it’s available in a pretty impressive 24 languages. UndercoverXP is a free program to easily print CD and DVD covers. It supports JPEG,…
Read MoreEPGuides – episode lists for your fave TV shows
EPGuides.com contains episode lists for over 3500 TV shows. Find out what you’ve missed, plot summaries and guests. Pretty neat resource for telly buffs. This site contains Episode Lists for over 3500 TV shows. Each list displays only titles and airdates, but in most cases the episode title is a link to the page for that episode at TV.com, where there is more information such as guest stars and a plot summary. Tags: television+guide, epg
Read MoreCordless Blender – smoothies to go-go
The Coleman Cordless Blender combines the convenience of rechargeable batteries with the undeniable luxury of blending your faves wherever you want to be. A single charge will blend up to 10 gallons of stuff, so you’re probably going to run out of bananas first. Yum! $99.95. This is the portable blender that recharges via AC or DC outlets, allowing you to blend up to 10 gallons of your favorite beverage on a single charge, ensuring cordless operation while camping, tailgating,…
Read MoreCubeTimer – time’s up
The CubeTimer is a neat Homer Simpson proof kitchen timer. Just set the duration you need face upwards on the table and off it goes. Y’know, timing. And stuff. D’oh. $14.99. It’s preset for 5, 15, 30, and 60 minutes. To activate, simply turn the cube so the time you want is facing up. Alarm beeps when the time is up. No buttons to press, no dials to set! The numbers are easily readable. Great for timing cooking, phone calls, meetings,…
Read MoreSlickrFrame – opening a photo window on the net
Richard Felix has written in to tell me about his SlickrFrame project and it’s pretty neat. He’s basically converted an old laptop into a WiFi digital picture frame which accepts public images streamed from Flickr via Slickr. If you want to send him a photo or a message just upload a photo of yours to Flickr and tag it slickrframe. He’ll feature interesting ones. Nice project. I’ve always wanted to have a public window out to the Internet where anyone…
Read MoreDance Dance Dance – your very own DDR pad for free
Grab your free Kraft USB GamePad ($6.00 shipping) and a copy of StepMania and you’ve got yerself a very cheap party game and exercise tool for your PC. Offer expires July, note. [Via Lifehacker] Tags: ddr, toy, usb+gamepad
Read More3CX Phone System – free PBX phone software
The folk at 3CX have decided to give away 100,000 copies of their 3CX Phone System for Windows product. It’s basically a computer based IP PBX system which provides a SIP VoIP system for your office. You need any more acronyms contact them directly, we’re done here. Get free IP PBX / SIP server software and set-up a professional phone system that allows you to create extensions, transfer calls, and extend low cost VOIP services to all users. Best of all…
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