How to control an iPod with your mobile phone. Freaky. Watch out for a product sometime in the next 20 years. Tags: ipod+control, mobile+phone
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Voice Pay – biometric voice signature service for shoppers
Voice Pay is the world’s first ‘voice biometric’ payment system that lets you sign for your purchases using your voice. Sign up, buy something and make a phone call to verify your purchase with your voice. Sounds interesting, although we’re pretty sure that cyber-villains will be dusting down their digital voice recorders as we speak. Not to mention the need for lots of stores to use the system for it to work properly. [via Textually] The Voice Pay account lets…
Read MoreAlarmd – cool Internet alarm clock rocks the wake-up with YouTube
Alarmd is a pretty cool online alarm clock that comes with a bevy of nice options like multiple recurring alarms, specific day settings and large friendly coloured numerals which are readable across the room. But the best feature is definitely the fact that it can wake you up with either a YouTube video, Last.FM stream or online MP3 track. Very cool. Did you take your contacts out last night and you can’t see the time on your alarm clock from…
Read MoreFerret posts this week
Here’s a quick round-up of Ferrety posts from the past week for anyone who missed them. Enjoy. Internet television report card – A for effort, C for content… – Babelgum has just moved into… VRX Triple Screen "Limited Edition 001" – the ultimate gaming rig – The VRX Triple Screen “Limited… Dan’s miniatures – studio in a (tiny) box – Dan creates – nay crafts… Mini USB Piezo-Ionizer – cool fresh computing – The Mini USB Port Piezo-Ionizer is… Three…
Read MoreSpartan DX Personal DNA Analyzer – nurse, the swabs
The Spartan DX Personal DNA Analyzer is perfect for those cases when you’re trying to find out exactly who stole the cookies from little Timmy’s lunch box. Just round up the family, take the swabs and run ‘em through this puppy. Voila, grandma will show up. Hey, it’s always gran, right? Anyhoo, never mind the $14,995.00 price tag, rush out and secure your family right away. You know it makes sense. [via Medgadget] The Spartan DX is designed for non-batched,…
Read MoreThe Pool Treadmill – your very own portable swim machine
The Pool Treadmill turns your swimming pool into a whirling, swirling exercise machine. Hook the trailer and electric motor up to the side of the pool, switch it on and battle against a downstream current of up to 6 mph. If that doesn’t give you a coronary after a few minutes, nothing will. It uses rechargeable batteries, so you can carry it around to your next door neighbour’s BBQ and share the fun too. Gosh. $3,999.95. This portable swim current…
Read MoreThe Digg PC – the ultimate fanboy case mod
The Digg PC is a bit of an oddity, isn’t it? Built to celebrate a rabid, flesh eating swarm of angry teenaged bumblebees. But hey, whatever floats a boat. It’s kind of pretty though, for a PC, doncha think? The Digg case will primarily be made of 1/2″ MDF (medium density fiberboard) with a few acrylic windows. It is cheaper than aluminum and acrylic but does have some disadvantages. For starters, cutting is a very dusty process, you have to…
Read MoreUBFunkeys – cute connectable collectibles
UBFunkeys are small…ah…cute…collectible thingies which connect to your PC via a hub. Once connected they unlock puzzles, open up a virtual role playing game and give you other stuff to do on the computer. Sound like fun? Good, then you’ve made a marketing man somewhere very happy. Starter pack retails for £19.95. But that’s just the tip of the virtual iceberg because Funkeytown is in a right old mess and it needs your help. A disaster has caused the town’s…
Read MoreGD MR-1 – one tough little sucker
The General Dynamics MR-1 is a quarter of the size of normal laptops, comes with a solid state disk option, fingerprint scanner, Trusted Platform encryption and a stealth mode for quiet operation. No guesses which lucky marketplace it’s aimed at then, eh? The biggest giveaway though, is the fact that it’s 36” drop test certified. Oh yes, it’s tough all right. Prices start at $4450.00. NOT JUST ANOTHER UMPC! Designed for mobile computing in any environment, the GoBook MR-1 is…
Read MoreElephant Drive – data backup that never forgets?
Elephant Drive offers a range of automated online backup and storage options using the Amazon S3 service as the back end. The free service offers 1 GB of storage, a 90 MB max file size and 1 GB of bandwidth a month which is not a bad deal at all. The Home Plan gives you unlimited storage for $9.95 a month which makes it more expensive than Carbonite by quite a way. I emailed them to ask why this was and…
Read MoreGeni – the most viral application in history?
I’ve been playing with Geni for a few weeks and it’s amazing. Forget about all those social networking apps and mySpace clones, this is the single most sticky, viral and pervasive application I’ve yet come across on the Web. Period. It’s nothing more than a family tree app, but it’s designed to be so easy to use and so simple to share, that it sucks you in before you realise. You see every time you add a family member and…
Read MoreThe Ring Mouse – square blob makes for portable mousing
The Ring Mouse is a new twist on the old portable mouse idea. In this case they’ve plumped for a square form factor with what looks like a tiny rollerball and three buttons for functions. It’s certainly different. More at the company site. Tags: ring+mouse, pc+peripheral
Read MoreLock Alarm – motion sensor alarm protects your stuff loudly
The Lock Alarm promises to deafen everyone in the area instantly if a thief tries to wander off with your belongings. Mind you, nowadays a 100 decibel alarm screaming like crazy is no guarantee that anyone will take any notice. We’ve all become a little numb, haven’t we? $24.95. [via Smidigt] Simply wrap the plastic coated, retractable steel cable around your briefcase handle, sports equipment, luggage or other valuables and secure them to a table leg, bench or heavy object….
Read MoreThe Shinshoku Watch – LED time made as clear as mud
The Shinshoku Watch is a really easy to read LED timepiece which will make you look really cool when neighbours, friends and family come a-calling. Honest it will. To be honest it’s no surprise that most of us now prefer using our mobile phones to tell the time. At least they don’t need you to have a Bachelor’s Degree in Modern Stupidity. Or is that churlish? Around $120.00. On the multi-color LED model the red lights (12) indicate the hour,…
Read MoreRolling Luggage Cart Desk – hot desking moves into the airport
The Rolling Luggage Cart Desk combines a carry-on suitcase trolley with a laptop table. Because goodness knows, we don’t want to be wasting a second of our life just sitting there admiring the view do we? We suspect that right at this very moment there’s a bunch of researchers working out how to surgically embed a mouse into our lips so we can continue to work while we’re snoring. Sheesh! $159.95. [via BookofJoe] This rolling luggage cart converts into a stable work platform, providing…
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