The scary thing about the Immobilizer Cell Phone Stun Gun is how much it looks like a real mobile phone. Instead of a harbinger of…like you know…pain and destruction. The 900,000 volt handset also comes with a totally realistic hip holster and a 12 LED flashlight function. But please don’t forget and hold it up to your ear for a call, will you? $84.95. This ‘cell phone’ can’t call for help but with 900,000 volts of protection you won’t need to!…
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Bank of Life – turn an old bottle into a piggy bank…and profit
The Bank of Life is a small gizmo which turns an old pop bottle into a piggy bank. Complete with coin counter, kinda. $8.87 makes you Frugal McFiggis all right. At first, you should find a empty bottle and wash it. Clean up your partner so carefully. Next, take a Bank of Life and put on a bottle. Finally, Let’s start to be a millionaire. Maybe this is really funny journey. But, you never ever give it up! Tags:…
Read MoreEarth Class Mail – manage your postal mail as easily as email
Earth Class Mail is a new service which lets you stay on top of your snail mail post while you’re traveling. Just redirect your post to one of their PO boxes or street addresses and the company will scan the incoming sealed envelopes as they arrive. You then view the images and choose which ones you want opened, forwarded, left alone or shredded. They’ll scan the letters you want to read and send you the scan remotely. Clever eh? And great for dumping…
Read MoreA Torrent of television tech – or how to bypass network schedules and win…
Here’s a nice CNET 3 step guide on how to auto-download and watch your favourite television shows using BitTorrent, tvRSS.net and the Open Source Miro player. Warning – in some countries this could get you arrested, locked up, your toe-nails ripped out and several very hot implements placed in surgically sensitive places. You have been warned! [via Slashdot] NBC’s recent withdraw from the iTunes store leaves the millions of users of Apple iPods without a legitimate way to purchase and…
Read MoreOpen Source Food – Web 2.0 recipes done to perfection
Open Source Food is a simply delicious recipe and foodie site. If anyone asks you what Web 2.0 is about, point them here immediately. It’s not about style, although that has a lot to do with it (and this site oozes style from every succulent pore). Nor is it about content alone, although it’s hugely important. And no, Web 2.0 is not just about the social folksonomy either (whatever *that* means). What makes this site, and the few others like…
Read MorePhonak Audeo – the art of the stylish hearing aid
The new Phonak Audeo has got to be the world’s most elegant and discreet hearing aid. Actually, according to the blurb it’s a Personal Communication Assistant, so we’d better be careful with our words. Anyway it comes in 15 different colour schemes and features two microphones, high frequency optimisation and a shed load of technology to help you hear better in difficult environments. All of which should make you feel much relieved as you contemplate the $4000.00 or so you dropped into…
Read MoreWooden Laptop Stand and Accessories – stylish deskset gives your laptop some class
Look, there’s absolutely no reason why you should put up with boring grey and cream plastic for your laptop stand, when you can plunk down some greens and come away with this rather swish looking Wooden Laptop Docking Station and Computer Accessory Set. You get an 800 dpi optical mouse, super flat wireless keyboard and luscious laptop docking station with memory card reader and six USB ports. Yum, just think of the envious glare from Simkins in accounts. €89.00 complete. Tags: wooden+laptop+stand,…
Read MoreRino 520 Two Way Radio with GPS – navigate and chat in remote locations
The Rino 520 Two Way Radio with GPS crams a lot of cool tech into a rather small body size. It has a 14 mile communication range, offers turn by turn directions and swappable GPS locations between handsets. The 56 MB of memory lets you store up to 500 waypoints, and the rechargeable battery gives 16 hours of use at a time. Not bad. No word on whether you have to make those cool ‘squelch’ noises every time you push…
Read MoreCatCam – the all-seeing cat tracker camera for sale
Heh, remember that German guy who attached a camera to his cat to see where it went on its travels? Well he’s selling kits or complete cameras for others to play with. The CatCam contains a camera, controller (for timed shots) and a protective housing. You supply battery, SD storage card and the bloody hands from attaching it to cat collar. Priced from $60.00 and available in very short supply (i.e. 4 weeks minimum lead time). Cool runnings. CatCam, contains: modified…
Read MoreSimplify Media – listen to and share your iTunes tracks over the Internet
Simplify Media for Windows and Mac lets you listen to your home iTunes music library over the Internet and browse or share your friend’s library. Download and install the free software, select what folders you want to share and connect up remotely when you want to listen on your travels. Streaming only, no download and CD burning allowed, but it’s still a pretty cool app. Simplify Media software lets you browse and play remote music using the iTunes software interface. Music…
Read MorePaspic – passport photos get an online photobooth
Paspic.com is a new US and UK passport photo service which guarantees to supply totally compliant photos for your passport application or your money back. In the UK they also feed you through to the official online application form to speed up your passport request, which is pretty neat. You can also use it for visa shots, drivers licenses and ID cards. From £3.50 per set of photos. Paspic.com is the online solution for all passport size photographs, just like a regular…
Read MoreJoost gets Paramount UK – Trekkies rejoice…
Heck yeah, Joost has just launched a Paramount UK movie channel, which is the first really ‘mainstream’ content they’ve featured. Trekkies will be delighted to know that they can now watch their old stuff for free, and at amazingly good quality considering it’s streaming live. I’m beginning to think that Joost may do to television what Skype is doing to the telephone industry. Astonishing! Tags: joost, movies, online+television
Read MorePower Failure Light – no more fumbling in drawers for matches, Marge
The Power Failure Light is an innovative solution to the age old powercut – “aaargh, where’s the flashlight?” – problem. Install it in your room lamp and when the power goes out it will bloom into life automatically and give 8 hours of illumination via six LEDs. The integrated rechargeable batteries juice up automatically once power is restored, which means you don’t have to fiddle around changing batteries either. Powercuts in the 21st century? Sheesh! $39.95. This device attaches between the socket and bulb of…
Read MoreJakks EyeClops Bionic Eye – television microscope brings your life into focus
Jakks EyeClops Bionic Eye is a little handheld microscope that you plug into the television to view things close up in all their glory. How close? Well let’s just say that if 200 x magnification is not enough, perhaps now’s the time to revisit that optician down the street? Kids will probably have a blast with this gizmo, although we’re not sure that viewing our receding hair follicles in that kind of detail is really necessary. Or desirable. They may…
Read MoreNo Limit Memory USB Drive – buy 1 GB and get one free…online
The Dane-Elec No Limit Memory USB Drive is rather clever. The deal is that you get 1 GB of online storage space thrown in for free when you buy the flash memory stick, which is used for backing up your data. It’s not done via the Web (probably FTP storage?) and you get a 12 GB a year bandwidth limit, but it’s still a pretty neat idea. Not really ‘no limit memory’ though, is it? Ah well. Tags: no+limit+usb+drive, memory+storage
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