I don’t know how long this has been going on, but Google looks to have just introduced a new feature on its translation service. Hover your mouse over a Google Translate text block on a website and a box pops up which says – ‘Suggest a Better Translation’. Click on it and you can add your own text suggestion. It’s very similar to the Very Cool Worldwide Lexicon Project, but this one will no doubt get much faster traction because of…
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Glow Cutlery – for midnight feasts
Glow Cutlery. For midnight feasts and barbecues. Hey, don’t blame us, we just find this stuff OK? £2.95. A fantastic glowing set of glow cutlery! Get a glowing knife, fork & spoon – great for barbeques & camping Tags: glow+cutlery, gadgets
Read MoreMonday fun videos – and why not….?
It’s Monday, so how’s about a couple of fun videos to while away the lunch hour or whatever? First up a funski video ad from the Triumph motorbike people which I picked up from Joel on BoingBoing. How a Triumph Motorycle is Not Actually Made. Second, a great machinima movie called Ignis Solus based around the new Team Fortress 2 game from Valve. It’s fun (although some bits may be a little strong for tiny tummies!) Tags: video, triumph+rocket, team+fortress+2
Read MoreFirst Airbus A380 delivered to Singapore Airlines – the hotel in the sky…at a price
Just watched the live official delivery of the first Singapore Airlines A380 super plane on the BBC live video feed, and it was rather…er….corporate. Lots of suits and poor smiling hostesses standing on stage trying not to fidget. A few interesting things that came out though… They have it configured to carry 471 passengers. That’s a lot of visas, peeps. Every coach passenger gets a 27 cm video screen (that’s almost a foot wide) with a USB port and PC…
Read MoreZiiTrend – predict the future with friends, aka polls on steroids
ZiiTrend. A kind of social network for wannabe futurologists? The idea is that you get together with others and stick your finger in the air to predict what will happen tomorrow, next month, next year or in the next decade and beyond. On first glance it’s easy to write it off as a huh?, but it’s actually quite well designed, and once the numbers start to rise it might well be useful as a statistically significant – albeit screwed by web/tech bias –…
Read MoreFerret posts this week
Here’s a quick round-up of Ferrety posts from the past week for anyone who missed them. Enjoy. Cam Buddy Dinosaur Plush Webcam – cute, sickly, sweetums tech – Cam Buddy Dinosaur Plush Webcam…. Sound Asleep Pillow – shhh…. – The Sound Asleep Pillow has a… Computer SnoopTek Stick – the ultimate snooping device – The Computer SnoopTek Stick is the… Nothing – the gift that shows you care – Nothing. For the person who has… Mojopac Freedom – carry anywhere…
Read MoreiRobot ConnectR – the virtual visiting robot, for your virtually remote relatives
The iRobot ConnectR is a spooky piece of kit. They’re calling it a ‘virtual visiting robot’, but really it’s just a webcam on wheels. OK, so it’s a pretty sophisticated webcam, complete with wide angle and zoom modes, but it’s really not that exciting is it? The weird thing is the marketing which is pitching it at ‘busy parents’. So what, you go on holiday to the Bahamas and keep tabs on little Johnny with this perambulating orange monster? Yeah,…
Read MorePyromat G-Flex Game Booster – rockzorz your handheld device
Pyromat G-Flex Game Booster. Billed as a ‘portable audio chair’ for your portable devices, this seat contains two cone speakers and a built in carrying handle so you can take it with you on the bus or whatever. It takes 4 AA batteries and works with iPods, PSP, DVD players or any handheld that outputs sound you want to annoyingly amplify. Perfect. $49.99. The G-Flex Sound Booster is a portable audio chair for your video games, movies, and music. Plug in…
Read MoreR/C Car Pen – race and scribble combo for winners and…er…writers
The Radio Controlled Car Pen combines two of nature’s most important functions into one…ahem…elegant package. That’s right, racing small toy cars and writing important notes (like “Don’t forget to buy General Motors tomorrow”). How can you lose? Well, unless you actually flip the car mid-chicane. £9.95. Vroom, vroom, scratch…. Tiny IR remote control car as small as a £1 coin. Fits onto a working pen that is also the remote control. (batteries included) Tags: rc+car+pen, toy, gadget
Read MoreLapTop Pro – all in one screen and keyboard cleaning system
LapTop Pro. Oooh look, it’s a brush for your keyboard and an impregnated cleaning pad for your screen, all in one handy little container. Isn’t that wonderful? $19.95. Say good-bye to messy fingerprints and dust on your screen while you simultaneously get rid of dirt and grit caught in your keyboard. This unique tool includes a cleaning pad, soft bristle brush, and fine keyboard brush. The cleaning pad features a non-liquid cleaning compound that will not spill or dry out….
Read MoreHUD GPS Speed Meter – a head’s up speedometer for any vehicle
The GlobalTop HUD GPS Speed Meter with Bluetooth is a genuinely innovative product all round. Now you can have a proper boy’s toy head’s up display of your speed on the windscreen, along with a compass heading and speeding alert. You can also use it to power the GPS part of your PDA navigation system too via Bluetooth, which is pretty neat. Just stick it on your dashboard and the speed is beamed up onto the glass of the windscreen….
Read MoreAre we witnessing the death throes of the music industry? – artists start to vote with their feet
As each day passes it’s becoming increasingly hard to avoid thinking the unthinkable, is this really the end of the traditional music business as we know it? People have been trying for years to tell them to change or risk obliteration, all of which has fallen on deaf ears, but now finally it looks as though the artists themselves are taking things into their own hands and voting with their feet. Which is a whole new ball game altogether. If…
Read MoreOpenDNS- faster, safer and more feature rich web browsing at a stroke
OpenDNS. A very clever free service from David Ulevitch lets you use their 3rd party DNS servers instead of relying on the ones from your ISP (DNS servers act as the traffic cops of Web surfing by translating the web address you type into the box into the IP number that web computers understand). Read more here. The result is faster and more reliable surfing, and automatic protection from known phishing and other malware sites. I’ve been trying it out and sites definitely seem to load quicker, snappier…
Read MoreYuwie – owie
Yuwie is a new social networking site that pays you for page views. Actually from the blurb it looks to be a cross between an MLM scheme and a circa 1999 flavour PHP script spamtastic hash up. But it’s gaining 32,000 members a month, so what do we know? The best way to get more page views is to add more content to your profile. Leave comments for friends, upload more pictures, and maintain an active blog. All of this activity…
Read MoreMobile-Shop – every tool in the known universe on one cart
Mobile-Shop. Confusingly this is not a tractor pulled 7–11 convenience store, but a wheeled cart which contains not one, but 230 ‘professional quality’ tools and 180 small parts. If the thought of lugging around 4000 bits of ironwork just to fix that leaky tap appeals to you, then this is your baby. Just to let you know, it’s also the most macho man trolley on the planet, so don’t bother asking for it in pink, OK? $2,999.00. This compact rolling carrier organizes 230 professional-quality tools…
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