The iPhone Bike Mount may seem like a good idea, but we’ve got our doubts. OK, so it means you can keep your phone where you can see it, just in case it decides to make a break for it. And sure you can catch up on Desperate Housewives on the morning commute. But we just can’t understand how you’re going to cope with all those guys trying to wash the screen with their squeegees at the traffic lights. Sheesh! $14.99. Wanna to have music…
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The McGyan Biodiesel Process – waste to biofuel in seconds
The McGyan Biodiesel Process promises to deliver cheap, plentiful and ecological fuel from waste material like animal lard and grease and a variety of natural vegetable oils. The process was developed via a lab in the University of Minnesota and the team are just about to build a 3 million gallon a year demo facility in the same state. No details as yet on the cost benefits, but the ecological ones look good. The process performs a catalytic conversion of…
Read MoreDipity – create an interactive timeline for anything
Dipity gets our prize of the week for the funnest product name, and maybe even the most interesting application. Creating a timeline is not something that probably crops up in your mind every day, but with this tool, when it next does you’ll know what to do. Just roll up your sleeves and get to it. You can create personal timelines using your social network feeds like Facebook or Twitter, or start from scratch and manually add a slew of events…
Read MoreCost of Smoking Calculator – hint: it’s probably rather expensive…
Cost of Smoking Calculator. This small freeware program aims to supplement the health negatives of smoking with a simple but effective deterrent based around money. Just enter in your daily habit details and the program will tell you just how much cash you’ve burned up over the course of your life. Scaaary! Not to be confused with the commercial program from the same vendor called The Cost of Sin Calculator, which examines the financial cost to you of just about…
Read MoreFerret posts this week
Here’s a quick round-up of Ferrety posts from the past week for anyone who missed them. Enjoy. GPS Tracker Defence – shut down those pesky GPS trackers instantly – GPS Tracker Defence. Plug this… NDrive G800 GPS Navigator – world’s first real photo mapping system – The NDrive G800 GPS Navigator is… Biodegradeable Picnic Ware – eat, drink and compost your leavings – This Biodegradeable Picnic Ware is… More eco and green stuff please…. – Just to say that I’m…
Read MoreSIM Recovery Pro – retrieve, restore and program data on your SIM cards
SIM Recovery Pro. This clever little doohickey not only retrieves deleted SMS, address book and history data from your mobile phone SIM card, but can also be used to program the SIM to call selected numbers only. Which is pretty useful for controlling the outgoing spend caused by your grandmother’s riotous social life. You can use it to backup all your SIM data too and apparently there’s no technical skill required. Goody! £59.95/$107.91. The SIM Recovery Pro is an advanced SIM card…
Read MoreStar Trek Communicator Replica – “bridge here, Cap’n”
Star Trek Communicator Replica. None of yer fancy stuff here matey, this is the original style Communicator with the flip top, delicious beep acknowledgement and 9 scintillating phrases from the show to keep you amused for hours. Hey and it can be configured to call you back. Awesome. We can think of no better implement to take into your next board meeting. Seriously. $29.99. Just like the prop from the original series, only better! With sound effects and clips from the…
Read MoreRadio Popper P1 – cool new wireless radio flash system at a knockdown price
The Radio Popper P1 is a new radio based flash synch system which offers high speed remote flash triggering via radio even without line of sight. It’s very nice technology, but what makes it special is the price, which is way below comparable systems. They’re only taking pre-orders for the US at the moment at a price of $180 for the transmitter unit and $180 for the receivers (Canon and Nikon only). Here’s a nice demo video to watch. The RadioPopper…
Read MoreBaby USB Drive – tiny, colourful and cute memory storage
These Baby USB Drives are available in capacities of 2 GB to 4 GB, which is quite astonishing considering how small they are. Reminiscencing mode on – arrr, we remember when it would take an aircraft hanger full of steel and copper to store just 10 MB of data, arrrr…./mode off. Anyhoo, the cute colours mean you can give one to your girlfriend as a going away present with all the photos of your recent vacation, secure in the knowledge that…
Read MoreLiftMagic – check out your facelift before you hand over the cash
LiftMagic. An image tweaking service whose sole purpose is to give you an idea of how you’ll look after a bit – or a lot – of facial cosmetic surgery. Upload your photo and select which procedure you fancy trying out. This has gotta be more fun than an hour in the company of an encyclopaedia salesman, right? One for the confidence-challenged among us. Tags: liftmagic, face+lift, cosmetic+surgery
Read MoreDIY Solar Bag – make your own eco tote and feel good about life
This DIY Solar Bag is an interesting project if you’ve got the time and energy (arf!). You’ll need lots of tech sounding components like capacitors, voltage regulators and the like, but the result should give you a trickle charge for small devices, as long as you’re facing the sun directly. Mmm… Walking around in the city on a sunny day gave very good results because of the additional light coming from reflections off glass and bright stone walls. The charging…
Read More30 Alternatives to Adobe Acrobat – getting out from under…
30 Alternatives to Adobe Acrobat. Title says it all really. Me, I’m in love with the fast and elegant PDF Download extension for Firefox, which doesn’t seem to be on the list. So that makes 31 right? While Acrobat has proven to be a sufficient choice for any kind of PDF needs, there are plenty of drawbacks to this software that people need to know about, and there are plenty of good alternatives. For starters, if you do any kind…
Read MoreSolar Powered Cordless Fan – summer breeze, make me feel fine…
This Solar Powered Cordless Fan doesn’t just keep you cool, it also charges up your phone and MP3 player, tells you the time and even lights your darkness with the LED lamp bit. You’ll probably find that with all that going on, your solar charge will last about 3 minutes, but hey, at least you’re doing something good for your fellow human-beings. Good on yer. £34.99. This environmentally friendly solar product can be charged via the efficient amorphous-silicon solar panel….
Read MoreMicro GPS Mail Logger – track where you mail has been and watch it speed from point to point
Micro GPS Mail Logger. Do you really want to make your postman your friend? Then stick one of these GPS tracking units into an envelope and track exactly where it goes once it leaves your hands. A quarter of an inch thick and compatible with Google Earth, this puppy will let you watch your mailman’s journey around your neighbourhood with fascination and not a little fear. Enjoyeristic, eh? $695.95. [Thanks Greg] The GPS Mail Logger records the global position of your…
Read MoreDuoSIM – how to convert a standard cell phone to dual SIM in 3 minutes
DuoSIM is a very cool new conversion kit to upgrade standard mobile phones to dual SIM operation so you can have two SIM cards installed and switch between them at the push of a button. I’ve been looking for something like this for a while to make the best use of different data and call rate plans, but up till now the adapters have all required that you cut your SIM card up first, which is something I didn’t really…
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