Wired Optical Ring Mouse. Slip it over your finger, flick the tiny trackball with your thumb and be amazed as you navigate your way around the page like a true professional. We are still, however, trying to work out how you manipulate the buttons without dislocating your index finger, but hey, who needs ergonomics when you’ve got cool? £14.99. The ring mouse provides maximum precision and control and suitable for any surface • This optical mouse comprises of left and right…
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Plug Multiplier – out of one, come many
Plug Multiplier. Cute design power socket extender gives you more power out of a single electrical socket than you could hope to get from a set of 6 wires and some rusty hair clips. Comes with nice colour coded on/off switches and a built-in surge protector too. Wowsers. £19.99. Convert one socket into four instantly! With independent on/off switches so you can turn off individual appliances when not in use. A built-in surge protector means it’s safe for use with computers…
Read MoreMontague SwissBike Folding Mountain Bike – pack up and go, go, go…
The Montague SwissBike is a full-blown mountain bike that folds up small enough to fit into a car. 21 gears, limited lifetime frame warranty, super fast folding action. You probably wouldn’t want to lug it around with you over your shoulder for long distances, but it’s a neat idea nonetheless. Prices from $679.00. The SwissBike TX Mountain Bike is a great all-around bike for anyone looking for a great ride at an unbeatable price. Perfect for cruising through the city…
Read MoreTrueCrypt – free open source encryption software secures your data
TrueCrypt. A free Open Source encryption program which can render your disk, folders or files completely un-readable in a split of a second. Or sooner. Not only that, but the software can make whole chunks of your hard drive disappear in a mist of ‘where did it go?’ magic. Perfect for hiding all those Barry Manilow tracks you’re so anxious about. Available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a…
Read MoreHow to Make Your Own Biodiesel – step by step guide to a cleaner burn
How to Make Your Own Biodiesel is a great step by step guide to making biodiesel for your own use. It covers just about everything you’re ever going to need, and is a goldmine of useful information. For instance the section on using biodiesel for modern turbocharged direct injection vehicles is a must read. Oh and SVO is straight vegetable oil, while WVO is waste vegetable oil (i.e. from restaurants and the like). (Psst…Elsbett makes a really cool single tank…
Read MoreIBM perfects hot solar technology – making the sun work for our living
IBM has developed a breakthrough solar technology that could radically improve the efficiency and reduce the costs associated with solar power systems. The company uses more focussed sunlight to produce more power, and the trick is in keeping the whole rig cool enough so it doesn’t melt down to a puddle of metal. Meanwhile Der Spiegel magazine from Germany has produced a frankly astonishing image demonstrating just how small a solar power plant we would need to build in the North African desert…
Read MoreFerret posts this week
Here’s a quick round-up of Ferrety posts from the past week for anyone who missed them. Enjoy. Sky Factory – virtual ceilings and windows for a splash of exotic living – The Sky Factory creates virtual… Puzzle Alarm Clock – mind work makes your body angry early – The Puzzle Alarm Clock is the… USB Memory Card Unlocker – forgotten your password? No problemo… – USB Memory Card Unlocker. So… Coolector – free movie software comes with a massive library…
Read MoreR2D2 Wireless Webcam – Lucas franchise uses the force to extract much money from geeks
The R2D2 Wireless Webcam is proof that you can fool some of the people all the time, if they think you’re a friend of Chewie. We’re talking a remote control lightsaber for pity’s sake, which you use to send your remote webcam trundling around capturing footage of your perimeter. Nevertheless Obi-Wan, do remember that the whopping £299.00 price sticker won’t mask the fact that you’ve bought a basic VGA resolution camera. R2D2 is both a wireless webcam with adjustable angles and a motorised…
Read MoreZeppelin iPod Dock – weird shape of the month award won easily
The Zeppelin iPod Dock definitely gets our award for the weirdest shaped gadget of the month. They call it a ‘stylish design’. We call it an elongated cigar shaped weird thing with a remote control. But we can’t all be right, can we? $599.00. The Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin is the finest stand-alone iPod speaker available. One of the audio industry’s most respected manufacturers, Bowers & Wilkins, has created this attractive piece of sound equipment specifically to complement today’s state-of-the-art…
Read MoreProNav – the GPS navigation system for truck drivers
The ProNav is a satellite navigation system designed especially for truckers. Yep truckers. What makes it different? Well it’s based around the size of your vehicle for one. In other words, you should be able to avoid all that hitting low bridges, jamming into narrow lanes nonsense. And the Points of Interest are geared to truck drivers too, which probably means far too many places selling greasy food. Each unit will cost around £23,000 each. Not really, but if a…
Read MoreShopping Notes – yet another price drop site pops into our handbag…
ShoppingNotes is yet another service offering to send you email alerts when a product you want drops into your desired price range. It’s a sure sign of the straightened economic times when all these similar services pop up offering cheap product hunting. We are the first ever web site that combines shopping bookmark with price watch that works with any product URLs. If you are a shopper, ShoppingNotes.com not only helps you organize all your shopping information, but also brings you significant savings with our…
Read MoreTreeNation – a tree community just made for hugging
TreeNation. It’s colourful, trendy, ever so sincere and wants you to cough up some money to plant trees, lots of trees. Take one dash Facebook, one dash Greenpeace and one dash IPO fodder and you’ve got this site down pat. Get a free tree for every 10 friends you sign up to the service. Oh yeah. Why is Tree-Nation a business? Tree-Nation was created with the idea to do good, as simple as that. And we firmly believe that we…
Read MoreTimeTube – create a timeline of YouTube videos
TimeTube. A quirky little application for creating Youtube video timelines. Select your subject matter, name or phrase, press go and get a gloriously linear view of the videos associated with the search. Cool implementation, but it’s definitely tech looking for an application methinks? Tags: timetube, video+timeline, youtube
Read MoreOne For All Energy Saver Universal Remote – save your legs and the planet too
The new Energy Saver Universal Remote Control from One for All is designed to help save your energy consumption bills as well as your legs. You can use it as a traditional universal remote for up to four devices, but also switch off all your A/V machines in one go using the ‘green’ button. No more standby for you Mr Greedy. £39.99. The One For All Energy Saver remote comes pre-programmed to control the Power Plug, so you just press…
Read MoreUSB 4 Port Data Switch – run one USB device from multiple computers
USB 4 Port Data Switch. Cheap and simple way to share USB devices amongst different computers. Up to four computers can do the sharing, and if you pop a USB hub in there you’ll be able to let those machines share multiple USB devices. Are you keeping up at the back there? $29.99. The use of four downstream Ports allows you to connect up to four USB enabled computers. Share a printer, scanner, hard drive and more by depressing one of…
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