This Vosonic GV6330 Night Vision Car Camcorder promises to deliver airplane black box functionality via plug and play simplicity. Just plug it into your cigar lighter socket, insert a microSD card and switch it on. The thing will then record a rolling loop of video in 15 minute segments. With a 32 GB card inserted you’ll be able to store up to 48 hours of footage, which should be enough for any needs. The Vosonic also features a 2 inch review LCD screen and…
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Red Ferret Quick Links
This is a bunch of silly, stupid or just bizarre stuff that we’ve found on our travels about the place. Hopefully it’s just what you need for a leisurely Friday. Lamborgini Murcielago skipping out of a car park by slipping under the toll gate. I guess the money you save can be used to repair the paintwork. Apparently Sea Monkeys love trance music . Maybe it all depends on what you’ve got to live for. Nothing to do on…
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Spiral Eye Needles – awesome invention lets you thread a needle with your eyes closed
The awesome Spiral Eye Needle removes all that needle threading hassle. Just slide the thread up the shaft and it will engage and be ready for some serious sewing work in an instant. No squinting, swearing, licking, pouting, poking, screaming. $16.00 for a set of three. Thanks Pam. More here. The Spiral Eye Needle solves that problem. Pam has invented a new design for the eye of the needle, allowing the user to simply slide a looped thread down the…
Read MoreMotorized Ice Cream Cone Holder – Oh My Goodness
I know we’re getting lazier and lazier, but c’mon, this is just ridiculous. This motorized ice cream cone holder stops all that cone-twisting you have to do in order to prevent the icy dribbles. Needs 2 AA batteries which you should probably remove before you put the thing in the dishwasher. US$12.49 No more turning your cone to lick the next melting corner! Now the Motorized Ice Cream Cone Holder does it for you! Sink into your food coma with…
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Aegis Netdock – Netbook docking station beefs up your netbook
Netbooks suffer for a few drawbacks, not least of which are storage limitations and a missing optical drive. The Aegis NetDock can help out by adding a CD/DVD burner, 4 USB ports (2 are permanently on for charging) and a spot for an easy to access, internal, 2.5″ hard drive. It comes with synchronisation software, burning software and works with Mac or PC. US$89 for the NetDock on its own, or $189 with the 500GB hard drive included. Should be…
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SpeedyFox – freeware speeds up your Firefox load time chop chop
SpeedyFox is a small freeware utility that speeds up your Firefox load time by optimizing the profile databases. The devs claim up to 3 times speed increase, and I’ve got to say Firefox certainly seemed a lot faster on boot up when I tried. Or is that a placebo effect? Anyhoo, well worth a try. It seems unbelievable but after you optimize your Firefox with this tool, you will get a fresh newly-installed feel because the speed indeed gets considerably faster….
Read MoreOnline Font Converter – free service to convert your fonts to different formats
The Online Font Converter service offers free conversion of fonts from one format to another. Just upload your font and it will convert and deliver a conversion within a matter of nano-seconds. Or faster. Very useful for when you need to use .ttf fonts and only have some .dfonts or whatever. You can also do the conversion via email, which is handy. Recommended for use with the free sIFR Generator service. Useful. Why did i create a font converter? I…
Read MoreZermatt Summit – humanizing globalization
A press release for something called the Zermatt Summit which landed in my inbox yesterday certainly made me blink. The meeting, which will be held in Switzerland June 3–5th, is aiming to help ‘create a better world’ by seeing how we can make the economy serve the common good, rather than just enrich a few. Hallelujah brother! Sure, the cynics will sneer, the skeptics will mutter darkly about communism and the rest will probably move on quickly to read something more interesting, but…
Read MoreLunar Car Solar Robot Kit – Mmm buzz click whirr
Kids of all ages should appreciate this kit to create a solar powered Lunar Car Solar Robot Kit. Made with pre-cut balsa wood pieces, you have the materials to put together a simple gearbox using a solar panel, battery, motor and a slide switch that toggles between the battery and solar power. You’ll need some basic tools – a screwdriver, some long nose pliers, a sharp knife, sandpaper and a AA battery – to assemble the more than 100 parts…
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Laser Level Tape Measure – Straighten up and measure right
You can’t go wrong by adding lasers to things, especially power tools. My circular saw wouldn’t be half as awesome as it is, if it didn’t have a cool aiming laser on it. Even the humble measuring tape can have some pewpew awesomeness if this Laser Level Tape Measure is anything to go by. But the awesomeness doesn’t stop at lasers, it’s got 2 dimensional spirit-levelling things, AND it measures …. stuff. Up to 7.5 metres (25′) of stuff to…
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Pet Wheel Away – Keep them dawgies rollin, Rawhide!
The Pet Wheel Away strikes me as a little bizarre, but if you’ve got an old or infirm dog it’s a good way to drag them out shopping or to go see a movie. The bag is on wheels with mesh sides so pup can breathe and it doubles as a backpack, or a cocoon for travelling in cars. Surprisingly the bag will also fit in the overhead locker of an aircraft however your dog probably won’t be in the…
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Naughty LG Electronics Caught Doctoring Eco Stats – not so lucky right now…
Pity poor old LG Electronics, caught out in a little eco-scam in Australia. Apparently the naughty company has been tampering with energy efficiency testing of their fridges by installing a sneaky device that trips into a special low-power mode when the ambient temperature is between 22 and 32 degrees and the door hasn’t been opened for some time, which is similar to the sort of conditions you might find in an energy rating test lab. The two products, models L197NFS and P197WFS, actually…
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USB Fingerprint Security 8GB Flash Drive
This USB Fingerprint Security 8GB Flash Drive should be mandatory for government people with their sensitive data and slippery fingers. It comes with 4GB of protected and 4GB of unprotected storage, needs no additional software and it can store up to 10 fingerprints, that’s one for each finger! If you’re a fingerprint-lacking bricklayer then you can use a password instead. ~US$48. This compact and portable USB fingerprint lock flash disk has comprehensive security features, such as easy access to 8…
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ClimaxDigital SH200 SCART to HDMI Upscaler – upgrade your old VCR to hi-def glory…maybe
This little ClimaxDigital SH200 SCART to HDMI Upscaler takes your plain vanilla analogue SCART signal – such as yer VHS recorder outputs – and upgrades it to a shiny new digital 720p HDMI format, giving you a crisper cleaner image on that new 50 inch flat screen TV. Well that’s the theory at least. We haven’t had a chance to test one of these yet, but history has tended to show that no matter what you do to VCR or any other…
Read MoreCOOLGTW18 Projector Phone – crazy Chinese design madness…
Why does it seem like the Chinese are starting to mess around with our Western tech obsession? Well for one thing, they’re starting to produce crazy products, like this COOLGTW 18 Projector Phone, which not only contains a tiny projector to beam your screen to a nearby wall, but also two SIM slots and two microSD card slots, touchscreen, an analogue TV set, FM radio, twin speakers, 2.0 megapixel camera and Bluetooth, WiFi yada yada yada… That’s just insane. The battery life…
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