This USB Power Station is a no-frills portable recharger block which holds a whopping 5000mAh of juice for your gadget loving needs. It has no clever features, no add-on functionality, just power. Push the front button to see how much power is stored (3 lights = full), and plug in a USB cable with the appropriate end for your device. Dual ports means you can charge 2 things at once. What I particularly like is the fact that you can use…
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Slobber Stopper – the safety cover for birthday cakes
Not sure how to do this one. Slobber Stopper is a…um…’reusable cake cover’ which is designed to stop your children breathing their germs over the birthday cake when they blow out the candles. ! Everything about this product is classic, simply everything. The name, the teeny tiny niche market, the concept…oh lawks the concept…the marketing video, the health angle, the idea of sticking burning candles on top of plastic to stay safe, the aesthetics…oh my goodness me…the country of origin,…
Read MoreUbiquitous Player – Swiss Army knife freeware program does it all
This Ubiquitous Player freeware program is definitely a strange one. Picture an audio and video player which also does service as a text editor, image viewer, web browser, screen shot grabber, HTML editor, games console and and…sheesh, I forget. The UI is basic, the functionality more so, but hey, it’s free and it works. Enjoy it for its quirky-ness. Ubiquitous Player is All-In-One multimedia player, web browser, image viewer, text editor and file manager. Tags: ubiquiitous+player, freeware, mp3, video
Read MoreBBC Documentaries – 500+ classic radio documentaries available online for free
The BBC World Service has an archive of over 500 radio documentaries available for free listening. If you like listening to radio olde style, this is as good a destination as any in the world. Or grab the content on your mobile phone. Delicious. [Via] Tags: online+radio, bbc+world+service, documentaries
Read MoreMotorized Wine Opener with Foil Cutter – Take the skill out of a dying art
Many, many years ago, people used to stop wine falling out of bottles with plugs made out of plastic or tree. If you can remember this kind of thing, then you may need this Motorized Wine Opener with Foil Cutter. The rest of us just have to remember which way to unscrew the tops. Lefty loosey righty tighty. Cordless, recharges in a cradle and somewhere about its person is a foil cutter. US$39.99 When you need to open a bottle…
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Handpresso Wild – Espresso making goes green
Espresso lovers who love the environment can breathe a sign of relief. The new Handpresso Wild Portable Espresso Machine works via people-power, not electricity. Small enough to go with you anywhere, this hand held portable espresso machine is a simple, compact French-made, Nomadic-style espresso maker made from eco-friendly materials. Like a bicycle pump, you hand pump the Handpresso until the needle is in the green on the pressure gauge. Then add hot or boiling water to it – from a…
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Excalibur 3G Android Phone – Hands on review of an Android smartphone for the rest of us
This Excalibur 3G Android Phone is the first higher-end, unbranded Android phone we’ve managed to get our greasy little paws on. It’s fully-featured too with a 3.2″ resistive touchscreen, GPS, camera, rotatable screen, trackball, stereo bluetooth and a pair of batteries so it should keep you out of trouble. Turns out it’s a pretty darn good phone at a good price too. If you like just jump to the end and check out the hands-on video and conclusion.
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Ferret posts this week
Here’s a quick round-up of Red Ferret posts from the past week for those who missed them. Enjoy. Just 5 Mobile Phone – the ultimate anti-smartphone… – Sometimes all you need is a… Instant Car Reversing Alarm – stick ’em on your reversing lights and beep beep to safety – Now here’s super clever…. Airport Control Simulator – fun game lets you manage landing planes – Airport Control Simulator is a… BarTab – free Firefox addon controls your tab memory…
Read MoreSolo WiFi Internet Radio and Media Streamer – global radio media player streams all sorts of cool
This Grace Solo Internet Radio & Media Streamer is a versatile puppy. Not only will it grab 17,000 Net radio stations, Pandora, Live365 and Sirius broadcasts, but it will also stream the audio files on your PC to your home HiFi. Cool stuff, especially since it also comes with an iPhone remote control app. $124.99. Online music on your home stereo. The Solo Wi-Fi Receiver provides free internet radio from every corner of the world. Listen to the hottest online music…
Read MoreRetrofit Peephole – banish squinty security for ever, until the batteries run out
So we’re thinking you’re probably fed up of squinting through that tiny hole in your door, and you’re thinking…I wish there was a better way. Well there is. Kinda. This Retrofit Peephole replaces the simple organic as nature intended lens system with a fully electronic 1.3 megapixel camera based micro porthole. The benefits should be obvious. Not only do you get to see those baby kissing doorstepping politicians in full colour on a 2.5 inch LCD, but when the batteries go…
Read MoreRWatch Kit – strap your walkie to your wrist and talkie in private
This RWatch Kit comes with an elegant (!) wrist borne transceiver and a tiny wireless earpiece which together give you the communication skillz of a real live super hero. Or it gets you arrested. Either way you’ve made your mark on the world, got your 15 minutes and are well on the way to a contract with Blackwater…sorry…Xe. Voice activated, range up to 3 km, 22 channels and rechargeable. Spying is such a happy business. Price? Who cares. R-Watch Kit…
Read MoreKeychain Transformer Cam – DV cam, MP3 player fits on a keychain, but won’t convert to Optimus Prime
This little Keychain Transformer Cam is cute, but it’ll only play MP3 and record VGA movies, it won’t turn into a huge tractor thing to save the planet. Which is a pretty poor show really we think. Especially when you learn that all that micro tech is going to set you back $35.99. No, this is a new ultra Transformers Type HD Digital video camera with Video Resolution: VGA 640*480. At the same time, it is also a cute portable…
Read MoreLeisure Eyes Cover with Speaker – gonk out your sight and sound
How are you gonna make sure you’re left undisturbed on the commuter train every evening? Answer: plug your phone into one of these gloriously naff Leisure Eyes Cover with Speaker things and sit back, safe in the knowledge that *nobody* is going to mess with a crazy person wearing a tea cozy on their bonce. We recommend playing some Death Metal though the speakers very loudly to complete the effect. $16.00. The Sound of Nature, it comes with 3.5mm Audio-In…
Read MoreYodal Dictation – dictating machines morph onto the mobile phone
Yodal provides real time dictation on mobile phones, using a dedicated recording program and the Amazon cloud for storage and forwarding. The idea is you install the software on your handset (currently only Blackberry but Windows Mobile and Symbian coming – wot no Android?) and when you want to dictate something just press go. Where Yodal differs from standard mobile phone dictation software is in the fact that the audio is streamed to the Net (actually Amazon S3 cloud servers) in real time, is…
Read MoreSpeedbit Video Accelerator – freeware promises to banish the YouTube stutters for ever
Speedbit Video Accelerator is a free program designed to improve your video watching experience by smoothing out video from the major sites. The blurb talks about removing buffering and freezing, and apparently it works with over 160 video sites. I tested it in Firefox with YouTube and while it seemed to improve the playback of some videos, on others I was less than overwhelmed. It would help if the developers gave a few more clues as to how it’s supposed…
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