This Rizone Pixel Repair freeware detects and fixes stuck pixels on flat LCD screens. It won’t bring completely dead (i.e. black) pixels back to life, but it should work if they’re just stuck on a particular colour. It’s very easy to use. Just fire it up, and click on a colour to have it cover the whole screen. You can then search for and locate dead pixels, and marke them to be fixed. Then press the Go button and the program…
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Central Engineering MR04A – the ultimate security cabinet system
The rather clever Central Engineering MR04A Security Cabinet (catchy name, dudes) is an RFID based system which can manage and control access to devices and objects such as keys, medicines, mobile phones or tapes etc using a computer controlled scanning system. Just stick the RFID tags onto your items and the system does the rest, automatically logging them in and out of the cabinet as they’re used and returned. The thing also keeps a computerised history log of what’s been in and out…
Read MoreAdHack – crowdsourced DIY advertising community
AdHack is a new crowdsourced DIY advertising marketplace, which links up people making ads with those looking for them. The idea is similar to SpotMixer, Zooppa and even AdReady which does DIY banner ads. The difference with AdHack is they’re supplying creative people in a range of abilities, from video ads to print and social networking. Because of this buyers can order a more coordinated campaign across different media, which makes the story much stronger. It’s great to see the…
Read MoreAustralian National Park uses recycled ink cartridges to refurbish bike path
One of Central Australia’s most popular tourist spots, the Simpsons Gap Bike Path in West MacDonnell National Park now sports a new look – it’s made of recycled ink cartridges! This 18 km bike path’s new 100 meter long path and replacement bridge should last longer and were more economical to build than a regular timber bridge.The Northern Territory Government spent $130,000 upgrading the bike path. Another terrific innovative way to recycle, don’t you think? But what do they do…
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Emerson Multi-Function Photo Frame Weather Station – clock, photos and some cute cumulonimbus
This Emerson Multi-Function Photo Frame Weather Station is clever all right. They’ve taken a standard 7 inch LCD screen and stuffed a weather display as well as clock, calendar and photo viewer software into the innards. Result, a rather useful piece of kit. Comes with a remote control and SD memory card slot. $119.95. It’s practical and it’s personal – a unique idea that combines a display of your favorite digital photos, along with the inside/outside temperatures, weather forecast, and a…
Read MoreParafoil Buggy – ultimate dune buggy promises fun, sand and high speed spills
They’re calling this a Parafoil Buggy, but it looks suspiciously like a small converted land-yacht to us. We’re also not sure how safe we’d feel travelling at 20 mph holding on to a bit of string either, but your thrill-meter may be set higher than ours. Yours for $1,100.00. The buggy is propelled by a 13′ sq. parafoil composed of 16 ripstop nylon cells which self-inflate as wind passes through them, forming a semi-rigid airfoil that behaves like an airplane’s…
Read MoreThanko Wireless Webcam – USB tethered camera frees up your chat
The Thanko Wireless Webcam connects to your computer via a USB port dongle, and will work without a cable at a distance up to 10 metres. Resolution is pretty low at just 320×240, but that’s probably a bandwidth issue, and it’s better than nothing, eh? Now why aren’t there more wireless cams around like this? Priced at around $104.00 in Yen like. The Thanko Wireless WebCamera is a 320 x 240 pixels web camera perfectly suited for notebook PCs or video…
Read MoreLitebook Elite – portable light therapy device banishes the blues
This Litebook Elite is a a light therapy lamp which emits an intense beam of light to combat the kind of low light fatigue and doldrums associated with Seasonal Affective Disorder. Turn it on and place it 12 to 20 inches away from your face, and apparently you’ll feel the difference within half an hour of use. $180.42. This new model features a custom lens and diffusion system which, combined with the high-performance white LEDs that all Litebook products are known…
Read MoreHarinezumi 2++ – the palm sized art camera
For some get back to basics no frills capture the emotion kind of photography that we all really want to do, not to mention 8 mm video with sound, the 3 megapixel Harinezumi 2++ digital camera is it. Faults, quirks and unannounced tech spec upgrades, along with oodles of uniqueness and individuality are the norm in this range of kidney bean shaped cameras. Having recently set my hulking great DSLR on a dusty shelf in favour of playing around with my iPhone, I can definitely…
Read MoreUnbelievable Pencil Art by Paul Lung
Paul Lung draws stuff with a pencil. Well…when we say draw…see for yourself. Incredible talent. The author of such unbelievable art is 38-year-old graphic artist from Hong Kong Paul Lung. 0.5 mm technical pencil and A2 paper are the only attributes of these masterpieces. He doesn’t use eraser and spends up to 60 hours sketching out his pictures. As he often admits people do not belive him and he has to make videos of his work to prove that these art…
Read MorePrivacy Defender – freeware automatically fixes your Facebook privacy settings
Privacy Defender is a free application which will check and fix your Facebook privacy settings according to your wishes. No more hunting around for the right box to tick or page to open. Simple, quick, easy. PrivacyDefender is an easy to use tool that automatically configures your Facebook privacy settings. All you need to do is select your desired level of privacy protection and PrivacyDefender does the rest. Tags: privacy+defender, facebook, application
Read MoreImageBase – free photos
ImageBase. Huge selection of beautiful photos in high resolution, with full ‘public domain’ style Creative Commons attribution rights. Oh and did I mention gorgeously photographed? Tags: imagebase, free+photos, creative+commons
Read MoreFlotilla raid diary
Disturbing report from The Guardian by Swedish author Henning Mankell. Tags: flotilla
Read MoreWebSDR – short wave radio meets the web
WebSDR is a short wave radio service which uses your web browser to deliver the audio. It’s frighteningly geeky and fascinating all at the same time. This software defined radio is Java based, so you’ll need that installed first. And don’t expect to hear much, all I could get were a few German speakers and a lot of crackle and hiss. Nevertheless, fascinating. [Via] On this page you can listen to and control a short-wave receiver located at the amateur radio…
Read MoreFerret posts this week
Here’s a quick round-up of Red Ferret posts from the past week for those who missed them. Enjoy. H1 Handy Recorder – cute audio recorder suits your pocket and wallet – The new Zoom H1 Handy Recorder is… Most Efficient Epilator – torture thy name is legion – Dude, you may call this a Most… Bless Fur Stick – 1GB USB flash drive + fluffy…what? – The Bless Fur… RC Plane Camera – Awesome and lightweight plane camera – There…
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