This HP Mouse Camera Spy Bug is a fully working optical mouse which contains a wireless camera and transmitter effective up to 100 metres range. No, don’t ask us what kind of video image you’re expecting to get. The HP Mouse GSM SIM card bug, on the other hand, transmits an audio feed to any remote mobile phone you choose. Former priced at $59.99, latter at £225.00. They’re different products of course, but we’re fascinated with the use of the HP…
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Video Message Memo Machine – speak, video, monitor and smile
This Video Message Memo Machine may look a little 1960, but it comes with a few nifty features up it’s skirt. Like a full motion sensing security mode, video memo functionality for those intimate little family messages about the washing up and it will also happily act as a webcam if you see the need. The video resolution of 1280×960 and 30 fps means it’s also no slouch in the output area either. Just a shame about the design. $44.80. The product is…
Read MoreMP3 Karaoke Microphone and Speaker – plug it into your audio player and sing child, sing…
This MP3 Karaoke Microphone & Speaker slots into the 3.5mm headset socket on your MP3 player to give you ultimate singing rights over your perfectly innocent music tracks. The audio is redirected to the speaker and remixed to give your voice a fighting chance, but even so you know it’s going to lose, right? Because you’re just not that good. Sorry. £15.00. Simply plug this karaoke microphone into your MP3 player and sing along to your favourite songs. Both the song and your…
Read MoreGenie Timeline Free – freeware backup software for Windows
Genie Timeline Free is the freeware version of the mainstream backup and restore software from Genie-Soft. Despite trumpeting the fact that it is the world’s first free complete backup software, it’s not. It is not the world’s first, nor the most complete, but hey, this is marketing right? As a basic protection it’s fairly OK. There’s no scheduling, no bare metal restore with recovery disks, no compression, and no auto purging of older backups, all of which makes the product…
Read MoreVidtomp3 – online service converts web video to MP3 audio tracks for free
VidtoMP3 is a free online service which lets you convert web video tracks to downloadable MP3 files. The site is spamtastically crammed full of advertising of the most garish sort, but it works as it should. Just paste the URL of the video you wish to download into the box and click the download button. In a minute or so you’ll receive a download link with your file ready waiting. Fast, simple and effective. If you want it in high resolution…
Read MoreGoo.gl URL Shortener offers QR codes too – awesome way to create cell phone friendly addresses
I’m not a huge fan of URL shorteners, just a bit worried that they could end up breaking the web (especially if one of the popular services goes bust – update: or worse!), but this new Google wheeze is very cool. The Goo.gl URL service now delivers QR barcodes if you add .qr to the end of any short URL. So for instance if you create a short URL like goo.gl/LhCL (which leads back to the Ferret), then simply adding .qr to make…
Read MoreLooxcie – a real life-cam for life
The super slick looking Looxcie (look-see, geddit?) is the first ‘life-cam’ type product that we could actually imagine people wearing. For one thing it looks gorgeous, sleek and alluring rather than tacky plastic and nerdy, and it also comes with a decent enough spec considering the target market (i.e. geek early adopter types). The thing captures HVGA resolution video at 15 frames per second, which while not awesome is perfectly adequate for YouTube, and has 4 GB of on-board memory,…
Read MoreAltek Leo Android CameraPhone – 14 megapixel camera takes the cell phone to a new planet
This Altek Leo mobile phone comes with a 14 megapixel camera and three times optical zoom. Or should we say, this 14 mp camera with 3 x optical zoom comes with an Android 2.1 mobile phone embedded inside? Either way, it’s a scary example of just how fast this technology is moving right now, and doesn’t bode well for the long term health of the budget compact camera companies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikvYq1prQBs There’s no clue as to the quality of the images…
Read MoreRecon Transcend GPS Goggles – world’s first head up display snow goggles
These Recon Transcend Snow Goggles are the first to come with a GPS enabled head’s up display built in. You get realtime speed, altitude, distance, temperature, dinner menu (um…maybe not) and mucho other stuff thrown at your eyeballs as you’re hangin’ a 360 or whatever. Pretty cool tech all right, and all yours for just $539.00 Canadian. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4H4AD387v4 Real time statistics: speed, altitude, vertical, and total distance odometers, run-counter, temperature, stopwatch/chrono mode, clock # Logs averages, maximums and minimums…
Read MoreMulve – freeware music finder offers 10 million tracks for free download
Mulve is a freeware music finder program which makes no pretension to be anything other than a way to find and download music tracks. What makes it different is the fact that it’s very fast (download a track in 4 seconds or less) and the scope of the library, which the developers say offers 10 million tracks. The interface is bare bones, you get no streaming or auditioning of tracks and there’s no subtlety about the search. Enter in a name…
Read MoreInternet Eyes – spot a crime and win a cash prize
Internet Eyes is a spooky new service which lets members of the public sign up to monitor random CCTV cameras to hunt for crimes being committed in shops. The watchers pay a monthly fee to join, and receive a small ‘watching allowance’ depending on their hours logged in, and the ‘Viewer’ who makes the best contribution to the prevention or detection of a crime each month can win up to £1000.00 in prize money. Scared yet? The service comes across…
Read MoreFake Name Generator – create a completely new identity instantly
This Fake Name Generator service is a free online tool which delivers much more than just a fake name. You in effect get a totally new identity, complete with nationality, phone and home address, email, credit card number, social security number (or international equivalent), occupation and a random parcel tracking number. Why? Well apparently it’s a huge boon for data testing applications, for novelists who need to create characters quickly and suchlike. Pranksters could also use it we guess, teh…
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. Cobra 30 Mile 2-Way Radio – who needs a cell phone when you can chat for free? – This Cobra 30 Mile 2–Way… Frame Your TV – add some class to your Far Eastern plastic wall mount – Spruce up your television space… Happy Ball – making pets stronger, having more energy – Happy Ball apparently makes pets… WhoCrashed – freeware tells…
Read MoreFilterless Air Purifier – no replacement costs for your fresh air
This Filterless Air Purifier cleans your environment by emitting electrons which grab impurities. Because it doesn’t suck in stuff with a fan, you don’t need a filter which saves a good bit of cash. Cleans a 540 square foot room in five hours, looks space age and is near silent. What’s not to like? Ah, maybe it’s the $329.95? Video. An independent testing laboratory showed it removed airborne dust, pollen, pet dander, and smoke particles as small as 10 nanometers–100 times…
Read MoreiPong Table Tennis Trainer – solo masterclass on tap
This iPong Table Tennis Trainer shoots balls at you at adjustable speeds and spin types. Set it up with heavy topspin at 70 balls per minute and turn yourself into a Chinese master overnight. Perhaps. Unfortunately it won’t return balls to you, which probably makes the Forest Gump style of pounding against the wall a better and cheaper alternative. $149.95. Similar to a tennis ball machine, this automatic table tennis trainer serves a steady stream of balls for solo practice…
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