Here’s a quick round-up of Red Ferret posts from the past week for those who missed them. Enjoy. FrostWire for Android – the first mobile P2P file sharing freeware – FrostWire for Android is the… Field Agent – the first app that pays you – Field Agent bills itself as ‘the… Encyclopedia of Life – an electronic page for every species on earth – The Encyclopedia of… Subzero Warm Breath Mask – banish cold air from your face – This…
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LED Pain Reliever – space age tech kisses it all better…
This LED Pain Reliever tech was originally developed by NASA, and now here it is, back on earth to help us reduce pain in all our important little places. The LED bit provides ‘deep tissue’ penetration which apparently translates into more effective, so don’t delay, banish pain today. Or something. $159.95. Using technology developed by NASA to heal astronauts’ injuries, this device’s 60 LEDs produce safe infrared heat to stimulate blood circulation, relieve swelling in joints, and loosen tight muscles….
Read Morei-Tab – cool little teleprompter for guitarists
The i-Tab is a neat little 5 inch LCD screen device which sits at the end of the guitar and scrolls lyrics and chords for the guitarist to use as they run through the song. Kind of like a teleprompter for guitarists. It has 4GB of memory, a speaker and headphone port and connects up to a PC via USB. You can buy songs from their store to load up, priced at $0.44 cents each, and if you need to…
Read MoreEnergy Multimedia Color Book – comes with 1500 free ebooks
This Energy Multimedia Color Book is an ebook reader which features a color screen, video and audio playback, microSD card storage and a 5 inch TFT screen. It ships with 1500 free ebooks on board in a variety of languages, as well as 2 GB of storage ready for more action. They don’t tell us what the battery life is like from the 1800mAh cell, but we do know the whole thing retails for €109.32. 5″ widescreen color display. *…
Read MoreFlexit – the ultra flexible LED light
Flexit is an ultra flexible silicone based LED lamp which you can wrap, stick or attach to most surfaces to obtain illumination. No Martha, illumination, not Illuminati. The unit contains 16 LEDs with three light settings (we’ll leave it to you to work out what those are) and runs from 3 AA batteries. Ooh, did we mention the magnets? $29.99. The FLEXiT Light is a hands free flexible LED task light. It’s ultra-thin, flexible silicone body allows an unlimited amount of light…
Read MoreThe Renewable Energy Racer Set
Miniature race cars have been around pratically forever, but the Renewable Energy Racer Set goes beyond the norm. Each of these mini-racers is powered by a different renewable energy – one by a mini-wind turbine, one by a small solar panel and the thrid by a hydrogen fuel cell. These racers are a great educational tool to teach your kids about sustainable energy parading as pure fun! It only takes a 10-30 minute charge form the wind or solar versions…
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DigiSigner – freeware provides digital security signatures for PDF docs
DigiSigner is a freeware program which lets you embed validated digital signatures into standard PDF documents. It’s Java based, and you’ll need access to some legitimate key technology such as a smartcard dongle or Windows key store certificate in order to make it properly pukka. Of course the really important people like banks and lawyers won’t accept it, but when have the Luddites ever got on board with nascent technology without a fight? PDF signing using certificates DigiSigner uses…
Read MoreSony Ericsson Xperia X10 gets Android 2.1 upgrade…for some…
So the rollout of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 update to Android 2.1 has finally started in earnest. I just upgraded and it’s transformed the handset…from a rather pedestrian phone to a very classy piece of equipment which holds its own against anything else in the world. Yes I know it sounds strange that a simple upgrade can deliver a completely new phone, but in this case it really has. The old X10 suffered from a bloated, awkward user interface that…
Read MoreWhat is a music track worth?
Help me out here, a little confused. I’ve just read that Jammie Thomas is currently liable to pay the record labels $1.5 million for illegally sharing 24 songs, which seems to value each track at an astonishing $62,500. But hold on. Over here on this site I read with amazement that the major insurance companies are valuing the average music *collection* at a mere £85.00, and only 10% of insurers will offer cover for downloaded music collections over £2000 in…
Read MoreiDECT iHomePhone 2000 – world’s first Android powered home landline phone
This iDECT iHomePhone 2000 is billed as the world’s first Android powered home phone, and it certainly looks to be a bit different. The thing runs stock Android operating system, has a 2.8 inch touchscreen, supports DECT cordless technology and also runs WiFi. When you’re not using it to harass Gran for some more cash, you can use it to surf the web, listen to Net radio, watch YouTube and otherwise smartphone your landline life to the max. It’s even…
Read MoreToshiba Folio 100 – tablet from Japan settles upset stomach
The Toshiba Folio 100 is the latest entrant to the nascent computer tablet market in Europe from the Japanese giant. What makes it worth reporting is the comprehensive spec. Capacitive 10 inch touchscreen, Android 2.2, Bluetooth, WiFi and 3G (in certain countries), HDMI out, USB, SD card and a 1.3 megapixel webcam. But the interesting part is the 7 hours battery life claim, which if true could be a best of breed result. Priced at around £320 for the base…
Read MoreLightsaber Chopstick Set – feel the soy, Luke
This Lightsaber Chopstick Set is from a time long ago…in a galaxy far away…nah, can’t be bothered. Just read this and be amazed that someone thought this was a good idea to bring to market. $21.99. Star Wars lightsabers merge with Japanese culture and “Chop Sabers” emerge! Suitable for eating sushi or defending the galaxy, both pairs measure 9″ long, with the blades cast in translucent material, the Darth Maul lightsabers can connect to create a double-bladed lightsaber! As a special bonus…
Read MorePhile – cool new way for groups to chat about stuff they love
Phile is a new beta online application which brings together a bunch of cool features to let groups of people chat and share their passions via the web. The key feature is the ease of set up and administration and certainly the devs have done a superb job of making it easy to set up the database and populate the site with starter content. The whole UI is clean, uncluttered and easy to navigate and there’s a great starter wizard to help…
Read MoreLyrify – freeware turns Spotify into a Karaoke machine
Lyrify is a small add-on freeware program which bolts a lyrics display onto Spotify so you can sing along a Muppet and scare the neighbours. Not much more to say really, a little bonus for Spotify fans everywhere. Lyrify is a Spotify addon that automatically finds lyrics for your Spotify music. This means that you just need to play a song in Spotify and Lyrify will find the lyrics and display them in a separate window. Simply download and install…
Read MoreWheego LiFe – the expensive little electric car
This Wheego Whip LiFe electric car is pretty conventional as EVs go, with a top speed of around 65mph and a range of 100 miles, but where it does stand out is in price. This 2 seater SmartCar clone is being sold at a staggering $33,000 before rebates, which is around the same as the impressive Nissan Leaf which seats five and has a heftier spec. Strange marketing. Wheego wants to make the best electric cars in the world and educate everyone…
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