Not sure what to say about The Dipr cookie dunking tool really. Robert Haleluk, the inventor, tells me the thing holds cookie sandwiches so well that they won’t even fall out when you turn it upside down. He needs $10,000 to go into production, which he’s trying to raise from Kickstarter. Personally I think this looks more like a Quirky product, but what do I know? The ultimate niche product? I came up with the idea for the dipr one evening while I…
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Scarlet Falcon Broom – perfect for prodding muggles on the subway
This Scarlet Falcon Broom may not be able to fly like its wizarding forebears, but it should at least earn you a place on the next Potter Fayre when it hits town. Handmade in ‘finest oak’ (is there any such thing as pretty tatty oak?) and shipped with a nice little name tag. Forty-six inches long. $68.00. Each Scarlet Falcon is completely handmade. The handle is crafted from the finest Oak and finished to a deep, rich shade of Mahogany….
Read MoreThe Hat – super cool freeware utility for picking a name from a hat
The Hat is a great little freeware program which is designed to help you pick a random name or names from a hat. Just add the names manually or via a text file, click on the Pick button and bingo, you’ve got a winner. This could be a superb tool for managing tricky family chore situations, choosing designated drivers on the Friday shebang, running private sweepstakes or just having fun with your friends. The thing even plays a little animation and…
Read MoreSolar Powered Mini Fridge – making cool sustainably clever
Young inventor Emily Cummins came up with this ingenious low-tech solar fridge which works through water evaporation when she was just 21. Two years later she now regularly travels to Africa to give away the design to any community that can benefit. It’s cheap to make, effective (cooling down to 6 degrees in the middle of a hot day) and portable. Just awesome. More on her site. The outer shell of the device can be made with whatever materials may be…
Read MoreUnlocked Dongle – cool 2 hour online unlock service for 3G dongles
This cool Unlocked Dongle site offers unlock codes via email for all major 3G mobile data dongles, within 2 hours. That’s pretty cool, and the kind of service you should bookmark if you’re a traveller and need Internet in foreign countries. Just unlock a standard dongle using this service (or buy one ready unlocked) visit prepaidgsm.net before you go to locate a suitable data SIM you can buy in the the country when you arrive, and you’re set. Roaming data…
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. Jorno Bluetooth Keyboard – turning your phone into a laptop..almost – This Jorno Bluetooth Keyboard… Canine Twitterer – Twitter products jump the shark…er…dog – The Canine Twitterer is a pet tag… Solar Powered Talking Bible – Matthew 7:7 – This Solar Powered Talking Bible… TSR Watermarker – freeware lets you watermark your photos for safe online use – TSR Watermarker is a…
Read MoreThe Portable Support Tool Balancer – eliminate the pain from trimming and landscaping
Anyone who’s done yard work or landscaping knows about sore muscles and aching backs. A Canadian landscaper designed The Portable Support Tool Balancer to spare his back from otherwise grueling outdoor work. The device consists of a back brace-like harness and spring-loaded pulley system that eases the heavy burden of lifting, handling and using weighty, hand-held equipment such as hedge trimmers and pole chainsaws. A swiveling vertical pole attached the harness sits above the user’s head. At the top of…
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Personal Soup Chef – chops, cooks and simmers in one pot
This Personal Soup Chef does it all in one hit. Chuck in some vegetables, seasoning and water, with your choice of stock base and/or meats and set the thing going. It’ll chop the veggies, heat it all up and deliver a delicious broth to your tongue quicker than you can say minestrone. Or something. The concept is similar to the awesome Vita-Mix machine, but without the ice cream, shake, or smoothie making, but at $149.95 it’s a lot less money too. A digital…
Read MoreiPhone 4 Microscope and Note Checker – because you can’t be too careful…
This iPhone 4 Microscope and Note Checker suggests that ideas for the next big thing in iPhone land are running short. How else to explain a pretty lame 60x microscope – y’know, because we’ve all got an urge to peer idiotically at things through a glorified magnifying glass – and a currency note checker. It’s as if they weren’t really certain about the ‘scope idea either, so they figured they’d better sling a UV lamp in there at the same…
Read MoreSpace Fish Tank – wall mounted aquarium for trendy Pisceans
The Space Fish Tank doesn’t actually come from space, but you knew that right? So it hangs on the wall, holds your fishy friends and ‘saves’ space. Got it? Quite what the fish thinks about being squeezed into a slimline tank is not recorded. Good luck tiger. £29.99. Cleaning’s as easy as popping your fish in another container, removing the tank from the wall and giving it a rinse. No gravel or plants are required, it won’t take up valuable…
Read MoreSiphon – excellent freeware syncs your Firefox addons across different computers
Siphon is a super cool freeware addon for the Firefox web browser that lets you synchronize your addons across different computers. It ships with the option of a default online webserver to store your addon list for synch, or you can set up your own server and DIY. Unfortunately this part is still a little too geek for most people, as you need to configure Apache/MySQL et al in order to get it running. It would be better to have the…
Read MoreMapnificent – awesome global public transport time travel maps
Mapnificent is a very cool Google map mashup which shows estimated travel times on public transport for a growing list of the world’s biggest cities. The interface is super slick, just drop the pointer on your starting position, drag the slider to encompass your desired destination and read off the travel time using bus or train. It copes with bicycle times too, and compensates for the walk time to and from stations. The whole thing is based on a beta project called Mapumental…
Read MoreHow to Quickly Shut Down a Hung Windows Application
How to Quickly Shut Down a Hung Windows Application. Ladies and Gentlemen, if all else fails with an unresponsive Windows program, let us introduce you to ‘taskkill’. Sometimes a Windows program or file will hang and just sit there frozen with none of the menus or functions responding to the mouse or keyboard. There are several ways to close down a hung process but the command prompt provides a very quick and easy one with “taskkill”. Tags: tip, how+to+shut+down+a+hung+windows+program, windows
Read MoreThe i-Cool air conditioning system for trucks
Truckers spend hours in their trucks, often with the sun beating down on them. Most trucks are equipped with air conditioning (and why aren’t all of them you may ask?). Now there’s a green way for truckers to stay cool. The i-Cool system, designed by a partnership between ICL Co. Ltd., Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. and Nippon Fruehauf Co Ltd. uses photovoltaic batteries that kick in at idle-stop mode. The system uses Mitsubishi Chemical photovoltaic (PV) cells on a Nippon Fruehauf…
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Tokyoflash Kisai Escape C- Hands on review with an awesome Bluetooth widget
The Tokyoflash Kisai Escape C is a Bluetooth receiver that turns any set of headphones or earphones into a Bluetooth headset or a pair of stereo wireless earphones. It’s a great idea and perfect for people who want stereo options with their Bluetooth headsets or just want to use their favourite headphones, wirelessly. Here’s my take on it.
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