When you need to share a file that’s more than a few megabytes in size, many people will turn to a service like Dropbox, which can be a perfect solution. Of course if you’re new to the service, you’ll need to sign up for an account, then download and install the software before you can begin using it. For someone just wanting to quickly share a 70MB file, this can be more of a hassle than they want to mess…
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Do you love gold? Of course you do. Who doesn’t love a nice big brick of gold? The real question is how you’re going to show the rest of the world that you love this precious metal more than the next guy. The answer is simple. Buy as many things that are gold, or made to look like the stuff. In fact, you should start with this $15 USB Gold Bar Mouse. Unless you work at a bank, a pawn…
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Usually when you think about a helicopter, you imagine a craft with a couple of large, spinning blades keeping you aloft. Of course, those machines are rather large, and extremely expensive. But what if you decided to rig a bunch of smaller blades together, and mount them on a smaller craft? As you can see in the video below, you would be able to fly. A group of three Germans has been hard at work developing what they call an…
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As it gets colder, it gets easier to imagine yourself sitting on a warm beach far away from home. The sun shining in your face, the roar of the ocean waves, and the not-so-gentle breeze that’s trying to blow your beach towel away. So maybe that last part isn’t one of your favorite things about being at the beach. Well, at least there is a way to keep your towel anchored down when you do visit the coast. These Amazing…
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Here’s a quick round-up of Red Ferret posts from the past week for those who missed them. Enjoy. Fireplace Flame Coloring Kit – For the first time in many years I… Make a cheap, battery-powered phone charger in just 5 minutes – If you have ever found yourself in… Gears of Time Wall Clock shows off your love of steampunk fashion – If you’re as into the steampunk… Rubber Bandit Pen covertly fires rubber bands – In school, it was…
Read MoreWhen swimming laps at the pool, it’s always fun to wear those fish fins that make you swim just a little bit faster. The only problem is, they’re really difficult to put on as silicone or rubber products don’t really like to be form-fitting when they’re wet. That’s why these Silicone Swim Gloves took a different approach. Instead of encompassing your entire hand, these only cover the majority of your fingers, and will be much easier to put on. You…
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We’re not really sure who this Cat Play House is aimed at more, you or your feline friend, but we’re sure you’ll both get a huge bang out of it. Bang, geddit? The other thing we really don’t understand is the fact that the thing has a moving turret and cannon. Don’t these people realise that cats are excellent hackers and can turn something innocuous into d.a.n.g.e.r.? Anyhoo, it’s £7.49 and there are other types like fire engines and planes to offer your pet…
Read MoreIf you have a good reason to find out what someone is doing on a computer that you own, there are a variety of methods. First, you can get software that will track their activities, but that can be easily noticed, and has the possibility of crashing at some point. Another option is to use a hardware keylogger, which intercepts keystrokes as they’re being delivered to the computer, and records them. This is more reliable and less likely to be…
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Google+ still has a long way to go if it’s going to overtake Facebook as the social network of choice for the masses. Of course, it does have some features that Facebook can’t offer. Take, for instance, their new built-in photo editor. While it is certainly no Photoshop, the newly launched editor is one of the more powerful online ones around. You aren’t limited to just cropping, rotating and doing some minor brightness/contrast tweaks. The robust toolset provides you with…
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Every now and then, someone will come up with an awesome idea. Unfortunately, some of those ideas can’t be brought to fruition without a bit of funding. While there are sites like Kickstarter to help you on your way, you generally still need to put in a lot of work before you can even get to that point. That’s where The Awesome Foundation comes in. The Awesome Foundation is a group that pairs of �micro-trustees� with people who have great…
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In disaster areas, finding a source of light can be something of an issue. Usually there isn’t any source of electricity, unless it is a small generator, which is usually dedicated to a medical shelter of some sort. Individuals are forced to rely on small fires, flashlights, or kerosine lamps. None of these are particularly good choices, as they all require fuel of some sort. However, if this LuminAID light gets the necessary funding, there may be a much better…
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We’ve raved about the Samsung Galaxy S2 smartphone before, so we won’t retread old ground, except to say it’s an awesome Android handset, which deservedly has gained a huge fan club around the world. One thing that makes it so special is the versatility that having a 1.2 dual core processor gives you, and nowhere is that more obvious than in the fact that the phone provides full HD video output to your television, so we thought we’d give it…
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There are some night lights that you leave on all the time. And while they may be scented, or turn off during the day time, they use up electricity. Even if it’s not an exuberant amount, we’re all trying to cut corners where we can, so why not find a more effective way to light the path to the bathroom at night? These Light Up Slippers will surely do the trick as they will illuminate 20-25 feet in front of…
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When word gets out that you’re tech-savvy, you tend to get asked for help a lot. Helping people out can mean a lot of time spent on the phone, or driving over to someone’s house. That’s why having software that allows you to remotely control someone’s computer is a life saver. And now it seems you can do it from right within your web browser. Google recently released the Chrome Remote Desktop Extension, which, as you can imagine, allows you…
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If you’ve done any sort of video work, you know how important it is to keep your camera perfectly stable. Just a little bit of shake can be the difference between a professional looking shot, and unusable footage. This is fairly easy to accomplish when your camera is sitting still, but what about those times when you want to move it around? That’s when you need to use CineSkates. CineSkates started as a KickStarter project, which ended up getting 20…
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