The smartphone camera has come a long long way since the launch of the Nokia 7650 in 2002, which is generally thought to be the first mass market camera phone in the world. Back in those days everyone was astonished at the quality of the photos the phone took, even if actually they were really rather awful. It was a PHONE for goodness sake! [Nokia 7650 image – Wikimedia]
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Nintendo Controller Coffee Table is the new way to play games
Surely you want a quality coffee table for your living room. Why not make it functional alongside being well-made and aesthetically pleasing? This Nintendo Controller Coffee Table is fully functional as a controller, as it has it’s cord wrapped up underneath, and has a glass plate that makes it into the coffee table you will want to show off to all of your friends.
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Vebarius Digitless Clock uses words to tell the time
If you have ever had to travel to a different country, you might have been face to face with a language barrier. While it is quite difficult to learn a whole new language, it’s better to know a little than nothing at all. A great place to start, is with numbers, and the Verbarius Digitless Clock is here to be your guide.
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Inflatable Windsurfer and Sailboat is exactly what you think it is
When you think of a windsurfer, you likely think of plastics, wood, and a trace or two of metal. This sturdy construction helps you sail across the waves with ease. It is built so that it glides across the water carrying your weight while also managing the wind that comes at it, and the water beneath it.
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Sony SmartWatch puts your smartphone on your wrist
Most of us have our phones glued to our hands. We’re always expecting that next call, email, or text to pop up, and you never know when you’re going to need to tweet something. The only problem with having that lifeline ever-present in your phalanges is that you are down a hand to move through daily life. This is a time where having your phone strapped to your wrist would be awesome. Knowing that I wasn’t the first to think…
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Ultimate Bunker-Heirloom Emergency Seed Kit may save your life in the apocalypse
We’re not ones for spreading alarm and despondency, oh no. Things are going great, there’s no cause for panic. Just keep on keeping on and everything will work out fine, the economy will rebound swiftly, jobs will return, Mother Prosperity will wave her spatula of love over our bowed heads and we’ll all retire on full and generous pensions to live out our days.
Read MoreHow Many lets you instantly calculate the true cost of the gadget you’re buying [Daily Freeware]
Here’s the problem. Money. It’s become far too abstract. Not only is it usually dispensed via bits of colored plastic, or transferred from place to place in digital bits and byte, but we have lost sight of the true value of the things we buy. Rather like our governments, we’re divorced from the reality of our spendthrift ways. Well no more.
Read MoreIdeas Island offers a free paradise location to germinate your awesome ideas
Some famous, and probably massively intelligent person, once said that ideas are the stuff of life, and there’s no doubt that most of the West is funded by nothing more than a bunch of ideas, some good, some not so. With all the manufacturing being done elsewhere, let’s face it, ideas are all we’ve got left…well along with a few million patents, some hairdressers and lots of copyright lawyers.
Read MoreThe Red Ferret now on Google Currents for iPad, Android tablets, and more…
Google Currents, the tablet and smartphone formatted feed reader app has just gone international, and in celebration The Red Ferret is now published on the Google Currents platform. This means you lucky readers with the money to buy iPads and assorted tablet type toys (and smartphones) will be able to read us in magazine style, with a cool funky layout and everything. The only gripe we’ve got with the app is the fact that the titles aren’t live links, which means…
Read More4 Color LCD Weather Station makes checking the weather more interesting
When you get up in the morning, you likely check the weather. This is because you need to know whether you will be dressing warmly, wearing shorts, or trying to remember your umbrella. Chances are your phone, with it’s way too bright screen right in front of your face, is the most readily available source of information so early in the morning, but it doesn’t always have to be this way.
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Child Piloted Tumbler turns your child into a hamster
Kids seem to be a danger to themselves and the world around them. They run into things, trip on their own feet, and can’t ever stop moving. The best bet to keep them from harm is to let them play in something inflatable.
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This Artya Son Of A Gun Watch is probably not the best thing to wear on your next airport check-in
Look we all know how sensitive the poor security folk at airports are nowadays. Let’s face it, not a day goes by when they’re not in the news for some kind of blunder or another. And all they’re trying to do is maintain the peace, combat terrorism and help keep the skies safe from explosions. Or something.
Read MoreTemper is a freeware MIDI audio sequencer with smarts [Daily Freeware]
Got dreams of grabbing some fame and fortune as a rock god? Fancy yourself with the art of song writing, but a little stretched for cash at the moment? Well maybe you need to check out the Temper freeware audio sequencer for Windows. This full blown audio suite offers piano roll MIDI editing, multi-track mixing, and VST compatibility. If the above means nothing to you at all, then maybe you’re better off using something else, but if you’re willing to…
Read MoreTiny Lightbulbs specialises in selling crowd funded products direct to your door
Crowd funding is big business nowadays, and there’s no question that the concept of launching new products on the back of a wave of community love and funding really rocks. For the first time, small businesses have a real chance to get some sales traction without putting themselves into hock with the bank.
Read MoreAngry Birds R/C Helicopter doesn’t need a slingshot
If you haven’t heard of Angry Birds, you have most definitely seen them somewhere. The bright red bulbous body and thick brows of a perturbed avian creature have likely crossed your path of vision at least once or twice in the past several months. What started out as a tiny app has become an entire franchise, and it even had a succession to the game called Angry Birds space. Before the game was even out, the company who made the…
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