We’ve all seen the movies, and as much as you want to become a ghostbuster, it’s a difficult profession to prepare yourself for. Those pesky ghosts and ghouls are usually quite hard to track down, and proton packs are a bit hard to come by. However, with Halloween coming up, you’ll want to practice your ghost hunting capabilities, as they are going to be rampant at the end of the month.
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Here’s a quick round-up of Red Ferret posts from the past week for those who missed them. Enjoy. Flying Alarm Clock will get you to bolt out of bed in the mornings – There’s nothing like waking up… Orico Hard Drive Clone Adapter makes it easy to upgrade your computer – One of the major headaches of… Eat This Much lets you plan your diet with ultra precision – Everywhere you look there’s a diet… Raspberry Pi vs Android 4.0…
Read MoreIt’s not often nowadays that you see new products which really make sense, mostly they’re devices looking for a home in our wallets. But every so often, just now and again, something will pop up which makes you go ‘yeah, that’s actually a really good idea and makes a lot of sense’.
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Popcorn lovers have always had one disadvantage. Whatever they’re doing – driving, playing video games or working – they always have to stop what they’re doing to dive for their favorite snack. The Popinator could be an elegant and fun solution. The Popinator is an automated popcorn-shooting device. Created by snack maker, Popcorn Indiana, it uses a binaural microphone system – which is similar to how we hear things – and when it “hears” the word “pop”, it launches a…
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The one thing that most people try and accomplish in their lifetime, apart from fostering world peace and rearing angelic offspring, is to carry around less stuff when they travel. This includes things like computer accessories – it’s just so much hassle packing dongles, cables, chargers and a mouse for a weekend getaway. Now there’s a way to carry less using some freeware and our cell phone.
Read More![Brilliant WiFi Mouse turns your Android phone into a mouse and voice controller for your Mac or PC [Freeware]](https://www.redferret.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wifimouse2-1.jpg)
Wow, the tablet market is moving like a rocket, both in terms of price and specifications. Think back a mere 12 months ago and the only low cost tablets you could get were nasty tacky models with unresponsive resistive touchscreens, anemic processors which could barely cope with web browsing and all the style of a plastic brick (no offence Mr Leg0). But not any more.
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Finding the right workout for you can be tough as there are so many to choose from. Several of them tone specific parts of the body, and are useful in their own right. However, some regimens are a bit tougher than others as they put your entire body through a lot of physical strain.
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Music is timeless. It always has been, and it always will be. This audial method of entertainment has been around for years, and we always seem to find new approaches to how we create it. Different instruments, using our voices, or even found objects have crafted melodies that make us laugh, cry, or think about the world around us. If your little one expresses an interest in music, and you want to start teaching them an instrument without actually buying…
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We’ve seen portable, pocket-sized microscopes in the past, but it was always something where you had to look through a tiny peep hole. The strain of focusing your eye on such a detailed view can be a bit rough, especially with a bright light illuminating whatever it is that you’re studying. Having a secondary monitor would be nice, but wouldn’t that ruin its portability?
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Rucksacks, or backpacks if you’re from somewhere else, are cool and useful things. But they can get heavy fast, which is not good for posture or pace. So why walk when you can ride? Why drag when you can roll? Why suffer when you can breeze?
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The DIY Drones site features a great little community of radio control aircraft enthusiasts (or UAVs as they’re known), who are happy to help anyone build and fly their very own drone, just like the governmint agencies, but without all that security and scary arresting people angst.
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Sometimes you have to feel a little sorry for the entertainment industries. Sure they messed up in the beginning when they could have co-opted the technologists to help adapt and improve their business models instead of suing them, but right now they’re facing an eternal and unwinnable war and it’s clear they really have no clue what to do.
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Those half circle protractors were always such a pain to use back in ye olden times. They never gave you exact amounts, and were just a nightmare to use. You had to recheck what you thought was the answer at least three times because you never knew when your results were going to be just one little line off.
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If you like to run at night, then you probably bring a light of some sort with you. There’s nothing like thinking you would know a route blindfolded only to discover there are a pile of sticks waiting to trip you. While there are headlamps you can wear, they often blur out your vision a bit, and make it hard on other runners, as you essentially have your �brights� on the entire time.
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If you spend a lot of time in front of the computer, then you know that if everything isn’t sitting just so, you’re going to start getting joint pain. If your monitors aren’t eye level, your neck is going to hurt, if your chair is uncomfortable, you’re going to have back pain, and if your hands aren’t sitting in the right place while your typing and clicking away, your wrists, forearm, and elbow are going to be sore. These are…
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