If you’re worried about your dog getting lost or being stolen, then you need to keep a close eye. However it’s not always easy to watch out for your pet all the time, so you need something to notify you whenever it moves out of sight.
Read More
After about an hour of use, my laptop feels like the inside of the Mordor volcano on my thighs. So you can imagine how ridiculously hot it gets after a binge Lost watching marathon. My video card melts. It’s a problem. Since not watching every season straight through until I pass out is not an option, the Smart Airdesk Laptop Table is my only hope.
Read More
I have seen a lot of things created from an Altoids tin. First aid kits, bug out kits, emergency get away kits, there’s clearly some sort of a kit meme with this little box. But this project takes the cake. The Ampoids Portable Amp and Speaker is handmade with love from an Altoids tin.
Read More
There are portable battery packs and then there are portable battery packs, know what we mean? For your everyday ordinary charge-a-phone tasks, you’re going to be perfectly happy with a standard 5-10,000 mAh power block, but if you need to get some serious portable charging done over a few days, say if you’re in a field or desert oasis somewhere, then you’ll definitely need something like this Anker Astro Pro 2 battery pack.
Read More![Anker Astro Pro 2 – the 20,000 mAh power station in your pocket [Review]](https://www.redferret.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ankerastropro2-2-1.jpg)
If you want to show-off your cooking skills to invited guests or some culinary expertise for your loved one, nothing beats a homemade pasta dish. Of course it’s quite messy, and difficult, to make your own pasta at home but it’s well worth the effort, or hey, maybe you can just use a bit of clever technology to your advantage?
Read More
When it’s late and you’re alone in front of your computer, it can seem like you’re alone in the universe. Just you, the world of Tumblr and the wired system that connects you to it. The Kikkerland USB Spaceman Light is the IRL representation of your existential crisis.
Read More
Keys are very weird. Really, I should only have two on my ring, since I only have one front door and the single car. But instead I have like 15 keys on my key-chain. I don’t know what they’re for but I’m afraid to get rid of them, just in case I lock myself out of my old forgotten time vector continuum machine one night. The problem is all these keys are a stabby, bulky, jangly hazard in my bag….
Read More
Have you ever had an urge to peek behind something inaccessible? Or tried to find something behind a fitting, like a cooker or cupboard which was almost impossible to shift? Well you can now do it with your phone, or at least your phone plus a little camera gadget.
Read More
Inventor Gene Aikins wrote to us recently, asking whether we would mention his new crowdfunding project, Smart Card. We wrote back, explaining that we’re reluctant to promote crowdfunding project nowadays unless they offer some significant universal value, and are likely to actually get made, at which point we expected him to go away and leave us alone. He didn’t. His response, which basically offered up the ‘small inventor’ angle, was eloquent enough to get us thinking about this whole crowdfunding…
Read More
You know how easy it is to run out of power on your smartphone mid-way through the day? Usually at a time when it’s the most crucial you make that call, or check that message? Well here’s a tiny tool which will probably save your bacon in more ways than one some day.
Read More
Mornings are the worst thing to happen to anyone. Waking up is honestly the hardest part of every day, and let’s not even talk about Monday, OK? This alarm clock is on a mission to make that daily struggle just a little bit better with the soothing scent of coffee. Though not on the market yet, you’re going to want to keep an eye on the Barisieur to make sure you get yours “bright and early”.
Read More
Traveling is the best. Sleeping while traveling, unless it’s in an actual sleeper car, can be the absolute worse. Uncomfortable positions and loud neighbors can make catching a few winks impossible, but with the CABEAU Memory Foam Evolution Pillow, your dreams can become reality, err, your reality dreams?
Read More
Here’s a quick round-up of Red Ferret posts from the past week for those who missed them. Enjoy.
Read More
Recording good audio on your smartphone is not a problem when you have the best digital microphones, but what about creating music and beats on your device? You need different gadgets for that purpose that may cost you a fortune.
Read More
There are about 76 million reported cases of illness resulting from food each year in the US alone, so goodness knows what the number is worldwide. The fact is that our mass produced agri system is such a long chain that it’s inevitable we’re going to suffer problems as food deteriorates in transit. If only there was a way for ordinary folk to avoid risky products and save a trip to the doctor or worse.
Read More
 stuff you probably wish you couldn’t){kind=link}
