Once upon a time a rearview mirror was just that, a rectangular piece of glass designed so you could look behind you in a car. Then someone had the bright idea of adding in Bluetooth, so you could hook it up to your phone and do hands-free calling. It wasn’t long before some bright spark figured it would be a good idea to drop in a rear view camera for a video view of the back of your vehicle, then…
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Magical Unicorn Mask will either get you promoted at work, or locked up
OK, so this is how it goes. You’re losing popularity around the locale. Your friends are starting to hint that you’re past your best, y’know, just not interesting any more to hang out with. Truth is, you’re missing an indefinable edge, something that’ll get you noticed, generate compliments from the ladies, you can see where I’m going here right? Yep, a Magical Unicorn Mask. That oughta do it. It’s latex with a ‘realistic fur mane’ and is designed specifically to…
Read MoreCassette MP3 Player lets you rock out 80’s style
It’s pretty safe to say that the iPod (in its many forms) has more-or-less conquered the portable music playing market. Of course that wasn’t always the case. There was a large period of time where the Walkman reigned supreme. If you weren’t walking around with one of those bad boys clipped to your belt, you weren’t one of the cool kids. Well now you can reclaim that 80’s look without the need to create mix tapes. If you head over…
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The WeTab: Not killing the iPad, or anything
Most desired by the publishing industry for promising to lock in content just as an old-timey sheet of paper would, the WeTab was met with utmost anticipation, and hailed “the german iPad-killer”, of sorts. True, there was a time when one in three nobel prizes went to Germany, and german engineering was all over the place. But this was close to a hundred years ago, and in the meantime this once leading science nation managed to behead itself, by putting…
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Hello Kitty USB Keyboard Cleaner – A purrfect keyboard cleaner
Hello Kitty doesn’t get much traction here on the ol’ Ferret, but this one is USB powered and looks like it’s been donged on the noggin by an anvil, so we’ll make an exception. This Hello Kitty USB Powered Keyboard Cleaner is a vacuum cleaner with attachments and it has a 2 metre cord for those hard to reach keyboards. It can suck or blow and it has two different types of brushes. ~US$55 from GeekStuff4U Hello Kitty USB-Powered keyboard…
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iConverter Turntable Radio – retro your vinyls into the future
The iConverter Turntable with Radio marks a new high point in retro style geek tech. Tears of nostalgia will flow, nay flood, down your cheeks as you gently place your Loving Spoonful album on the deck for conversion to the digital universe. A lump will come to your throat as you twiddle the plastic silver knobs. Oh such happy happy times… 73.17 Euros. Simply playback all your records through the mains powered iConverter Turntable and coupled with the software supplied,…
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