The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia

Oregon Scientific Magic Weather Forecaster – svelte and stylish, but it’s still cold outside, Jack

Nigel — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:32:39 +0000

This Oregon Scientific Magic Weather Forecaster is actually a tiny nano-powered robot that wakes every morning, shuffles up to the front [...]

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Dr Timmy’s Micro Hand-Crank LED Torch – keychain flavoured lighting

Nigel — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:27:03 +0000

Dr Timmy’s Micro Hand-Crank LED Torch is unquestionably a thing of wonder. Small, useful, everlastingly delicious and probably very hard work. [...]

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Mini Donut Maker – geek-tastic edibles

Nigel — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:52:40 +0000

This Mini Donut Maker is perfect for those dreams. You know the one, where sweet, sticky consumables contain no calories, carbs [...]

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Magtenlight – zero battery bike light illuminates your way with magnetism

Nigel — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:48:50 +0000

This Magtenlight Bicycle Lighting kit provides zero battery illumination by harnessing the power of magnetism. Just clip the magnets to the [...]

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Magneat Competition – Reminder

Dan — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:45:00 +0000

Thanks to the nice people at Magneat, we have four of these cool earphone cord wranglers to give away to [...]

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iRecord Pro – Records anything and sticks it on your phone

Dan — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:42:13 +0000

The iRecord Pro is a simple way of recording almost anything and cramming it onto your iPhone/iPod/Zune/Blackberry/AppleTV/PSP or PC. It [...]

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DocFetcher – freeware delivers instant deep file search on your computer

Nigel — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:37:56 +0000

DocFetcher is a cool freeware program which gives you the power to search deep inside your documents and folders. The software supports [...]

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The Meaning of Color – a must-keep explanation of the impact of color in design

Nigel — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:42:18 +0000

The Meaning of Color is an absolutely brilliant post (the first of three) from Smashing Magazine which looks at the meaning [...]

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Political Compass – find your place on the political spectrum

Nigel — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:35:09 +0000

The Political Compass site helps you locate your political place in the world by asking a series of basic questions. Well [...]

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Flower Design Baby Monitor – Cute and useful

Dan — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:05:31 +0000

This Flower Design Baby Monitor is what happens when webcam designers make baby monitors. The baby-end of the setup is [...]

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Miele Hybrid Vacuum Cleaner – Battery powered vacuum cleaner with oomph

Dan — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:01:45 +0000

Sure, Dustbusters and other cordless mini vacuum cleaners are useful but they’re horrendously noisy and they only give you 5 [...]

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Flair Hair – Hair replacement surgery

Dan — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:29:54 +0000

Flair Hair is outrageous hair, supplied in an easy-to-apply sun-visor. There’s a few different styles and a colours and the [...]

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Digital Scale Measuring Jug – always there for you, wet or dry…

Nigel — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:09:11 +0000

Hot from the ‘oh that’s clever’ dept, comes this Digital Scale Measuring Jug, which not only measures your liquids but weighs [...]

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Fujitsu F-01B Mobile Phone – more tech spec than a Mars Rover

Nigel — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:57:03 +0000

Think you’ve got a smartphone? Think again. This Fujitsu PRIME F-01B handset comes with…wait for it…

3.4 inch touchscreen 12.2 megapixel camera (with [...]

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Tomato T99 Motion Controlled DVR –

Nigel — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:41:29 +0000

The Tomato T99 Motion Controlled DVR takes the security equipment business into completely uncharted new territory. What with the cute name, [...]

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Peratech QTC technology – touch sensitivity coming to a mobile phone near you soon?

Nigel — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:32:28 +0000

The good folk at Peratech have just signed a $1.4 million deal with Nissha, ‘one of the world’s largest manufacturers of touch [...]

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Disposable Sunglasses – Stick em to your face

Dan — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:31:47 +0000

I guess these disposable sunglasses make sense, on some level, somewhere. They’re printed onto sellotape and you just tear off [...]

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Data Crow – the ultimate freeware data cataloging program

Nigel — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:14:31 +0000

Data Crow is a cross platform freeware database program which is primarily being pitched as a media catalog manager, but which [...]

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10 Alternative Uses for WordPress

Nigel — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:37:32 +0000

10 Alternative Uses for WordPress. No question that WordPress is now becoming *the* go-to website creator. Effortless setup, massive theme library and a [...]

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Intelligent Home Energy Management – Automate your home with Atom power

Dan — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:55:40 +0000

Intel is dipping their not-insignificant toes into home automation via this Intelligent Home Energy Management proof-of-concept. It’s powered by the [...]

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Cordless Airstation – Inflation where you need it

Dan — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:45:39 +0000

This Black and Decker Cordless Airstation looks like it may come in pretty handy about the place. It’s a battery [...]

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