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

Atomic Pocket Watch – retro style meets rampant tech geekiness

Nigel — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:41:49 +0000

There’s definitely something askew with the idea of a retro styled Atomic Pocket Watch which is designed to keep absolutely perfect time for [...]

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Matrox M9188 – Eight headed video card

Dan — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:40:48 +0000

The Matrox M9188 is an 8 headed video card that fits into a single PCIe slot. Each output on the [...]

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Shocking Liar – truth machine electrocutes you if you lie

Nigel — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:39:57 +0000

The Shocking Liar device analyses your karmic aura, deciphers your DNA helix and then delivers a nice juicy electric shock every time [...]

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ISOL-8 VMC1080 Video Mains Conditioner – smarten up your flat screen picture by cleaning your power line

Nigel — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:37:09 +0000

The mind-numbingly boring looking ISOL-8 VMC1080 Video Mains Conditioner can apparently spruce up the image quality from your flat screen television by [...]

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Portable Air Hockey – Air hockey without the table

Dan — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:36:13 +0000

Air hockey tables use complicated, expensive fans and ducting to keep the puck aloft. Well, why not shrink all that [...]

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Rapid Typing Tutor – freeware typing program makes you fast and loose

Nigel — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:35:24 +0000

Rapid Typing Tutor is a free program designed to help you type faster and more accurately to impress friends, family and the [...]

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Wireless Keyboard HTPC Remote – Works with just about everything

Dan — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:34:42 +0000

The Wireless Keyboard HTPC Remote is a PC controlling remote equipped with a full (but tiny) QWERTY keyboard and touchpad. [...]

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Screenjelly – easy, free screencasting service

Nigel — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:33:07 +0000

Screenjelly. Simple, fast, free public or private screencasting app. Nice big red shiny button. What more to say?

What is Screenjelly? [...]

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Bus Stop Shelter – A bus shelter made of school bus parts

Debra Atlas — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:30:04 +0000

If you’ve ever been nostalgic about those bright yellow school buses we all rode, take heart! Now they’ve been recycled [...]

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DNA Mini Portraits – give your loved one a true likeness to remember you by

Nigel — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:32:33 +0000

You know those photos of you and the family on the beach you keep on your desk? So old school, man. [...]

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Disney Princess USB Webcam – mirror, mirror…

Nigel — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:11:47 +0000

Rats, we promised ourselves we weren’t going to use that tired mirror joke, pfaff! OK, so it’s a Disney Princess USB [...]

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Boeye MID700 – new Chinese Android tablet surfaces

Nigel — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:02:13 +0000

This BoEye MID700 is a Chinese tablet which runs the Android operating system and features a front facing camera, a super [...]

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Measy – Makes picking a gadget easy

Dan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:49:42 +0000

If you’re the de facto gadget guru in your neck of the woods, and frankly you’re sick of telling Aunt [...]

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Uniden UDW10003 – Simple home security camera

Dan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:45:16 +0000

The Uniden UDW10003 is a wireless home security and visitor identification system. Stick the IR LED equipped camera outside and [...]

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Add-on Compatibility Reporter – freeware helps fix broken Firefox add-ons

Nigel — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:37:04 +0000

One of the big hassles with upgrading the Firefox web browser if you’ve got a bunch of add-ons installed is finding [...]

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Texture & Reference Library – 12,000 free high resolution images for download

Nigel — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:35:12 +0000

The Texture & Reference Library contains over 12,000 free images covering an eclectic mix of categories, from textures to vehicles and [...]

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Fail/Win Stamps – Stamps make it official

Dan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:33:50 +0000

Be part of whatever the FAIL phenomenon is with these FAIL/WIN stamps. Bonus points if you get the stamp on [...]

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Silicon-Silk Electronics – embed some LED tattoos where it counts

Nigel — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:33:28 +0000

Science fiction moved a tad closer to our epidermis this month with the announcement that researchers are working on nano-scale [...]

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Intercollegiate Quidditch Association – Premier League Quidditch

Dan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:30:02 +0000

Did you know there was an Intercollegiate Quidditch Association, a dedicated university Quidditch league that plays in the US?

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Mach III RC Flying Saucer – Kinda reminds me of something

Dan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:27:39 +0000

This Mach III RC Flying Saucer lets you recreate recent Colorado events in your lounge room. The blimp has 3 [...]

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Mobile Phone Watch – touchscreen, Bluetooth, digital camera. You want fries with that?

Nigel — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:20:26 +0000

The Mobile Phone Watch may not have a fancy name, but it sure screams features. The 1.3 inch screen probably hates [...]

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