The Red Ferret

Font Squirrel is a free source of lovely looking fonts for your design projects. They’re 100% free and available with full [...] 89 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

Take a little water and lemon juice and what do you get? A Bedol Eco-Friendly Water Powered [...] 99 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

Taking “paper, plastic or glass” one step further, the Green Glass Company turns old beer bottles into beer tumblers, labels [...] 58 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

Always been a bit sceptical about these air-mouse things, but played around with this Loop Pointer product the other day and [...] 164 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

This bizarre Bike-Car is Italian and totally mad. Clearly the guy who thought it up couldn’t make up his mind whether [...] 84 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

Been trying to figure out how this E Z Toilet Flusher works. It says no tools needed for installation, which suggests [...] 93 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

Finnish company Panphonics have come up with the Sound Shower, a directional audio delivery system. Instead of using a cone [...] 269 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

The Radiopaq Sound Jacket for the iPod Nano purports to improve the sound quality of your Apple music player significantly. Well [...] 146 words | permalink | One comment | digg this

In the new landscape that is modern music a lot of musicians are ditching the traditional music company contracts and [...] 242 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

First they offered their customers WiFi, now McDonalds is installing electric vehicle charging stations for the 6 of you out [...] 112 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

The GlobalSat GPS Director GD-101 is an extremely small, “smart compass”. This isn’t your program-500-waypoints-for-the-Paris-to-Dakar type GPS, it’s more of [...] 123 words | permalink | No comments | digg

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This VGA to TV adapter box converts VGA to RCA or S-Video for playback on an ordinary TV. It doesn’t [...] 120 words | permalink | No comments | digg th

Kinetic road plates will soon power checkouts at a Sainsbury supermarket in Gloucester in the UK. Each time a vehicle [...] 105 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

This Fold Up Trailer could have been just what you needed for Father’s Day. Instead of your ordinary trailer just [...] 116 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

All right, that’s it, seriously. I don’t care who you are. There is no one who can claim that a [...] 97 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

This Easy Quick Jumper allows you to connect two cars via their cigarette lighters to revive a dead battery. It’s [...] 170 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

The Erase-o-Matic degausser uses rare earth magnets enclosed in a specially formulated case to zap magnetic data media such as diskettes, [...] 146 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

Klip! Kids is a timer for disciplining teaching children. After you shove them in the naughty cupboard under the stairs [...] 150 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

The Riversimple car may look a bit like a Batmobile that’s shrunk in the wash, but this tiny vehicle may well change [...] 308 words | permalink | No comments | digg t

Fat Free CRM is a new free open source customer relationship management (CRM) tool which looks rather nice. It features group [...] 94 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

If Ships is too slow for you then take a spin through the city of your choice with this 2D [...] 96 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

Just because your vehicle weighs 25 tonnes and demolishes hills and forests doesn’t mean it can’t be environmentally responsible. The [...] 191 words | permalink | No comments | digg

I think it’s safe to say if you own one of these Universal Device Car Mount thingies, then you’ve probably got too many [...] 169 words | permalink | No comments | dig

There’s only one thing better than a Skype Mouse and that’s a Skype Travel Mouse. This 800dpi USB mouse is [...] 129 words | permalink | No comments | digg

The iPlayer is a media player cartridge for the Nintendo DS, DSi and DS Lite. Instead of having to recode [...] 176 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

This little guy is the Cool Drive U360 and it allows two computers to connect via USB and the mini [...] 127 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

The Globalsat GH-625, is a fully sealed, waterproof watch and GPS. The GPS uses the excellent SiRF Star III chipset [...] 166 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

The Cooler Master SNA95 is a 95W universal laptop power supply. It can run on anything from 100V to 240V [...] 154 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

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Lovely Charts is an online diagram generator. Whether you need to generate network diagrams, organisational charts, flow charts or a [...] 151 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

This sleek looking Scania Concept diesel-electric hybrid engined 18-wheeler comes with LED wheel covers that notify [...] 118 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

You know how the saying goes, without water the human body is just a couple of dollars of cheap chemicals. [...] 172 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

Portable nightlights are a great idea. If you’re staying out with kids overnight you can just put them anywhere without [...] 99 words | permalink | No comments | digg th

Web Design Ledger has a linkfest of 28 Powerful Photoshop Lighting Effects that just might come in handy. From fairy [...] 87 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

This Desktop Factory 3D Printer is priced (and sized) to please. For US$4,995 you get a rapid prototyper the size [...] 159 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

This MR16 LED Spotlight plugs into a standard 12 Volt halogen light socket. From there it’s just fun, fun, fun [...] 99 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

This little doohickey is the Ok To Wake parent-programmable alarm clock and nightlight. For littlies it has a soft yellow [...] 121 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

The Slim Data USB is a credit card sized, very thin, USB flash drive. The theory being that stuff in [...] 80 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

Now you can really annoy your local birds by giving them a cute little bird house like this and then [...] 117 words | permalink | 2 comments | digg this

The MiniFitXL laptop cooler features a clever movable fan option, so you can custom tailor the cool breeze according to your [...] 58 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

AirBnB is a new online service which offers direct links to people and organisations willing to rent out their premises for [...] 161 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

The Moo Mixer is perfect for those of you too lazy to lift a teaspoon. Chuck your chemistry experiment in [...] 80 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

There’s nothing worse than schlepping out on a blustery cold night to gather up some wood for the vintage cast iron [...] 123 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

The new Huawei E583X Wireless Modem is a thing of beauty indeed. We’re big fans of the Huawei E220 mini USB [...] 233 words | permalink | One comment | digg this

This Tree Stump Speaker is a 125W all weather stereo speaker disguised as a tree stump. It contains a single [...] 127 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

The Mobidapter is a clever gizmo which lets you connect an ordinary USB flash memory drive to any device which has [...] 233 words | permalink | 2 comments | digg this

This Illuminated Mouse Pad Calculator comes with number keys. Oh yes. Awesome. Oh and a plus sign. Did we mention the [...] 126 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

Large DC power transformers (or wall warts) are the scourge of power boards everywhere. Sure you can buy special power [...] 209 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

Hey gamers. Have you ever looked at the 8 fans in the side of your rig and thought about all [...] 135 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

The Akuma Apache helmet comes with twin rear LED lamps for ‘higher visibility’, plus a handy front facing reading light for [...] 145 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

This VibraLite 8 vibrating watch is clearly designed to help our more forgetful brethren keep up with life, liberty and their to-do [...] 114 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

The SolCHAT solar powered hands free system, lets you chat away while keeping your eyes on the road, all the while [...] 131 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

 (image - Flickr) In the “so wacky it just might work” category, Taiwan students at Cheng Shiu University have invented a motorcycle [...] 181 words | permalink | No comments | digg thi

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Your car’s broken down in the middle of nowhere, mobile phone has no service or the battery is flat, it’s [...] 193 words | permalink | No comments | digg

DOTS Gloves offers an innovative way to operate a touchscreen in the freezing cold, while keeping your pinkies nice and warm. [...] 72 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

Smoke in a Can is a cheapo alternative to those disco smoke machines which occasionally pop up in suburban folk lore. [...] 117 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

The StudioDesk is a common or garden wood and veneer office desk with one subtle difference. All the cable conduits are [...] 120 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

InstallPad is a clever freeware program which automates the chore of installing software on your computer. It comes with a small [...] 162 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

Everyone knows you need sleep in order to be healthy, wealthy and wise, so this Zeo Personal Sleep Coach should be [...] 184 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

This  PIGGY6 HomePlug Power Strip gets our vote as the ugliest product of the month, all clunky black plastic and orifices, but [...] 173 words | permalink | No comments | digg th

Archerfish is a new system which combines remote cameras, a web portal and mobile phone notifications into a self-contained snooper kit [...] 168 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

The Kent Displays eTablet Electronic Writing Tablet takes the idea of the humble blackboard and chalk, throws away the simplicity and robustness, [...] 142 words | permalink | No comments | digg thi

Need more space on your jammed up computer? Balesio’s FILEminimizer Office helps you do just that by compressing [...] 204 words | permalink | No comments | digg th

This 3–in-1 Digital Compass delivers not just a way of finding your way home, but also a thermometer to keep track [...] 143 words | permalink | No comments | digg th

Futz.me is a new online service which lets you send stuff to your email address or mobile phone (US only) via a [...] 123 words | permalink | No comments | digg thi

Sporcle is a range of quizzes on everything from Simpsons Characters, Countries of Africa or even Famous People Named Bob. [...] 102 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

These AQ wireless outdoor speakers might be just what you need for an easy outdoor music system setup. Hook the [...] 200 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

Lehr make a range of propane-powered garden equipment including this Propane-Powered Lawn Trimmer. Propane is brilliant as a fuel as [...] 274 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

There’s a great story on Salon.com about Nick Popovich, the Lear Jet Repo Man. Nick has made a very good [...] 119 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

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