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  1. Seitz Roundshot VR Drive Panoramic Set - the perfect tool for precision panoramic photos details »
    www.redferret.net Posted 14 hours ago by Nigel

    The Seitz Roundshot VR Drive Panoramic Set is a fully automatic panorama motor for your digital camera. Just attach your digicam, set up rotation speed and other...

  2. KukuKlok - delicious Swiss made online alarm clock promises perfect timekeeping details »
    www.redferret.net Posted 14 hours ago by Nigel

    KukuKlok is a Swiss built online alarm clock that offers a new slant on the genre. For one it looks great and is super easy to set up, for two it saves your settings...

  3. Cyber Clean - beats as it sweeps as it cleans… details »
    www.redferret.net Posted 2 days ago by Nigel

    Cyber Clean is a totally weird - but in a funny way logical - product for cleaning keyboards. I have a feeling that it would be a perfect way to get...

  4. Poster Forge - make your own posters for freeeeee details »
    www.redferret.net Posted 2 days ago by Nigel

    Poster Forge is a free DIY poster making program. Yep, you too can now make movie, motivational and even wanted posters out of your favourite images. The free version...

  5. Westfalia Verdier Solar Powered Camper - awesome camper concept needs to get made details »
    www.redferret.net Posted 3 days ago by Nigel

    This awesome Westfalia Verdier Camper is a concept product that has yet to see production as far as we can tell. It comes with some fabulous features, and lots of hybrid...

  6. Ots CD Scratch 1200 - free virtual turntable program for aspiring DJs everywhere details »
    www.redferret.net Posted 3 days ago by Nigel

    Ots CD Scratch 1200 is a freeware virtual turntable program which lets you play two songs from the same CD at the SAME TIME (their emphasis!). One forward and one...

  7. Vacation mode - hey it’s July, the birds are singing, the sun is shining… details »
    www.redferret.net Posted 3 days ago by Nigel

    Yep, it’s that time of year again, and this Ferret is hitting vacation mode for a week. So we’ll see less posts, but hopefully still some interesting...

  8. Ferret posts this week details »
    www.redferret.net Posted 3 days ago by Red

    Here’s a quick round-up of Ferrety posts from the past week for anyone who missed them. Enjoy. Codetch - a free full featured WYSIWYG web editor in your browser -...

  9. Parrot MK6100 Bluetooth Hands Free Kit - remote control car phone system combines style and safety details »
    www.redferret.net Posted 5 days ago by Nigel

    The Parrot MK6100 Bluetooth Hands Free Kit shows that a bit of ergonomic forethought can produce equipment that delivers genuine user value. The point is that...

  10. Toyti - the wireless digital home entertainer for all the family details »
    www.redferret.net Posted 6 days ago by Nigel

    Toyti is a Korean wireless home entertainment system that doubles up as a parental content controller, a set top box, a media extender and a mobile battery operated...

  11. CPC Wristband - the World’s Best Hands Free Device…for free details »
    www.redferret.net Posted 6 days ago by Nigel

    The CPC Wristband is…ahem…a wristband. Stick the band around your wrist, slot the phone into the hole (they call it a pocket, but we know better don’t...

  12. Rocket Alarm Clock - yet another Pavlovian wake up call for the sleepy heads details »
    www.redferret.net Posted 6 days ago by Nigel

    The Rocket Alarm Clock is yet another of those products designed to make our lives miserable in the morning. Why do they keep making them? Anyway, stop the...

  13. Reborn Babies - eerily realistic baby dolls threaten to take over the world, or at least eBay details »
    www.redferret.net Posted 6 days ago by Nigel

    Reborn Babies are distinctly…ah…surreal. Take one normal kind of baby doll and spend literally days painting the thing carefully to match the skin tones...

  14. Guideal - psst…fancy becoming a tour guide? details »
    www.redferret.net Posted 6 days ago by Nigel

    Guideal is an interesting little idea. It’s basically an online portal for amateur and professional tour guides. The idea is to harness the wisdom of the crowds to...

  15. Mediabee - a life management system for families details »
    www.redferret.net Posted 6 days ago by Nigel

    Mediabee is a ‘life management system’ for families, which I think translates into a family calendar on steroids. It certainly appears to be stacked with...

  16. Voice Thermo Talking Forehead Thermometer - wow you’re hot, dude details »
    www.redferret.net Posted 7 days ago by Nigel

    The Voice Thermo Talking Forehead Thermometer is apparently the world’s only such device. Which is probably a good thing. It’s not that...

  17. Eco-Button - power saving USB button makes you feel good about your life details »
    www.redferret.net Posted 7 days ago by Nigel

    The Eco-Button is an ecologically friendly USB add-on for your computer. You’ve noticed that it’s green, right? OK, so plug it into your USB port and every...

  18. USB Soccer Fidget - make better use of your hands in idle times details »
    www.redferret.net Posted 7 days ago by Nigel

    This USB Soccer Fidget is a new fangled replacement for the doodle pad. Instead of fiddling around with your pen, or scratching your initials on you desk with your...

  19. Translate.net - freeware translation program covers 38 languages, capice? details »
    www.redferret.net Posted 7 days ago by Nigel

    Translate.net is a free translation program which offers up 38 languages from 35 translation services including Google, Yahoo! Babelfish, Systran and Wikipedia. The...

  20. Musicshake - more music fun than a tub full of honey with sugar sprinkles details »
    www.redferret.net Posted 38 weeks and 1 day ago by Red

    MusicShake is being marketed as ‘the easiest way to make music in the world’  and they’ve got a point. What they should also say is that...