These breast-shaped shampoo dispensers are a teenage boy’s best friend.

This naughty nipple-topped pair attaches to your shower wall with the suckers provided, with each bosom having a compartment for shower gel, shampoo or conditioner. To dispense, simply squeeze away – but be warned, you could run out of shower gel very quickly…

Space saving and fun, these breasts are a perfect gift for Father’s Day, Groundhog’s Day, Veteran’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and of course, Kwanzaa.

£14.95 ($26) gets you a pair. – Jason Chen

Product Page [Boys Stuff via Seihin World]

This "pod" based remote monitoring from Accsense looks interesting. It works by having one base station connected to your business's Ethernet LAN which communicates with up to 16 different pods using 802.15.4/Zigbee wireless protocol. Each pod can be placed anywhere on the premises to monitor stuff like physical presence, temperature, vibration, light level, humidity, door state and more. An example would be to alert you whenever a person, say Jack Bauer, enters a restricted area.

One interesting feature is how the alerts come through. Data is sent and stored on Accsense's secure servers and then sends an SMS, phone call or email whenever one of the pods generates an alert. The pods themselves have a self-configuring mesh that allows them to be more spread out from the base.

All this doesn't come cheap—this is why it's targeted towards businesses and not individuals—as one pod and one gateway is about $400 and each additional pod is $300 to $700 depending on what kind of sensors are needed. A bit too much for regular consumers like us who would just use it to make sure our wives don't find our secret stash of Bootylicious Monthly. – Jason Chen

Product Page [Accsense - Thanks Jon!]

We’re suckers for flying cars around here. I mean, just look at that picture above. It is so cool. Who wouldn’t want to fly above the daily traffic jam, pulling back on the steering wheel and rotating above the fray?

Meanwhile, back on terra firma, Mike Elegan at Personal Tech Pipeline talks some sense into us with his missive about how flying cars are a fantasy, how there’s no such thing as a flying car, just a “roadable airplane,” and shows us why the whole idea doesn’t make a lick of sense anyway.

The guy makes some good points, such as, with all the shitty drivers on the road these days, do you really want them flying around, crashing into other flying cars, houses, and even commercial airliners? Maybe until these things can be completely computerized, flying cars should stay where they are now, in never never land. – Charlie White

The Myth Of The ‘Flying Car’ [personaltechpipeline, via The Raw Feed]

I've never really been much of a watch man, but on occasion I stumble across a watch that gets me all hot and bothered. The Movado 800 has done that. Hell, I'm not even sure about the specifics of the watch, but it looks so beautiful that I don't care. It is available with a steel or rubber band and retails for a solid G. Best of all? Tom Brady has been pimping this thing all over town and everybody loves Tom Brady! – Travis Hudson

Movado Series 800 Unveiled [Wrist Watch Review]

The iBar turns a countertop into an interactive surface, where projectors mounted underneath can display graphics on the milky, semi-transparent surface. It has an intelligent tracking system that reacts to touch, and its software follows objects and is able to illuminate them where they sit. There are all kinds of possibilities with this technology, such as playing with a virtual ball on a bar, in a game called iBar pong, or creating graphics that circle and connect objects placed on the counter.

This reminds us of a clever concept created by a design student that we mentioned here a few days ago, using touch-sensitive LEDs to illuminate objects on a shelf. No sooner had we wished to see something like this on a bar, than one of our ace commenters pointed us to this wizardry. Neat stuff; let’s go have a drink.

More pictures after the jump. – Charlie White

What is iBar? [iBar, via Born Rich]

The last time we looked at MediaGear, they were hawking some USB drive card reader. They’ve stepped up their game a bit since then and are now hawking a portable media device, the HD2Go. While it may look like just about every other portable gadget on the market, the HD2Go’s 20GB hard drive and 3.6-inch color LCD try ever so hard to get you to notice it. With a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels, the screen is actually pretty decent for a portable device; on it you can view JPEGs and GIFs as well as video in the form of MPEG, VOB and AVI. Not even the iPod supports some of those formats natively.

As expected, the HD2Go also plays digital music in all the formats popular with the kids nowadays: MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WMA and AC3 make an appearance, but AAC is curiously absent. So if you’ve used iTunes to encode your library, tough luck.

The battery on the HD2Go supposedly lasts 4.5 hours while playing video and 15 while playing music. MediaGear will be selling it through its Web site soon enough for $295.95. – Nicholas Deleon

MediaGear Zooms In With HD2Go [Digital Trends]

MediaGear Home Page [MediaGear]

I still don’t understand the whole “pink gadgets for ladies” fad that seems to be lingering around. Ladies, are pink gadgets really that more appealing than the traditional black/gray gadgets? Intempo has released the Buddy. It is a pink GPS unit that includes flower and butterfly designs. It is a really basic GPS: 3.5-inch touch screen car charger, remote control and can help you get from point A to point B—easy enough. At $426 dollars, wouldn’t you be better off picking up a lower end Garmin or Tom Tom? Those are quality GPS devices, even the lower end models. – Travis Hudson

GPS goes pink with the Intempo Buddy [Pocket-Lint]

It used to be that you’d be burned at the stake if you tried to perform such brazen acts of witchcraft, but since that is no longer the case, feel free to give the EZ3D Picture Frame from DigiGear a try. The picture frame works in conjunction with DigiGear’s software that plays dress up with your digital pictures. After a few alterations, users print out the picture onto ordinary paper and mount it onto the EZ3D Picture Frame. Your pictures are now 3D! Or so we’re lead to believe. Short of actually seeing this in-person, we’re acting on blind faith, but that hasn’t stopped us before.

The degree to which this works is, again, hard to make out from low quality JPEGs posted on DigiGear’s Web site, but at least its $29.95 price tag won’t break the ol’ piggy bank. – Nicholas Deleon

Product Page [DigiGear via The Red Ferret Journal]

Johnny Law won’t be too happy about this, but some honest, hard-working citizens have created an electronic license plate blurring device. At the flick of a switch, the Bullrun will obfuscate the numbers and letters of a license plate, making it nigh impossible for the long arm of the law to identify you. Granted, this is probably not looked upon too kindly by law enforcement, perhaps it’s even illegal, but laws are silly things anyway. – Nicholas Deleon

Bullrun Tech, Subterfuge Edition: Electronic License Plate Blur Effect [Jalopnik]

Reader Danny tells us iRex iLiad e-Reader is finally shipping, which makes the score 1 point iRex, 0 points Sony e-Reader. The bad news is, it's going to cost you $810.84. Not only that, but a separate stylus, assuming it ships with one at all, is going to cost you 22.90 Euros ($28.89). Who pays almost $30 for a freakin stylus? At that price I'll grind my pinkie down to a sharp but rounded point, and use that instead. I still have the other one for picking my nose with.

Check the jump for the full email. – Jason Chen

Product Page [iRex - Thanks Danny!]

Dear Sir, Dear Madam,

Opening of iRex shop to the public

Thank you for your ongoing interest in our iLiad E-reader.

Some time ago you registered to be informed at the time when our online shop was available. We are happy to inform you that you that we have just opened to the public.

You are invited to visit to:

www.irexshop.com

The iLiad average shipping time is between 3-5 weeks depending on availability.

iLiad current status:

The iLiad hardware and design are final, while registered iLiad users are entitled to free software updates that include bug fixes and expansion of the basic set of features.

CURRENT STATUS OF THE ILIAD

Supported formats:

- PDF
- HTML
- PNG, BMP, JPG

Page refresh/ turning speed:

? The iLiad display is based on the innovative Electrophoretic technology
? Electrophoretic technology is a breakthrough for electronic reading (reading in and outdoors) and mobility (light, low power consumption).

? The iLiad is NOT equipped with an LCD screen.
? Electrophoretic technology is not suitable for video applications.
? The iLiad currently turns pages in about 2 seconds. Page turning can take longer depending on the complexity of the content and differs per format (PDF, HTML, etc.)

Local connectivity:

? The iLiad connects to the PC via USB. PC documents can be transferred from the PC to the iLiad with the help of the travel hub and the USB cable, both included in the box.

? The iLiad is also able to read USB memory sticks, Multimedia cards (MMC) and compact flash (CF) cards via the slots at the top of the device.

Network connectivity:

? The iLiad supports Ethernet and WiFi.
? The iLiad can NOT browse the internet directly.
? Network connectivity allows the iLiad to establish connection with iDS (iRex Delivery Server). Each iLiad has an in-box available in iDS to receive software updates and documents directly from the internet without the aid of the PC. The documents in the inbox are downloaded when the user presses the connect button and an internet connection has been properly set up.

? iDS also allows management of several settings online from the PC. Please check: https://myirex.irexnet.com

Software release version:

? Current software version of the iLiad is 2.4
? We expect to release v2.5 shortly

Release 2.5 highlights:

? Annotations:
? Notes. Annotate pictures includes selection of scribble gray-color, line thickness, erase and work from templates.

? Annotate in HTML and PDF is not available yet.
? PDF:
? Open last read page in PDF documents
? Power Management:
? Average battery life before recharge is about 8 hours in v2.5. Further power management improvements are planned in upcoming software releases.

The "powered shoes" are virtual reality assistants that were developed by Hiroo Iwata, Hiroshi Tomioka and Hiroaki Yano in Japan. The shoes—or hippie sandals as they appear—have motorized rollers built into the base. As you take steps, a computer strapped to your back will make the rollers on the bottom of the sandals roll the opposite direction canceling out your steps. So it is like really walking in place or being on a mobile treadmill. Get it?

The fun doesn't end there. The computer is also connected to a virtual reality helmet worn by the participant. So little to no room is needed to truly experience a virtual reality world where you can walk around anywhere. It is obvious that the virtual reality doesn't offer fashion tips, though. Socks with sandals? Bleh! The powered shoes will be on display at SIGGRAPH 2006 in Boston later this month. Check out the video here. – Travis Hudson

Powered shoes — perfect for a virtual stroll [NewScientistTech]

Fellow bloggers from our greasemonkey brother site Jalopnik got a first peek tonight at the much-anticipated Tesla Roadster, an electric-powered road rocket that can travel from 0-60 in four seconds with a top speed of 130mph. Singing the body electric is a 182-kilowatt AC-induction motor, a rear-mounted power plant drawing its energy from 6800 lithium ion batteries. Even though that engine’s barely audible, it’s capable of rotating at an astonishing 13,500rpm before it even gets close to the redline.

It’s packed with lots of humble off-the-shelf components, yet we’re hearing the vehicle might cost in the neighborhood of $100K. It takes 3.5 hours to charge up those thousands of batteries, and on a full charge it can keep on going and going, quick like a bunny, for 250 miles. Looks like lots of fun to drive, where its two forward gears let you enjoy that flat torque curve you can only get with an electric motor. Now if you’ll just lend us $99,995, we’ll be on our way. – Charlie White

Tesla Electric Car Pics Leaked! [Jalopnik]

Teaching a parrot to talk takes persistence and a world of patience, but speaking from personal experience, there’s nothing quite as delightfully uncanny as having a Macaw speak your name as you walk into the room, or having it cuss like a sailor at your mother-in-law.

The Wordy Birdy Digital Speech Trainer makes that training process a lot easier by repeating, at intervals between 30 seconds and 20 minutes, whatever word or phrase you’ve recorded into it. Leave it on until your poor bird (and you) have had enough. Just be sure it’s not within earshot of the neighbors—it’ll drive them nuts. It’s $22. – Charlie White

Product page [That Pet Place, via OhGizmo]

Take advantage of those low rates for SkypeOut without having to spring for a new phone with this Skype Phone Converter. If you’re unfamiliar with SkypeOut, it lets you use the Skype Internet phone system to reach any phone in the world. The Skype Phone Converter plugs into a USB port on your PC and has a phone jack on the other side, so all of a sudden your plain old telephone turns into a Skype phone.

Converting the analog signals from your phone into digital signals understood by Skype, all you have to do is hit the star key (*) twice and this converter will immediately activate Skype on your PC. Includes a voucher for 30 minutes worth of SkypeOut, barely enough to even get you slightly addicted, and two free months of Skype Voicemail. Available now in the UK for £29.95 ($55). – Charlie White

Product Page [via über gizmo]

You sing, you play guitar and bass, you record and play live, you play keys, and now you want a single USB device to handle everything in a single box. First, you're more talented than us. Second, you might want to check out Line 6's upcoming TonePort KB37. Announced at the summer music equipment trade show this weekend in Austin, this small keyboard includes controls for your fingers, inputs for footpedals for your feet, and uses software to model amplifiers, mic preamps, effects, and stompboxes, with processing options for vocalists and guitarists alike. Line6's equipment has plenty of competition, but it tends to be affordable and reliable. You may need to grow two extra feet and two extra arms to take full advantage of the thing, so Zaphod Beeblebrox, your audio gear has arrived. – Peter Kirn

Line6's KB37 Guitar/Vocal/Bass-Processing Keyboard [Create Digital Music]

Unlike the other USB PC Lock, this PC lock locks your workstation from prying fingers, instead of just the USB drive.

When the USB receiver is plugged into your machine, as long as the transmitter is in range, your PC acts normally. As soon as you walk out of range—with the transmitter in your pocket—the receiver locks your PC to prevent unauthorized access to your machine. Useful at the office, where a trip to the bathroom may invite your co-workers to pull the old take-a-screenshot-and-set-it-as-your-desktop trick.

Available now for £19.99 ($34). – Jason Chen

Product Page [Gadgets.co.uk via Coolest Gadgets]

MacroSwiss’s Spybot 4WD weighs only 6kg (13 lbs) and can go anywhere thanks to its weird “Flapper Wheels”. The spokes-like wheels allow it to climb 45 degree slopes, go down stairs, and be tossed (by explosives?) up to 30 feet.

The Spybot can even go through water with its paddle-like wheels, and can handle more payload than the Spybot MK II. Using this against human enemies is great, and its spy capabilities will give its owners a one-up on their opponents. However, in the impending Human-Robot Wars, there’s no telling where this guy’s loyalties will lie.– Jason Chen

MacroSwiss

The extremely robust 4WD Spybot with flapper wheels [GizMag via Jalopnik]

If you’re not a fan of DIY kits like the Mintyboost to give your portable devices more juice on the road, this external battery from Macally may be more to your taste.

The product page states that it’s “for” iPods, but the miniUSB port and the included cable should allow many other USB compatible devices to be charged. On a full charge, this battery adds 6-8 hours of play-time to your hard drive based iPods. There’s also a LED battery indicator so you know how much juice is left.

Useful device for mp3 players and cellphones that can be charged via their USB ports. – Jason Chen

Product Page [Macally via Coolest Gadgets]

This digitized couch was designed by a UK'er and has the ability to tell when a girl is not interested in you. It may be apparent to everyone around you because of your wretched BO, bad teeth, ugliness, etc, but finally you will know when you are not wanted because the couch lights up blue patterns. Using electroluminescent technology and pressure sensors the couch will know where the two persons are sitting and if it is far apart the blue patterns will light up. Once the lady gets drunk enough to become attracted to you, the couch will switch to more passionate red patterns showing that the two persons are together, canoodling. – Travis Hudson

Couch Counseling [The Cool Hunter]

If just peeping on your neighbors isn’t enough, there’s the USB Web Cam with Telescope from Brando. The telescoping feature probably isn’t useful for regular webcam conferences unless you want to show the other side how great (or lousy) your pores are.

The scope has 7x magnification and can record at 30fps in 320×240 resolution. Perfect for incriminating evidence on what Mrs. Olsen’s been doing to Mr. Sandoval’s Petunias. – Jason Chen

Product Page [Brando via i4u via uber gizmo]

The preparations are complete, and the Nike+iPod sport kit is now available in Apple stores.

Apple sent out emails today to users advising them that you can now head to stores to pick up the Nike+ shoes at Nike stores today, July 13th. In case you forgot how it works, here's the video.

According to iProng, NIKETOWN stores are going to have live product demonstrations and a chance for you to try the system for yourself. Pre-orders shipped yesterday and people should be getting theirs soon.

Click on the image for a bigger version. – Jason Chen

Nike to launch Nike+iPod at retail stores today [iProng]

A new project somewhere—readers, can you fill us in if you know—allows two users to type in a computer screen using only the power of their minds. The participants, Heath Ledger and some lady, are navigating possible letters by just thinking about the choices.

Interesting research if we can develop this further. At the level they're at right now, simple eye-recognition would accomplish the same thing much faster. – Jason Chen

Brain-Computer Typing Interface [TechEBlog]

Strathclyde and central Scotland have began experimenting with a new gadget to help in deterring knife-fights on the streets. They will begin using gloves equipped with metal detectors to quickly scan individuals for metal objects, specifically weapons. The Kevlar gloves will vibrate at the wrist upon discovery of a metal object. These gloves run £200 or approximately $368 a pop. Product image courtesy of BBC. – Travis Hudson

Hi-tech gloves hold the key to fighting knife crime [The Scotsman]

Not only has the Pong Clock shipped, it’s arrived!

Take a look at the unwrapping of the pong clock, complete with a size comparison with the iMac. From all the pictures we saw before, we thought the clock was a lot bigger. It’s actually about the size of an UMPC. – Jason Chen

First Pong Clock In The Wild [Zelfspot via digg]

If you were looking forward to buying one of those Sharper Image Breathalyzers you saw on the AirMall catalogue on your way back from seeing your "other" family in Vegas, think again. The San Diego Consumer Protection Unit found that the claims of being accurate to 0.001 percent were bogus, and Sharper Image reached a settlement agreement with San Diego law enforcement agencies on Friday.

The result, SI is going to stop selling these and pay $1.2 million for restitution and another $100,000 for advertising these as so insanely accurate. If you bought one—because you were so damn drunk—you can go and get a refund, but don't expect an apology, since they "admitted no wrongdoing". At least you'll get your $99.95 back. – Jason Chen

Sharper Image reaches breathalyzer deal [Business Week]