Who needs the iPhone when you can have a cool phone you can cuddle in public? The teddy bear phone is one phone you can go to bed with, be your companion and looks cute!
Yeah, try putting a teddy bear to your ear in public and see the reaction you’ll get.
[link: Trends in Japan]
I’m not a morning person and some mornings when I hear the sound of our alarm clock go off, I just feel like (at the risk of being charged with being a killer-litterbug) chucking it out the window and going back to sleep. Most of the time, though, I just grumble some incoherent, sleepy babble, reach over to where the clock is and slap the snooze button for another five minutes of interrupted sleep.
It would be great if I had something like the Gun Clock, which comes with an infra-red gun you shoot with in order to ’silence’ the clock.
The so-called Gun o’ Clock has two modes: In the time mode, the clock will wake users up with a normal alarm sound but also a voice message (”Come on!”, in English). Then, a shooting mark will pop out of the clock’s body. Only if the still sleepy user takes the infra-red gun into his hands and shoots the mark the beeping and taunting will stop.
In the time attack mode, users must shoot the mark in a given time frame and get praised by the clock (”Excellent”) in case they manage to hit the bull’s eye.
Knowing me, I’d probably just throw the gun at the clock and hope it shuts up.
[link: CrunchGear]
If I get this contraption, which promises to eliminate smoke and odour from cigarettes by means of some fancy schmancy smoke to ion conversion process, will I be able to smoke in the office? 
[link: Collections Etc.]
An anti-snoring pillow has been developed by a Japanese company, Francebed. Why a Japanese company would want to name itself FRANCEbed, I have no idea. You’d think JAPANbed would be more ‘patriotic’.
I’m not exactly sure how this vibrating pillow, which comes with a microphone jack to record the effectiveness of the pillow (huh??), actually works, but it costs about US$300.
[link: The Inquisitr]
A case of wearable technology gone bad?
These “modern shaped trousers which are often worn by youngsters..” are the perfect solution for Googling quick exits while running from the fashion police. Built into the knees are a pair of crotch rocking speakers, around the back you have the added convenience of a back pocket for your “mouse”, and for you gamers, there is a joystick controller located just behind the front zipper.
Can you say "QWERTY on my crotch?"
[link: Vous Pensez.com] via Crunchgear
The Remember Ring is one for the forgetful. When you purchase this US$760 (!!) ring, the jeweller will program your anniversary date into the ring and 24 hours before the day, the ring will heat up to 120-degrees Farenheit for about 10 seconds and continue to warm up every hour, on the hour, all day long!
Or until you chuck it in the trash bin.
Tip: Get a PDA. It’s cheaper! And more useful!
[link: geeksugar]
OK, this is perhaps pushing the whole notion of total intimacy a little too far. This wacky toilet configuration lets you poo together with your partner. The product description reads:
The TwoDaLoo is billed as the world’s first toilet two people can use … at the exact same time. It brings couples closer together and conserves our water supply all with one flush. The TwoDaLoo features two side-by-side toilet seats with a modest privacy wall in between. An upgraded version includes a seven inch LCD television and iPod docking station.
Riiiighhtt …. more intimacy plus do your bit for the environment as well.
And it’s not cheap either. It costs $1,400!
I wouldn’t pay that kind of money for a toilet. When I’m on the can, I’d like to be alone, thank you!
[as seen on The Daily Bedpost]
These blue tinted sunglasses from Japan are supposed to help you with your diet. The reasoning is that blue calms the brain’s appetite centre. At the same time, the lenses block out red light which stimulates appetite.
Trust me, when you have a nice roasted chicken, straight out of the oven and the smell hits you when you have an empty stomach, no blue, green or yellow glasses will help you.
Blue roasted chicken is still roasted chicken! Yummm!!
[link: Inventor Spot]
For the image-conscious, "but too lazy to get off his big, fat ass and exercise" man, the mirdle may be the answer to his prayers. Just like the female version, the ‘man girdle’ promises a slimmer looking man so that he can fit into those skinny jeans.
[link: Jezebel.com]
The Japanese don’t need a reason to invent some cute device for the fun of it. This piggy bank is supposed to ‘add some thrill’ to the mundane act of putting coins into a piggy bank.
It makes a noise on an hourly basis, reminding you to save. If not, a door will open on the ‘bomb’ and all your coins will fall out.
Costs 3000 yen (US$27), which is probably more than the amount of coins this little piggy bank can hold.
[link: Reuters]
It looks like a mobile phone headset and has a light which would enable the user to uhm …. see what he or she is doing.
You don’t really need your eyes during oral sex, even though you’d sometimes need a lighthouse to locate the G-spot.
[link: Inventor Spot]
When I say hip, I really mean HIP. This piece of fibreglass enables you to attack it to your hip, giving you the freedom to place your laptop on it for added mobility.
Weird!
[link: geeksugar]
