Digital shower Grohtherm Wireless

Sorry, you can't surf and shower with this. What the Digital Shower Groththerm Wireless does is let you preset--by remote control--the temperature for your next bath, besides customizing different settings for the rest of the family. Which is a really nice convenience to have, if you happen to have US$1,376 lying around somewhere. Just make sure the remote's beyond junior's reach. Else you're likely to get a rude awakening quicker than you can say wireless be damned.

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Via popgadget.net

Price: US$1,376
Availability: Grohe
Device: Wireless shower
Basic specs: N.A.

Stapleless Stapler

Why is a stapler a stapler if it's staple-less? It's no trick question, though this isn't the first such stapleless stapler. It does, however, have a rather interesting form factor that looks like someone swiped a siren off the top of a police car. This one does its bid for Mother Earth by doing away with those little metallic bits. Just note that it can bind only three to five sheets of paper, and does so by punching holes out of the sheet, then using the flaps of paper as a buckle. Not particularly binding, but for US$2.49 a pop, this is no hardship on your pocket.

See close up | the paper buckles

Price: US$2.49
Availability: UXCell
Device: Stapler
Basic specs: Plastic and flexible spring construction, safe, environmental-friendly, 60 x 57 x 48mm, 64g

C.E.O. Billfold Wallet

This is the second made-for-wallet outing we've come across that's way cool, the other being the Wallet Flash. That said, this iteration isn't terribly practical, and online retailer Marware points that out by adding a caveat that this isn't for use in pant pockets. Certainly, any thicker and that bulge is going to score you some knowing sneers. For those who hold their entire life in their wallet, the C.E.O. Billfold Wallet packs in even an iPod nano. It's not exactly Prada, but it should go handsomely enough with that nano.

See headphone access | wallet interior

Price: US$34.95
Availability: Marware
Device: iPod wallet
Basic specs: Leather outer construction, leather-lined interior, credit card pockets, secure ID pocket, full-size cash compartment, plastic screen and click wheel protector for nano, easy access to hold button and earphone jack

Ice Jacket

Remember Mr Freeze, Gotham City's supervillain who dons a suit that keeps his body temperature below freezing and enhances his strength? Well, the Ice Jacket is a bit like that, cloaking your favorite tipple in a jacket of ice. If nothing else, it's a great ice breaker at parties. The process sounds simple enough. Just place the bottle on the base of the Ice Jacket, slip on the sleeve, and close the three cam locks. Then fill the assembly with warm water, plug and place in the freezer. After that, run briefly under water to release the cam locks and sleeve. And there you have it, an iced-encased bottle. Or perhaps the start of a subzero degree party at home? Apparently, the Ice Jacket is no gimmick. Drinkers say the drinkability of white alcohols greatly increases as the temperature drops. Well, bottoms up to that as you chill out with a bottle.

Click to see close-up | how it's done

Price: N.A.
Availability: At its home site
Device: Ice jacket
Basic specs: N.A.

Ice Rocks

Anyone for prepackaged ice cubes made with premium spring water? Bottled water appears to have gone the way of beauty products, selling the idea rather than the product--at a premium naturally (pun intended). So if you fancy ice cubes that claim to make your drink that much purer, if it isn't already, Ice Rocks come in freeze-ready liquid form that's hermetically sealed in recyclable containers. Though for something that pure, this apparently stores for two years. Hmm…

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Via popgadget.net

Price: N.A.
Availability: More info at the home page
Device: Packaged ice
Basic specs: Available in 200-, 48-, 24- and 4-cube packages

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