The Penguin Teaboy is a cute way of making sure you get the hot beverage you want, at the strength you need. Set the timer and it’ll dunk the bag for the exact time required. Great for avoiding those insipid fruit tea concoctions which usually taste more of teabag paper than actual rosehip. Not that we drink rosehip you understand, cos we’re much too macho for that. Nope, we generally snort pure cut espresso grande up each nostril. Honest. $18.98. [Via Stylehive]  …

So German engineer Ulrich Kahlert has ripped apart a Segway and reconfigured it to make a Handsfree Transporter, which is a hands free scooter thingy built for specific tasks. The applications look interesting too, ranging from a cool Steadicam system or worker transport to a novelty entertainment and advertising tool. Check out some of the videos and see what you think. The one where the guy’s tracking the runners and cyclists through the park woods is cool (under CamTransport).  [Via Metafilter] Tags: segway, handfree+transporter

The Hisonic Sound Studio HS668 hereby receives the coveted Ferret Award for the ugliest digital product of 2007. Heck and we’ll throw in 2006 as well just for the fun of it. Billed as an ‘All in One Digital Speaker System’,  it has clearly been designed for people who listen to their music in the dark. It accepts input from flash memory drives via a USB port, as well as the usual audio in sockets on the back, and the company…

The LightCam Flashlight DVR is a strange looking beast which combines an LED flashlight and a Linux powered video recorder into one ugly security product. Up to 15 fps video at 320×240 resolution, so it’s not going to get you an Oscar nomination for cinematography, but hey the most likely shot you’re going to take is some guy swinging a tire iron at your head so who needs HD? The $500 unit also sports an in-built microphone (perfect for those…

The Kaito MP3 Radio Recorder combines the best of many worlds. The world of radio. The world of a small detachable MP3 player/recorder. And the world of recording radio onto player to carry in pocket. See, it has it all. $179.95 for a 256 MB version, including 400 preset stations and a digital NOAA weather station band.  This radio has a removable MP3 player that allows you to record AM, FM, and shortwave radio broadcasts for future playback as digital…

Dog Negative Ion Ultrasonic Humidifier. This puppy – arf, at last – does a lot. Negative Ion air purifier, ultrasonic humidifier, anti-fungus water tank and…wait for it…’nanometer and antibiotic engineering plastics’. Now how could you resist that, eh?  # Auto shut off when water level is low # Advanced noise control design, quiet when operating. # 5 liter water capacity # Moisture Capacity: > 380ml/h Tags: dog+humidifier, purifier, ion

The Memole Pad seems to be a kind of re-writable message pad which is based around the venerable Etch-a-Sketch technology. Of course, since this is a Korean site we could be completely wrong, but we’re willing to take a risk. Could this type of retro tech find other uses, like note takers and the like? Probably not. $32.57 in Korean stuff. Tags: memole, etch+a+sketch, notebook

The Sabeco Solar Powered Shaver. At last, freed from the slavery of scarce power sockets and flaky rechargeable batteries, men spring loose from their bearded shackles and escape into a universe of perpetually smooth cheeks and svelte legs. Grievously wounded, designer stubble  retreats to a secluded retirement condo in Boca Raton owned by David Beckham and Brad Pitt. The End. Tags: sabeco, solar+shaver, ecological

The new Finis SwiMP3 v2 bone conduction waterproof MP3 player is now smaller, lighter, supports WMA and plugs straight into the USB port for music downloads without a cable. Of course you know it’s also totally waterproof, right? $199.00 lets you do the butterfly while listening to The Crickets. Oh yeah…  The SwiMP3’s innovative sound transfer technology offers exception underwater sound quality. Standard players rely on the transmission of sound through air or water causing the swimmer to perceive only muffled…

Bring it to Life Stickers. Now come on, seriously. If you’re so sad that you need to make your stapler look like Aunt Maude, then you need help. Remember folks, anthropomorphism is the last pathetic refuge of the lonely geek. Just ask Suki, my cute likkle laptop. She knows. $7.95 (£3.58).  What could be funnier than giving your shredder some fangs, a wacky set of buck teeth on your hole punch, a glare on your stapler that says – hands off! If you want…

The MiniCat is the perfect sailing craft for that spontaneous weekend away. Just sling it over your shoulder, toodle down to the nearest waterhole and bob around to your heart’s content, making pirate noises and fishing for your supper. Ah, if only life were that simple, though. Priced from an arm wrenching £2450.00.  Assembling the MiniCat is a doddle. Its smart design means that one person can assemble it, without tools, in around 30 minutes. And because the entire kit…