SquidSoap, a fun hand soap designed to teach kids to thoroughly wash their hands, shoots a small amount of black ink with the soap, which is removed only after washing for 15 to 20 seconds. The Company references a study that shows children who wash frequently wash their hands miss 30% less school than children who don’t wash frequently.
[thanks, strange new products]
Also, a patent-pending, remote controlled crib rocker! [via neatorama]
Parker Brothers has launched a version of Monopoly in the UK that utilizes an electronic credit card system to keep track of payments and debts.
[I am traveling again this week, so posting may be slow until next week. Thanks, Matt]
Summertime is nearly here, so check out this awesome flying tube! Retail: $599.95 (ski boat not included).
For a video demonstration, click here.
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I met Peter Roizen, the intriguing inventor of WildWords, at Kepler’s Bookstore in Menlo Park. WildWords is a great example of adding an innovative twist to a classic product. It’s incredibly more fun than Scrabble, because a dozen wild asterisk tiles and any tile played on one of 20 Turn-To-Wild squares can be used to represent any series of one or more letters, so you can completely bluff. Dramatic comebacks are possible, and your ability to bluff, or to call a bluff, add a compelling element of gamesmanship.
WildWords is available at select independent stores, or online for $29.95 plus $7 for shipping.
Swimmers beware this summer! Hammacher Schlemmer is selling a two-foot long radio controlled shark, which replicates the fluid motion of a real shark. The Shark is available in blue or red for $99.95.
[thanks, Oh Gizmo!]
