Kohler showerhead with built-in Bluetooth speaker →
Via Uncrate and everyone on Twitter:
This clever piece of bathroom hardware embeds a speaker in the middle of a full-spray showerhead. And not just any speaker — a Bluetooth-compatible speaker that lets you recharge it on the counter, snap it back into the showerhead using the embedded magnets, and play music wirelessly from your phone or tablet.
A decent idea, but you could probably get much more volume and better sound quality (and much more versatility if you ever want to use it elsewhere) out of a Big Jambox for $100 more (or, currently, just $67 more if you choose white, my favorite of its colors).
This also might be a missed opportunity: could it be reasonably economical and reliable to build in a little turbine, propelled by the water flowing through it, that generated enough electricity to power the speaker and recharge a small buffer battery (with enough capacity to add a few minutes of use before and after the shower)?