We still don’t know what the fabled Apple Tablet actually looks like, or if it even exists, really, but this concept magazine reader from Condé Nast gives us a glimpse at what to expect from tablet apps.

Turn down your volume before hitting play, loud techno music awaits. Down? OK, good. Now let’s look at what we’ve got here. It’s about what you would expect from a tablet magazine reader. The big screen lets you soak in the magazine layout without zooming, and the graphics are big and interactive. In a nutshell, it looks like a hi-res iPhone app.

According to the source, Condé Nast doesn’t want to take any chances, and the app is a precautionary measure to make sure they’re ready if/when the device comes out. So don’t take this to mean that launch is imminent. Take it as a sign that even if the tablet doesn’t exist, it should, because a lot of huge publishing companies are more than willing to throw their weight behind it. [Wired]

Is it just what they’re showing us? A Flo TV app, that requires some kind of accessory to tune into broadcasts? That’s possible, but given how well the iPhone can stream video over 3G, it’d be a hard sell, even with Flo TV’s cable-like channel selection. It would also help if said accessory wasn’t larger than the actual iPhone.

Or is it to foster excitement over the idea of native Flo TV hardware support in the iPhone, like in the HTC Imagio? Because that will never, ever happen. So again, why? [Electric Pig]

When a child begins washing their hands, the sink calmly advises them to, “HURRY UP YOU LITTLE F—KER OR I WILL BITE YOUR F—KING HANDS OFF AND CHEW YOUR BONES RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU! YOUR LITTLE ARMS WILL BLEED ALL OVER THE PLACE, SPILLING OUT MY MOUTH AND ONTO THE FLOOR. YOUR DEATH WILL COME SLOWLY AS YOUR PERCEPTION PAINFULLY FADES TO GREY AND THEN BLACK — BY THE WAY, YOU WON’T BE GOING TO HEAVEN BECAUSE THERE’S NO GOD, SO YOUR BODY WILL JUST ROT IN THE GROUND AS YOUR EXISTENCE AS YOU KNOW IT CEASES FOR AN ETERNITY YOU’LL NEVER SEE. AND DON’T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON WHAT DAD WILL SAY WHEN HE SEES THE MESS YOU MADE! WHAT A FU—K UP! NO WONDER YOUR PARENTS ARE GETTING A DIVORCE! WHAT? THEY DIDN’T TELL YOU? WELL STOP YOUR GODDAMN CRYING ABOUT IT, TEARS ARE A WASTE OF PRECIOUS WATER!”

(Or the sink uses an IR sensor, like you find in public rest rooms.) [Design Boom via inhabitots via inhabitat]

Veronica Belmont, of Tekzilla/Mahalo/BOL fame/general video on the internet fame, sees Apple finally going ahead with that Courier concept Microsoft keeps dragging their feet on. Or Apple subsumes Microsoft entirely. What do you know, Belmont?

BoingBoing’s/MAKE’s Mark Frauenfelder goes as DIY-y as is humanly possible and projects a future in which Apple is just a bunch of dudes with Arduinos and a pair of pliers. You see, we’ll just buy Apple’s designs, and your iMake object printer will print them out.

Brian Lam, Man With Hat, just wants his iPhone to get reception in San Francisco, for once. Hence, bunny hears.

There are a couple more, and they’re all in the same whimsical, not-quite-serious vein. Check them out at: [Maclife]

But if I’m forced to use it, I won’t complain. Designed by Florian Schärfer, the Melted Clock bed has integrated speakers, touch-sensitive buttons to snooze and control playback, and a haptic, touch-sensitive alarm clock. Not a bad concept.

Still, the hammock and cocktails sound a lot better. [Yanko Design via Unplggd]

Designed by Ross McBride and named “Dolly”, this concept is a combination salt-and-pepper shaker with separate chambers for each of the two flavourings. It’s actually pretty clever, since you’d never have to worry about misplacing half the set. But is that comfort worth awkward glances at the dinner table? [Dezeen]

Only a concept now, but this charger — that’s also an iPhone stand — is easy enough that some Chinese company could quickly put out a solution in a few months.

[Petit Invention via Into Mobile]

As Unplgged noted, it’s kind of like “an audio version of a lava lamp”, which seems like a good way to describe a speaker that utilises light and water. It’s only a concept at the moment, but I like the visual approach to music. [Yuki Yamamoto via Designboom via MocoLoco via Unplgged]

“And as long as you keep running or dancing you can be sure you won’t run out of battery.” We may yet reach the point where we need to self-power all our gadgets, but until that day arrives, bring on the batteries or socket chargers. [DesignBoom via Ecoterra via Engadget]

[Henrik Amberla via The Design Blog via Unplggd]