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]

Luckily, manufacturer Rihanna is working on this $US100 kitchen scale due out next year, complete with an iPod dock and 2W speaker (the speaker is hidden under the glass platform). Your iPod shows you the song while a black and white LCD displays the weights. I mean, does life get any better than this? [ADE via gizmag via UberGizmo]

Called “Coral”, this concept pot is coated in thermochromic spots, highlighting sectors in the pale blue design with fiery orange and red as the pot heats. The thing is, I don’t even need the Coral to change colour. I’d buy the colour bubble design as is (or at least, I’d consider the idea before questioning whether it would match my kitchen, future kitchen, various other pots I own, various other appliances I own, etc etc etc, along with whether or not I needed yet another thing taking up space in my kitchen cabinets — the answer of which would inevitably be “no” as I walked out of Target or whatever, unfulfilled as a consumer but maturer as a person).

Sorry, maybe that was TMI on my kitchen-related buying habits. Just being honest. [Yanko via Unplggd]

With the push of a button, the Musical Cake (and pizza) Tray will play Happy Birthday (so you can sit in awkward silence while the plate does your job for you). But what’s just as handy is that a series of LEDs illuminate around the cake’s perimeter, signalling where the 12 slices should go.

Wait a second…there are supposed to be 12 slices in a cake? I thought you just cut the thing into 4 slices. You know, like pie. [Deni via GadgetGrid via OhGizmo!]

That simple. Touch to activate. Touch to deactivate. That. Is. It. Off with handles. Off with indicator. Just capacitive touch built in the whole faucet, so you don’t have to anything with dirty, wet hands. Just with any dry, clean part of your body. Yes, any clean body part. You can even detach the tip.

Geeneeus functionality, and perfect, minimalist design. Jon Ive and Dieter Rams probably have theirs already. As soon as I get $US547 to throw away, I’ll get mine. [Delta Faucet via PopSci]

It may be that I really miss my Lego Timer, but I wouldn’t mind to have this at all. So freaky funky colourful. [Flickr via The Cool Hunter via uuh.. internet]

AUGMENTED FREAKIN’ REALITY!!!!!

Remember back when butter, flour and sugar were enough? Now our appetite has grown so vast that we’ll be consuming Pokémon, movie advertisements and Nascar figurines in no time. Just wait for it: A bowl of Doritos topped with Viagra coupons is just an ad campaign away. [Mike Clare and Tellart viaMAKE]

I mean, what could be more logical? Take a cooking tool that’s fundamentally designed to have a large surface area for fast cooking and easy food flipping, then shrink it to unusably lilliputian proportions.

In all fairness, this $US90, 6-piece mini-wok set is adorable. But if you buy it, you officially throw too many cutesy parties (because even one is one too many). Instead, save the money, dig a hole in your living room and throw a proper pig roast. Or just buy a hot pot that all of your friends can share (whatever works best for your particular value set and architectural budget). [Pro Idee via Random Good Stuff]