It's not the first co-created dress shirt we've seen, but Blank Label's design-it-yourself men's clothing handily distinguishes itself with its affordability.  With made-to-order dress shirts starting at $45, it's easily one of the most accessible ways to customize your business casual wardrobe.

Founded by Fan Bi and Danny Wong, the service lets you channel your inner Marc Jacobs and devise your own set of collared tops.  You put it together like you're dressing up an Xbox Live avatar, choosing from a predefined set of shirt components, all while watching a visual image of the expected finished product.  Sure, your inner Marc Jacobs will probably have the same bad taste you have now, but, at least, you're wearing something original.

Blank Label lets you customize almost everything that goes into the shirt, including fabrics (you can use different ones on a single shirt for contrast), collar size (wide, buttoned, narrow or normal), placket style (standard, French or covered), shoulders (military, double strip or bare), pockets (double, flapped, notched or bare), buttons, overall fit and more.  While the process involved is as simple as clicking on pictures, the resulting personalized creations do prove downright stylish (well, if you do it right) - a definite step-up from the typical off-the-rack garments otherwise populating your closet.

Fashioning and ordering a shirt takes around 10 minutes, with the designs forwarded to tailors sequestered somewhere in Shanghai.  Delivery takes between three to four weeks, with an express option that gets you the personalized threads within 10 days (yes, direct from China).

You can try out Blank Label's custom dress shirt web app from the link below.

[Blank Label]

Love the open-air feeling of riding on a yacht, but have no patience for the sea?  We're guessing you'll love hitting the open road on the Futuria Sports + Spa, a 36-foot motorhome with a yacht-inspired roof terrace.

Billed as a yacht on wheels, the roof panel features a full-size jacuzzi built into the wooden floors, letting you live it up under the sun, while the vehicle strolls along the open highway.  It's got plenty of vacant floor space on the roof too, allowing you to set up a roster of amenities as you need them, such as cooking grills or picnic tables.

Aside from the unique roof terrace, the Futuria Sports + Spa features a full luxury lounge, comfy sleeping bunks, a private bathroom and a sports car garage on the rear end.  To grab attention during shows and exhibitions, Futuria loaded it with an extra-powerful sound system, an onboard fog machine and some fancy lighting systems.  Not that fogs or show lights will be of any use during actual on-road trips, but we're guessing the assembly looks awesome on a trade event.

Debuted at the ongoing Caravan Salon 2010 in Germany, the custom-built camper is currently lending its imposing presence at the Dusseldorf Exhibition Centre.  Futuria says the whole vehicle costs around €656,413 (over $ 840,000) to put together.

[Futuria (translated) via Born Rich]

Camping outdoors is fun.  No matter how you slice it, though, two or three days out in the wild makes you long for the conveniences of home.  Turn nature into your personal kitchen with the Camp Chef Outdoor Oven, a full-featured cooking apparatus designed for ease of use and portability.

Obviously, you won't be carrying this around on your backpack while hitting a climbing trail.  If you're going to be setting camp for a while, though, you can easily take this from the car to your spot, provided you can round up enough muscle to carry 35lbs.

The Camp Chef Outdoor Oven comes with two matchless igniter range burners, along with a two-rack 10 x 16 x 10 inch oven, letting you prepare practically any dish that you typically do at home.  It features durable stainless steel construction, an oven thermometer and a maximum oven temperature of 400 degrees.

For power, it's designed to use disposable propane cans, with a 1-lb can providing enough juice for up to five straight hours of oven cooking at maximum heat. It can also hook up to bulk tanks, but requires a separately sold adapter.

Think about it: freshly-baked blueberry muffins, sizzling bacon and beefy macaroni casserole right in the middle of nowhere.  Sure, the bears will probably invite themselves with the smell of your delicious cooking, but you'll be eating better than every outdoor family before you.  At least, until the local grizzly wrecks everything.

You can score the Camp Chef Outdoor Oven from Amazon or link below.

	Camp Chef Camping Outdoor Oven with 2 Burner Camping Stove List Price: $270.99 Sale Price: $159.99 Average Rating:

Got soreness you want relieved, but don't want to take oral medication?  Try the Solar Stone Heater, a frisbee-shaped pain relief device that you can put on the affected area to help relieve any discomfort.

Don't worry, it's not voodoo.   It claims to be a form of fomentation therapy using heat stones, similar to the techniques used by traditional oriental healers to help facilitate the "flow of energy in the body."

The Solar Stone's shell is made from kaoline, a type of clay often used when making pottery.  Inside it sits a rechargeable heat generator with a double stabilizer, allowing the device to emit warmth safely when placed on any area of the body.

According to the retail site, the heat will promote blood circulation on any sore area you place it on, eventually relieving feelings of soreness and irritation.  It looks simple and harmless enough that it's probably worth the try.  If it doesn't work, then we're pretty sure you can put it to use as a functional foot warmer for the winter.

We're guessing the Solar Stone Heater is similar to the hot stones they put on your body when you go to a spa.  Except you just have to charge it for 10 minutes to get two hours of use, instead of having to heat real stones over fire.  That means you can bring it literally anywhere to get a quick hit of body-warming relaxation, provided you can find an outlet to recharge.

It claims to meet all safety standards in Europe, Japan and the US, apart from being completely free from both odor and smoke.  You can score one for around £51.

[KJglobal via Red Ferret]

Need to wash your hands before dinner?  Forget about getting up and running to the sink.  Just slide your chair over to the end of this concept furniture promoting the Gessi Goccia Kitchen Faucet, which features a dining table with an integrated water faucet and sink.

Designed by Prospero Result, the furniture seeks to save space by adjoining the kitchen sink right into the dining table.  While definitely unconventional, it actually makes good sense, especially for combined kitchen/dining areas with very limited room.

We're not sure if the Gessi Goccia will ever be sold as a dining table/kitchen faucet combo or if the company will leave it as a stylish showcase concept for their faucets and sinks.  Either way, this is a very creative idea that has a definite appeal.  Imagine this, for instance, as a backyard dining table and outdoor kitchen setup.  Pretty sleek, right?

According to the Trendir feature, the faucet can be bought in a variety of styles: opaque white, opaque black, glossy white, glossy black, polished silver and polished gold.  They all come with Gessi's conservation feature, which allows you to use only 50% of the water, compared to other faucets when doing the same things.

Again, we can't find information about purchasing a real dining table/kitchen faucet solution, but I can imagine some amount of real success from something like that, especially since Gessi is a niche luxury brand.  You can check out the company website to find out more about their products.

[Gessi via Trendir]

So, Apple introduced the latest generation of iPods yesterday.  One of my favorite updates happened for the iPod Nano 6, which has been completely redesigned with multi-touch display and controls, paired with a considerably shrunken size.

Completely eliminating the clickwheel, the sixth-generation device takes on an almost square form factor, measuring 1.5 x 1.6 x 0.35 inches.  Weighing a light 21.1 grams, it has a clip around the back for mounting on a sleeve, belt or pocket, making it an ideal portable music player while engaged in physical activities.

The iPod Nano's front panel is covered almost entirely by the 1.5-inch capacitive touchscreen, which features multi-touch support and 240 x 240 pixels of resolution.  You still get three physical buttons - two for the volume, one for the sleep/awake function - all of them lined at the top of the device.  Playback is restricted to music and photos.

Touch controls work much the same way as other Apple devices (you can swipe, tap, flick, drag and rotate), so those who've used an iPhone or iPod Touch shouldn't find too many surprises.  Features include a built-in FM radio (you can pause and rewind stations within a 15-minute buffer), Shuffle-style voiceover support, and the Nike+ fitness add-on.  Battery is good for up to 24 hours of music playback on a single charge.

Clad in polished aluminum and glass enclosure, the iPod Nano 6 comes in six colors - silver, graphite, blue, green, orange or pink.   You can get either the 8GB or 16GB version, priced at $149 and $179, respectively.

[iPod Nano 6]

Samsung has finally made a formal announcement on their poorly-kept secret of a slate.  Called the Samsung Galaxy Tab, the much-awaited device will run Android 2.2 Froyo and own the distinction of being the first DivX-certified tablet.

With the DivX certification, Samsung is obviously positioning this as a capable multimedia device for mobile users.  Unfortunately, it won't be able to display full 720p video, with screen resolution topping at 1,024 x 600 pixels (HD content will be played, but output will be downgraded). Aside from DivX, it also offers support for XviD, MPEG4, H.263, H.264 and other formats.

Details of the Samsung Galaxy Tab include a 7-inch capacitive touchscreen, a rear-facing 3.0 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash, a forward-facing 1.3 megapixel camera for video calling, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0, a bevy of onboard sensors (gyroscope, geo-magnetic sensor, accelerometer and light sensor), choice of onboard storage (16GB or 32GB) and microSD card expansion up to 32GB.  Core hardware consists of a 1GHz Cortex A8 processor, a PowerVR SGX540 GPU, 512MB of RAM and a battery that can sustain 7 hours of movie playback on a single charge.  It has a 30-pin connector, similar to the iPad.

While it falls right in the tablet category, it will support phone functions, including SMS, MMS and voice calls.  Because it runs Android 2.2, it comes with Adobe Flash Player 10.1, as well, affording you access to all manners of web content.  It's preloaded with Google's usual suite of apps, Samsung's dedicated services (Readers Hub, Media Hub, Music Hub and Social Hub) and a number of free applications (Thinkfree Office, Layar).

The Samsung Galaxy Tab will launch in Europe beginning mid-September, with other markets following shortly after.

[Press Release]

Tired of speakers that look like...uhm...speakers?  Drive guests nuts trying to figure out where the tunes are coming from with the Sony SRS-V400IP, an iPod speaker and dock  that looks like a cup holder with a matching drink tumbler.  Really.

Designed for both tabletop and in-car use, the device consists of two detachable parts: a speaker system disguised as a water bottle and an iPod dock.  For home use, you should keep both components intact, giving you a convenient iPod speaker dock that doesn't really look like one.  In case the car stereo breaks down, just remove the tumbler, slip it into your vehicle's own cup holder and you've got yourself a backup stereo system.  Just plug in the included cigarette lighter adapter, connect it to your iPod via the bundled cable and you're good to go.

The Sony SRS-V400IP's cylindrical speaker is equipped with a diffuser panel (the Sony Circle Sound Stage System) that will equally spread 16 watts of stereo sound an entire 360-degrees.  With the beefy audio capabilities, it might prove a quick and painless upgrade for you car stereo too, in case you've got a crappy one to go with your crappy vehicle (yes, I've seen you car - it's shameful).

From the looks of it, the stereo doesn't have a battery onboard, so you're stuck using this either inside a car or near a power outlet.  We're pretty certain the dock can be used as a real cup holder too - as long as you don't drop any liquid on there (which, let's face it, you will).

Audiocubes has the Sony SRS-V400IP available in three colors, priced at $239.99.

[Audiocubes via Cult of Mac]

We've seen folks take a stab at pedal-powered submersibles before.  The Scubster, however, has a real, working prototype that allows its driver to literally bike underwater.

Created by a team of French engineers, the Stephane Rousson design borrows a resemblance to the yellow submarine used in the classic James Bond flick, The Spy Who Loved Me.  It can probably play perfect for spy work too, with the entirely human-powered mechanism running in stealthy silence.

The Scubster is an almost 14 feet long submersible vehicle, designed to sit a single individual inside the water-tight cabin.  You operate it by working your leg muscles (or arm muscles, if you're driving it while lying on your stomach), activating the pedal belt that's connected to a twin-propeller system that pushes the craft forward.  Depending on how well you can ride a bicycle, it can reach top speeds of up to 5 mph, along with a maximum depth of 20 feet.

In its current form, the sub doesn't have a built-in oxygen system, so you'll have to go down armed with your own supply.  During recent trials in the Mediterranean waters off the Cote d’Azur, they were able to ride it below the surface for up to one hour without encountering much problems.

While definitely still a work in progress, the Scubster does carry plenty of promise as a recreational submersible.   Rousson says he's hoping to bring it to market in the near future, with yacht owners who may want a pocket sub they can play with in the sea as the primary prospects.  If plans push through, they might also race it at the 2011 International Submarine Race in the US (where, let's face it, it will probably place last).

[Scubster via Inhabitat]

Bikers have bike computers that count wheel revolutions.  Joggers have pedometers that keep track of their steps, along with even more complete solutions, like Nike+.  Now, swimmers get in on the real-time performance-tracking action with Swimsense, a wrist-worn computer that keeps a tab on your numbers while you're paddling in the water.

Created by Finis, the device incorporates a motion-sensing system that uses accelerometers to not just count your strokes - it can determine whether you're performing a breaststroke, backstroke, freestyle or butterfly too.  Fill in the other details, such as the length of the pool, gender, age and weight, and it can deliver pretty accurate reports of your in-water performance data.

The Swimsense Performance Monitor comes in wristwatch form and should be easy to mistake as one of the many Casio knock-offs from the 1980s.  More advanced than that era's digital timepieces, however, the fitness gadget should prove an invaluable tool to serious athletes and fitness enthusiasts who want to maintain careful data of their training sessions.  We can't find the dimensions, but it looks rather small, so it shouldn't add all that much heft to your arm while you're swimming.

Information for up to 14 past swimming sessions can be saved right on the device, along with data for the current one.  It automatically saves the number of laps, total distance, calories burned, lap time, pace and stroke count, all of which you can upload to a free online viewer via USB.

Swimsense will be available right in time for the 2010 holiday season.  Price is $199.99.

[Finis via Gadget Lab]