Sega Toys intros "Private Ocean" dancing sea creatures clock

Sega Toys looks to have dialed back the creepiness factor with its latest product: a desktop device filled with sea creatures ready to do your bidding. Dubbed the "Private Ocean," the device packs low res representations of some 100 different critters, which can swim into formation to display the time if you tap the top of the unit or scatter if you touch the bottom. If that's not enough entertainment for you (which seems hard to believe), you can hook the device up to any audio source and have the little critters dance along to your favorite tunes. No word on what it'll cost, but you'll apparently be able to get one this October (though we're guessing not here).

[Dan @ Jun 29th 2007 10:13PM]

What in the blue hell is this doing here?! Non-iPhone posts on the second page! Science H. Logic!!!

[Jeff Couch @ Jun 29th 2007 10:25PM]

it's making engadget come back to tech news and not as much of a iPhone update page apple is getting for free.

[Mickey Jones @ Jun 29th 2007 11:00PM]

Darn. I clicked on this hoping to find some info on the new iPhone from Apple.

[Huey2k2 @ Jun 29th 2007 11:03PM]

If it's not about the iPhone it is not relevant to the technological world. I insist that engadget take this post down and replace it with a post proclaiming the iPhone to be the greatest technological innovation in history!

[Spider1981 @ Jun 30th 2007 1:12AM]

Aww man! I was hoping this was some sort of fancy iPhone protective case! :)

[artifex @ Jun 30th 2007 2:21AM]

I think this is neat. I wonder how much it'll cost?
I also wonder if it'll have a white noise generator, with water effects, and an alarm.

[kyle allen @ Jul 1st 2007 2:12AM]

i was going to write a clever, witty, and influential comment about this non-iphone device that happens to be cool, but all you iphone-spamers disgusted the wit right out of me!

[Aaron @ Dec 24th 2007 9:13PM]

You know, of course, that you CAN hook an iPhone to the Private Ocean... See the (ahem) connection?