Mantastic Invention

What will they think of next?

During a particularly grueling brainstorming session, one of our Mantastic 2006 contestants came up with a semi-brilliant idea for a product that the world has lived too long without. Here's how it was described to me:

"It's like one of those beer helmets, with the tubes that come down to your mouth, except that this one automatically fills up with beer whenever you crap your pants."

He wouldn't say whether the technology essential to this product's success already exists or if he was developing it himself. He'd obviously need some highly tuned sensors, servos, and micro-pumps, as well as a reservoir of some sort, but perhaps it's even more advanced than that.

The working titles for this contraption are "The Shit Helmet" or "The Crap Hat." He's said to be mulling over a cold-weather version called "The Poo Beanie."

The Committee will let you decide for yourself if this is something that would fill a niche in your life or not once out on the market.