Meet Mel and Belle, the Echo Bots with an attitude. Just record your own message in the mic in the back of the Bot, then sit back while some unsuspecting passer-by walks within sensor reach and sets them off. With 10 seconds length, you've got enough time to startle a co-worker at the water cooler: "Get back to work you lazy lout!," or something just as endearing. The sensor radius, which is located in the eye, relays the message when anyone gets within one meter.

Three tentacle-like, bendable legs mean you can twist, twirl and curl Mel and Belle into any shape, and a suction cup puts them in the most unlikely place.