Necessity is the mother of invention, and there's nothing better than seeing a wonderfully useful idea come to the light of day. Mophie has taken the idea of market research one step farther than most companies - they solicited random suggestions from MacWorld attendees and voted on the submitted product sketches. Jared Fiorovich felt that the one thing his iPod shuffle needed was a bottle opener, and now his dreams have been realized. (P.S. He's seventeen - what have you done with your life?)

The Bevy is a clear plastic protective case for the 2nd gen iPod shuffle. Besides keeping that pretty music box from getting banged up the Bevy adds a keychain ring, a wrapping channel for those earbuds, and a bottle opener. That's right; you and I can be sitting under a tree listening to some Black Sabbath, and we can say silly things like: "Hey man, I need a beer, pass me the iPod, yo."

Via Liquor Snob