diff --git a/project/Build.scala b/project/Build.scala
index 4fe8139..c0c9468 100644
--- a/project/Build.scala
+++ b/project/Build.scala
@@ -333,7 +333,8 @@ object UtilsBuild extends Build {
         logback     % "runtime,optional",
         gerweckUtil,
         scalaFx,
-        scalaz
+        scalaz,
+        shapeless
       ),
 
       unmanagedJars in Compile += Attributed.blank(file(System.getenv("JAVA_HOME") + "/jre/lib/ext/jfxrt.jar"))
diff --git a/src/main/scala/org/gerweck/scalafx/util/ObservableTupler.scala b/src/main/scala/org/gerweck/scalafx/util/ObservableTupler.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5de155f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/org/gerweck/scalafx/util/ObservableTupler.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright AtScale, Inc. 2015. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * No part of this project or any of its contents may be reproduced, copied,
+ * modified or adapted, without the prior written consent of AtScale, Inc..
+ */
+
+package org.gerweck.scalafx.util
+
+import scalaz._
+import Scalaz._
+
+import shapeless._
+import shapeless.syntax._
+import shapeless.ops.hlist._
+
+import scalafx.beans.value.ObservableValue
+
+/**
+  *
+  * @author Sarah Gerweck <sarah@atscale.com>
+  */
+class ObservableTupler[HLObs <: HList, HLParams <: HList, TParams <: Product] private[util]
+    (hlist: HLObs)
+    (implicit ops: HListOps[HLObs],
+              unwrapper: Mapper.Aux[unwrapObservable.type, HLObs, HLParams],
+              tupler: Generic.Aux[HLParams, TParams]) {
+  def |@|[O, P, Appended <: HList, Unwrapped, Tupled]
+         (f: ObservableValue[O, P])
+         (implicit prepend: Prepend.Aux[HLObs, ObservableValue[O, P]::HNil, Appended],
+                   uw: Mapper.Aux[unwrapObservable.type, Appended, Unwrapped],
+                   tplr: Generic.Aux[Unwrapped, Tupled],
+                   ops: HListOps[Appended]) = {
+    val newHL: Appended = hlist :+ f
+    new ObservableTupler[Appended, Unwrapped, Tupled](newHL)
+  }
+}
+
+
+object ObservableTupler {
+  object unwrapObservable extends Poly1 {
+    implicit def apply[T, U, A <% ObservableValue[T, U]]: Case.Aux[A, T] = at[A]{ o => o.value }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/scala/org/gerweck/scalafx/util/package.scala b/src/main/scala/org/gerweck/scalafx/util/package.scala
index 874280a..e7057e1 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/org/gerweck/scalafx/util/package.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/org/gerweck/scalafx/util/package.scala
@@ -67,6 +67,33 @@ package object util {
     }
   }
 
+  implicit class RichObservable[A](val self: Observable[A]) {
+    private type F[X] = Observable[X]
+    @inline private def F = observableApplicative
+
+    def map[A1 >: A, B](f: A1 => B) = F.map(self)(f)
+    def <*>[B](f: Observable[A => B]): Observable[B] = F.ap(self)(f)
+    def tuple[B](f: Observable[B]): Observable[(A,B)] = F.tuple2(self, f)
+    final def *>[B](fb: F[B]): F[B] = F.apply2(self,fb)((_,b) => b)
+    final def <*[B](fb: F[B]): F[A] = F.apply2(self,fb)((a,_) => a)
+
+    import shapeless._
+    import shapeless.syntax._
+    import shapeless.ops.hlist._
+    import HList._
+    implicitly[HListOps[Int::Int::HNil]]
+    final def |@|[B](fb: F[B]) = new ObservableTupler(self::fb::HNil)
+
+    /** Alias for `|@|` */
+    final def ⊛[B](fb: F[B]) = |@|(fb)
+  }
+
+  object unwrapObservable extends Poly1 {
+    implicit def apply[T, A <% Observable[T]]: Case.Aux[A, T] = at[A]{ o => o.value }
+  }
+
+  trait TupleBuilder[]
+
   implicit class RichProperty[A](val inner: SimpleProperty[A]) extends AnyVal {
     def biMap[B <: AnyRef](push: A => B, pull: B => A): ObjectProperty[B] = {
       val original = push(inner.value)