Filmmaker Christopher Helkey introduces us to artist Peter Dahmen, who creates complex and intricate pop-up structures from paper. We loved learning about how he got started, his build process, and watching the movement of each sculpture as it’s opened up.

We dig the ’70s retro-mod looks of these chess sets from AQuarterPastEight. Each 12.6″ square game board and its pieces are cut from clear or fluorescent acrylic sheets. You might want to grab some matching tic-tac-toe coasters for your coffee table.

Sound is one of the most edited aspects of a film. Not in terms of being modified, but in terms of reflecting what’s on screen. Filmmakers often isolate one or two sounds, or even add one that’s not coming from the scene itself in order to better tell a story.

An excellent sounding, premium Bluetooth speaker which doubles as a headphone amplifier. It can also be tricked out with custom 3D printed endcaps and grilles made from fiber, plated or (very expensive) precious metals. Read our hands-on review on Technabob.

Musician Davie504 was asked by a fan if he could play some Red Hot Chili Peppers with an actual red hot chili pepper. Aiming to please, he obliged, and turned in a delicious medley of the band’s spicy blend of alternative, rap, rock, and funk flavors.

First released in 1987 for cliff divers and water sports enthusiasts, the comfy and eye-catching Aqua Sock became a street hit. Now it’s back with more muted colors – although there’s still one in bright orange – a foam heel guard and a more practical segmented outsole.

A series of four miniature cars featuring streamlined designs inspired by the race cars of the 1920s and 1930s. Each one is made from sustainable birch plywood, decorated with laser-cut wood veneer, and rides on knurled aluminum wheels that actually turn.

At the heart of this mirrorless camera is an insanely precise APS-H Foveon X3 CMOS image sensor which produces an image equivalent to a 51mp traditional sensor. Its RAW DNG files offer a level of detail not seen in cameras at this price. Sample photos on DPReview.

About a year ago, MEL Films visited a Syrian refugee camp set up at a Wild West theme park in Sweden. While most documentarians would have left the story there, they decided to go back to see what happened in the wake of the changing political climate.

If your car has lost some of its get up and go since it rolled off the showroom floor, you owe it to yourself to buy a bottle of this amazing restorative product from STP. We recently started using STP Ultra 5-in-1 Fuel System Cleaner in our cars, and it really works wonders.

Casio G-SHOCK teamed up with NYC street artist STASH to create a very cool splattered blue and black version of their rugged and useful wristwatch. The spray can packaging makes it even more special. The GA100ST-2A is a limited edition, so grab yours before it’s gone.

Musician Fredde Gredde turns in not one, but two joyful medleys packed with songs from Disney films. The first clip features better known tracks, while the second clip digs a little deeper. Apologies in advance for “We are Siamese.”

Dig deep into the belly of back-end coding with this series of online courses that will get you up to speed on Java, C, Perl, and Python in no time. In addition, you’ll learn the basics of operating systems, and how to apply your coding skills to IoT devices. A $2,950 value.

This versatile flashlight not only has a 200 lumen spotlight, it also has a side worklight with both white and red flashing modes, an emergency glass breaker, magnetic holder, a seatbelt knife, a compass, a solar recharger, and can juice up gadgets in a pinch.

Engineers from USC’s ACTLab and RESL show off a slick system for controlling numerous drones. Crazyswarm currently operates 49 Crazyflie 2.0 nano-copters, and can create coordinated aerial displays, and dynamically adapt their flight path around a tracking device.

A simple, yet ingenious accessory for any avid book reader, simply clip the magnetic SUJI-IN bookmark into the back of your book, set its thumb-shaped holder over the page you’re currently reading, and it automatically keeps track of your place as you flip pages.

Musician/technician Giuseppe Acito aka Opificio Sonico created a tiny set of bandmates using LEGO Bionicle robots he’s programmed to play a mix of sensors, smartphones, and other inputs. Here, they perform Kraftwerk’s The Robots and Daft Punk’s Da Funk.

It’s estimated that over 108 billion humans have existed. RealLifeLore imagines what would happen if they all came back to life today. While it would be awesome to have Einstein et al back, we’d most likely end up doing what we do best: kill each other.

Charlie Peterson of StillLifewithCharlie handmakes these awesome tables and wall displays built out with dozens of individual shadowboxes. They’re designed to fit the classic Kenner Star Wars figures, but should hold any 3.75″-ish figure that fits into cubbies.

A secret agent is tasked to find out what’s going on behind a shady barber shop. Naturally, he soon finds himself getting more than he asked for. Blender’s thrilling short film is based on Martin Lodewijk’s satirical secret agent series.

The famed Stratos DNA can be had for a fraction of the price in the Lancia Fulvia Sport Zagato. Renowned design house Zagato streamlined the tame Fulvia, shaping it into a sporty road machine. Drive with Dave checks out this quirky and rarely seen Italian coupe.

The FL300 is a 300 lumen USB-rechargeable light that can be used as a bicycle’s head light or as a rear light. It has high, low and two blinking modes, is waterproof, and comes with a universal mount. Fabric also has a 150 lumen variant.

(PG-13 Language) Materialisimo demolishes the endless stream low-quality, freebooted, text-embellished videos which fill our Facebook feeds these days. Regardless of what you think of them, we blame Facebook for encouraging this crap with their algorithm.