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Making a 3-Barrel LEGO Air Shotgun

Making a 3-Barrel LEGO Air Shotgun

This wild-looking LEGO Technic weapon uses compressed air to spray up to a dozen projectiles at a time. Jamie’s Brick Jams walks us through the construction of his triple-barreled toy shotgun and how it un-crimps hoses to release pressure in an instant. The blast of air alone is quite powerful.

Genesis X Dog Concept

Genesis X Dog Concept

Luxury automaker Genesis thinks dogs should be just as calm and comfortable as humans while on the road. Their X Dog Concept is an accessory unit that sits in the cargo area of the whisper-quiet GV70 Electrified SUV. It features a heated dog bed, a ramp, ambient lighting, and an electric shower and hairdryer for cleaning up after muddy adventures.

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Sushi Playing Cards

Sushi Playing Cards

These playful playing cards from magician Bao Hoang’s company BAOBAO Restaurant are the perfect deck for sushi lovers. The box art is designed to look like a bento box full of sushi, while each card is decorated with artwork inspired by delicious Japanese meals – and the royal court is chowing down. Choose from salmon or tuna nigiri card backs.

Stanley x Hiroshi Fujiwara Classic Flask

Stanley x Hiroshi Fujiwara Classic Flask
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Stanley partnered with streetwear designer and musician Hiroshi Fujiwara’s FRGMT to create this limited edition of their slim, stainless steel flask. It features a pebbled green finish and a wide mouth for easy filling. Its screw-on cap has a leakproof seal and is attached to a tether, so you can’t lose it. Holds appx. 8 oz. of liquid.

Barebones Pivot Arc Lighter

Barebones Pivot Arc Lighter
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This electric plasma arc lighter stands out from the crowd with a metal case and a fold-out arm to extend its reach. Powered by a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, it sparks fires using an arc of electric plasma. Its case is made from die-cast zinc and tumbled brass, and it offers about 280 seconds of arc time per charge.

Zippo Titanium Coated Wave Lighter

Zippo Titanium Coated Wave Lighter
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This beautiful lighter from Zippo’s Japanese product line features a deeply-embossed titanium coating that looks like rippling waves. It comes in a black or blue finish with Zippo’s famously reliable lighter mechanism inside. They also make versions with swirl and abstract geometric patterns.

LEGO Technic NASA Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle

LEGO Technic NASA Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle
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LEGO adds another awesome kit to its NASA collection with this Lunar Rover Vehicle (LRV) model inspired by the one carried by Apollo 17. The 1913-piece Technic set is packed with details, including three mini equipment sets based on experiments the LRV toted on the moon. The finished rover measures 5.5″ H x 15″ L x 10″ W and folds up like the real thing.

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Chica-Chida Peanut Butter Agave Spirit

Chica-Chida Peanut Butter Agave Spirit
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No sensible human has asked for a peanut butter-flavored tequila, but here it is: Chica-Chida, a peanut butter and espadin agave spirit. Co-creator/Barstool Sports personality Caleb Presley calls it “peanut butter, butt better.” Puns aside, it pairs well with PB&J sammies and uses allergen-free peanut butter extract, so no-butty gets hurt.

Edelkrone StandPLUS Camera Stand

Edelkrone StandPLUS Camera Stand
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Edelkrone’s StandPLUS is like a portable monitor arm but for cameras, smartphones, and anything you can mount with a standard tripod mounting screw. It’s easier to adjust than a tripod and makes more angles and positions possible. It also folds flat and has a built-in handle. The standard model holds up to 3 lb., while the Pro holds up to 6 lb.

The Most Powerful Fire Truck Ever Created

The Most Powerful Fire Truck Ever Created

…is not the Big Wind because it isn’t a truck. This big boy is a T-34 tank that had its gun turret replaced with a contraption made of two MiG-21 fighter plane engines and six water nozzles. Its blasts of air and water helped put out the 1991 oil well fires in Kuwait, achieving in seconds what would otherwise take days to achieve. Real Engineering has the story.

FSP CUT593P PC Case

FSP CUT593P PC Case
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FSP’s CUT593P is mostly a standard gaming-oriented mid-tower PC case. But it has one feature that we wish would take off more than RGB on everything. It comes with braided power cables for the motherboard and CPU that are already pre-routed and organized with combs. A simple but much needed convenience for PC building and maintenance.

If All the World’s Lightning Struck One Spot at Once

If All the World’s Lightning Struck One Spot at Once

Imagine, if you will, that Mother Nature focused her energy on a single location and hit it with all of her electrical fury. xkcd’s What If? takes on another hypothetical question, exploring what might happen if every lightning bolt struck a single spot on Earth and whether we could harvest the power from the mega-storm.

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MOD Easy SideCar 3 Electric Bicycle

MOD Easy SideCar 3 Electric Bicycle
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While you can get Mod Bikes’ Easy 3 electric cruiser as a standalone bicycle, we think it works and looks best in its sidecar configuration. The Easy SideCar 3 can carry up to 150lb. It has a handbrake, D-rings, and a removable seat and seatbelt. The bike itself has a new smart display, torque sensing assist, and preset ride modes.

The Fifth Element: 1950s AI Edition

The Fifth Element: 1950s AI Edition

Abandoned Films is back with another trippy, AI-generated movie trailer. This time, they took the 1997 sci-fi classic The Fifth Element and applied a 1950’s big-screen aesthetic to Leeloo, Corbin Dallas, Vito Cornelius, Ruby Rhod, Zorg, and their retro-futuristic world. Will our heroes find the stones and save us before the Ultimate Evil swallows the universe?

Fenix E-Spark Slim Flashlight + Power Bank

Fenix E-Spark Slim Flashlight + Power Bank
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This slimline flashlight won’t bulk up your pocket and is small enough to carry on your keychain. It outputs a crisp white 100-lumen beam and also has a red light mode for nighttime reading or navigation. It’s just 8mm thick, and its 800 mAh battery and built-in USB-C connector provide an emergency power source for your phone.

How to Waterproof Fabric

How to Waterproof Fabric

NightHawkInLight made the rare DIY video that’s so straightforward even kids can follow it. Even better, it’s about something that is actually useful in daily life. He figured out that a mixture of paraffin and mineral oil is a great waterproof coating for fabric. The hardest part is ironing the mixture into the fabric, but even that step is practically idiotproof.

MelGeek MojoPad Numpad Mechanical Keyboard

MelGeek MojoPad Numpad Mechanical Keyboard
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This numeric keypad from MelGeek pairs perfectly with their Mojo68 and Mojo84 mechanical keyboards. Its clear plastic body and white, grey, and orange keycaps with crisp graphics look straight out of a Ground Control center. It connects via USB-C or 2.4GHz wireless and comes with Gateron Pro Brown, White, or Kailh Box Plastic switches.

Gordon Dunkey’s Quickest and Easiest Recipe

Gordon Dunkey’s Quickest and Easiest Recipe

(PG-13: Language) “Take a rolling pin. Dice it up. Put it into a bowl.” Videogamedunkey once again proves that humans hallucinate better than AI with this hilarious supercut of Gordon Ramsay rattling off cooking steps. If you miss the days when YouTube was random, and Vine still existed, inject this video into your veins.

LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy (Trailer)

LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy (Trailer)

In our bizarro universe where Barbie conquers Hollywood and discovers gynecology, Star Wars gets a comedic redo in LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy, a 4-part animated special for Disney+. Good guys turn bad (enter Darth Jar Jar) and vice versa until an ordinary Nerf-herder saves the day. Drops 9.13.24.

Pulling off the World’s Longest Ski Jump

Pulling off the World’s Longest Ski Jump

Intent on breaking the world record for the longest ski jump, Ryōyū Kobayashi and his team realized there was no ski jump long enough to make it happen. So they flew to Iceland and carved a massive ramp into a snowy mountain, enabling the Olympic medallist and FIS World Cup Champion to fly 291 m (954.7 ft) and stay airborne for 10 seconds.

Pelican 20-Quart Elite Cooler

Pelican 20-Quart Elite Cooler
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This heavy-duty 20-quart cooler from Pelican has a deep bin that can hold up to 15 cans or four wine bottles. It has a built-in carry handle and four self-draining cup holders on top and is insulated to retain ice for up to two days. Plus, it includes Pelican’s exceptional lifetime guarantee. Note that some colors may be less expensive than others.

Machine-guided Disc Launcher

Machine-guided Disc Launcher

Inspired by the car launching mechanism on Hot Wheels tracks, Stuff Made Here made a precision-guided disc launcher. He thought it would be a simple matter of making more and bigger launchers, but fate and physics had other plans. Watch him suffer but soldier on in one of the most entertaining DIY videos we’ve ever watched.

Hades 2 (Early Access)

Hades 2 (Early Access)
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Kill time, literally and figuratively, in Hades II. A direct sequel to one of the best games ever made, Hades II sees you playing as Melinoë, the Princess of the Underworld and Zagreus’ sister, as she enlists the help of Olympus against the Titan of Time. The Early Access version is meant to give PC players a peek at the new story, gods, weapons, spells, and more.

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