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Beautiful metal mechanical pencils. Compared to their predecessor, these ones come in stainless steel, copper, bronze or titanium bodies, each tested to be perfectly balanced. They also work with all lead sizes and have a retractable tip.

The best furniture augmented reality app we’ve seen. Housecraft for iOS 11 is incredibly responsive and has resizable furniture and plants. You can save layouts and load them in other places. Or just see what it would be like if you had a dozen couches.

Natural Nerd shows how to build a countertop machine which can dispense multiple beverages. It uses aquarium pumps to move liquids into your cup. It’s best for tea, juice, and other non-carbonated drinks. Full materials list and build details available on Instructables.

Wary Meyer’s handpoured Mainely Manly candle handles cedar and woodsmoke like a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives (at least Hedley might think so). Subtle balsam undertones for the ladies too.

Oak Lane Woodworks handmakes these beautiful and substantial pens using reclaimed wood from whiskey barrels. They can be had with a twist or bolt-action mechanism, crafted from Jack Daniels, Wild Turkey, or Makers Mark barrel wood.

GrimWorkshop makes lots of nifty stainless steel tools that you can fit in your wallet. Among the mix is this spear you can assemble onto the tip of a piece of bamboo or other wood using string or wire. They also make a set of 12 arrowheads which work similarly.

The Modulos desk consists of solid wood tiles that can be connected to each other using wooden pins and a screw. There are square and rounded tiles, as well as ones with added features such as a hole for cables or even a built-in USB port or wireless charger.

Mother nature can knock out our power and leave you without access to your electronics. Keep this high capacity 50000mAh battery pack charged up and at the ready, and you can recharge your phone up to 16 times, or run other small items on its 110V AC or 12V DC car sockets.

Treat your tongue to a roller coaster ride of decadent deliciousness with this handmade set of chocolate bars from Two Friends Chocolates. The set of five bars includes ingredients like pistachio, coffee, saffron and curry masala.

Future BuyZ presents a unique way to keep a large amount of water cool – with a giant neoprene wrap that works like a giant beer koozie. It zips on like a wetsuit and can keep a 5-gallon jug cold for hours. Stainless steel dispenser rack sold separately.

A bargain-priced, durable plier-style multitool, packed with a dozen useful components, including spring-loaded needle-nose pliers, a wire stripper/cutter, straight and serrated blades, philips and flat screwdrivers, scissors, can opener, saw, awl, and a bottle opener.

Like the Nanoleaf Aurora, LIFX’s new Tile is a set of flat LED tiles. Each tile emits up to 420 lumens and is dimmable down to 1%. Each tile also has 64 individual zones, which lets you program smooth animated color-changing effects. The set comes with five tiles.

Onsen bath towels have a unique waffle pattern weave. Combine that with premium Supima cotton and you get a towel that’s lighter, more breathable, and dries significantly quicker than other towels.

Ocean-themed tables typically have a topographical design. But Eduard Locota’s Crete Table uses different colors of epoxy glass and a marble base to create an unbelievably realistic look. Customers have the option of choosing an island as the basis for the table.

Maille offers foodies a taste of something fantastic with their black truffle and Chablis mustard. This intensely earthy condiment combines Dijon mustard seeds, Provence truffles and wine. The elegant stoneware jar is filled by hand and arrives in a gift box.

We love the look of these substantial rocks glasses, made in the US from crystal-clear, lead-free glass. Their thick base contains a craggy ice formation which produces cool light and shadow effects, and provides a balanced grip.

A truly unique desktop lighting fixture, the Heng is activated when you lift its lower wooden sphere and place it in proximity to the upper one. Magnets cause them to attract, levitating the lower ball, and switching on the lamp. Available in beech wood or colored plastic.

IKEA’s Place is a new app that takes advantage of iOS 11’s exclusive augmented reality features. Scan a space, then browse for furniture. Your chosen product will pop up on your iOS device’s screen, accurately scaled to your room. You can even go around and zoom in on the furniture.

Happy National Coffee Day, folks. Since we want to be a part of the movement, we think a coffee cocktail is in order. Fortunately Bulleit and Revelator Coffee have whipped up a recipe just in the nick of time to wave goodbye to National Bourbon Heritage month.

Brooklyn-based artist Andrej Urem offers a simply gorgeous handmade candle collection to compliment your already dazzling interior spaces. Made of a soy/beeswax blend and lead-free cotton wicks to prevent sooty smoke. Burn times on some can exceed more than 60 hours.

Give your fave knife collector an absolute thrill with the William Henry B05 limited edition Emperor Knife. This gorgeous numbered, limited edition tool has an easy open and close, with etched damascus steel blade, jade inlays and sterling silver and black diamond deets.

Dufl helps businessmen and other frequent flyers pack less. Have Dufl pick up your travel clothes to be cleaned, documented and stored. Then use the Dufl app to schedule your trips and pick your clothes. Your luggage will be shipped to your destination.

Amazon updates its family of Alexa-enabled devices. The 2017 Echo speaker has a more compact design, with better speakers and voice recognition. The new Echo Plus is also a speaker but with a built-in smart home hub. The Echo Spot is a smaller version of the Echo Show.