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Ooh La La!

Ooh La La!

A little kid riding his bike on the sidewalk in Sweden gets distracted by a traveling billboard for an adult’s only club, and hilarity ensues. Sure, it probably was a setup, but we laughed at the kid in Bad Grandpa too.

Frankencamo Hoodie

Frankencamo Hoodie

What’s not to like about BetaBrand’s soft fleece hoodie? After all, it looks great with those crazy, mixed-up camouflage patterns on it. All we can think of is that we’ll have to wait until 9/2017 to get ours, since it’s being crowdfunded.

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Puddles Pity Party: Day After Day

Puddles Pity Party: Day After Day

We’ve got chills after listening to Puddles the clown’s emotional acoustic performance of a track from one of our favorite bands of all time, Badfinger. And if you don’t know who we’re talking about, it’s time you educated yourself.

1966 Batcave Diorama

1966 Batcave Diorama
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Factory Entertainment’s insanely detailed 1:50 scale replica of the Batcave from the 1960’s Batman TV series. It features all the crazy computers, LED lighting, and a Batmobile on a rotating turntable. Limited to just 500 pieces. More photos on ToyArk.

Driven: Ford Focus RS

Driven: Ford Focus RS

We may not have driven it as hard as the time that The Stig tooks us for a ride in one, but living with the latest Focus RS for a week made us want one even more. Read all about what makes this 350hp AWD hot hatch just so fiery in our review on 95octane.

Jet Engine Wall Fan

Jet Engine Wall Fan

While it’s won’t push out the kind of air it would on an plane, there’s no denying that Phighter Images latest design is looks cool. It’s made from the nose cowling of a vintage Boeing 707, and fitted with a modern carbon-look blade. Available with an authentic or replica cowl.

R/C Truck Festival

R/C Truck Festival

SRS-RC shares footage of some amazing model trucks and construction equipment being driven and performing tasks during Modellbau Wels 2017, a festival which celebrates model vehicles and aircraft of all kinds. We’d love to see that Bucyrus crane being driven around in action.

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Eclectic Method: Kung Fury

Eclectic Method: Kung Fury

Get hit by lightning and bitten by a cobra as Eclectic Method takes us on another journey back to the ’80s. The awesomely synthwaved-out remix of sounds from Laser Unicorns‘ 2015 breakout hit Kung Fury makes us want to watch the whole movie again right now.

Deal: Dino Sphere

Deal: Dino Sphere

Hold a floating, glowing microcosm in your hand. Simply fill the hand-blown, flat-bottomed glass orb with the included dinoflagellates and seawater to create a beautiful bioluminescent blue glow. The creatures thrive on sunlight and simple nutrients by day, and glow by night.

Robot with a Knife

Robot with a Knife

The guys at Irfon Automation decided to see just how precise their Stäubli TX40 industrial robot was, so they attached a straight blade knife to it, and programmed the robot to play a game of five-finger fillet on an all-too-trusting human. Then they increased the speed.

World’s Fastest 300 Game

World’s Fastest 300 Game

Ben Ketola shows off his extraordinary ability to knock all 10 pins over not just once, but 12 times in a row, scoring a perfect 300 game in just 86.9 seconds. It doesn’t hurt that he had access to ten lanes to accomplish the feat, so he never had to wait for the pins to reset.

Bridgestone Air Free Bike Tires

Bridgestone Air Free Bike Tires

Based on a similar, but simpler design to their airless car tire concept, Bridgestone is showing off a bike wheel and tire combo which use a series of flexible thermoplastic spokes to absorb shocks and can never go flat. They hope to put them into production by 2019.

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Flying Fidget Spinner

Flying Fidget Spinner

For Inventables’ fidget spinner challenge, Giaco Whatever decided to see if he could make one that could float in mid air. After a bunch of experimentation, he was able to get it to work by placing it between two opposing magnetic fields, and spinning it for stabilization.

Black 2.0 Paint

Black 2.0 Paint
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Artist Stuart Semple has devised a paint that is so black and so light absorptive that it makes objects look almost two-dimensional. It can even cover up shiny surfaces with a couple of coats, rendering them black as a country night. (Awesome lucky cat image via rainbrolly.)

Endless Toy Train Loop

Endless Toy Train Loop

While this robot might not be quite as showy at playing with model trains as these ones, there’s something hypnotic about this one toiling endlessly at its single task – to build a track just in time for the model train to get there.

On “Free Energy” Devices

On “Free Energy” Devices

ElectroBOOM’s Mehdi Sadaghdar expresses his disdain for “perpetual motion” devices which are claimed to produce more energy than is put into them, thus defying the basic laws of physics. The only thing these guys seem to be able to actually generate are YouTube views.

Driven: Ferrari 360 Spider

Driven: Ferrari 360 Spider

The Ferrari 360 Spider combines awesome handling with incredible performance. DriveWithDave spent time on the road with this rare 6-speed model. Without a roof, every driving sensation is magnified and the exhaust note is a symphony of legend and history.

River Mobile Power Station

River Mobile Power Station

Eco Flow Tech’s River is a 500W electric power pack that has a 116Ah battery – enough to charge a phone 30 times and a drone up to 8 times, or power a projector for 10h. Its 11 ports can be used all at once. It can be charged via an outlet, a car charger or the optional solar panel.

Win: Old Spice Hydro Wash Pack

Win: Old Spice Hydro Wash Pack

Enter now for a chance to win this great prize pack from Old Spice, including their awesome new Hydro Wash and Sweat Defense in Steel Courage scent, an Old Spice shower speaker, and an Old Spice towel. (Contest Ends 4/24/17.)

Cat City

Cat City

Illustrator Victoria Vincent’s frenetic animated short follows the life of a cat who escapes home to live among humans, and learns the hard way that he might have been better off remaining someone’s pet.

The Force and The Fury

The Force and The Fury

Jason Satterlund’s short film is one of the better Star Wars fan films we’ve seen. Focused more on character and emotion than effects, it follows the story of a Jedi who crash-lands on a desolate planet, and finds himself at the mercy of a Sith who has a vendetta against him.

Forging a Drawknife

Forging a Drawknife

One of the most necessary tools in any woodworker’s toolbox is the drawknife. Watch as blacksmith Torbjörn Åhman walks us through every step of the process to turn a hunk of steel into a useful tool. We love how one of the tools he uses in his craft is a log. (Thanks Victor!)

The North Face Red Line Shirt Jackets

The North Face Red Line Shirt Jackets
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Following the success of The North Face’s Japan exclusive Purple Label, the company has launched the Europe-only Red Line. The line’s debut collection includes three lightweight packable jackets in white, black and blue.

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