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Villains Inc. (Trailer)

Villains Inc. (Trailer)

This indie comedy follows a group of henchmen (henchpeople?) who find themselves unemployed after their villainous boss dies. Tired of scraping along the bottom, they decide to stand up and become villains. The cast and crew include members of the JK! Studios team, along with comedy legend Colin Mochrie. Help fund its distribution on Kickstarter.

Fenix CL20R Mini Lantern

Fenix CL20R Mini Lantern
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The compact Fenix CL20R camping lantern is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand or hang from a belt loop. It produces a smooth white light with a 300-lumen maximum output and offers four brightness settings plus red and red flashing modes. A built-in hook and magnetic base provide mounting versatility and are also splash-proof and dust-proof.
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Blowing up 5,000 Condoms

Blowing up 5,000 Condoms

Maker Ali Spagnola teamed up with the L.A. Department of Public Health to help promote sexual health. Her project? Inflate thousands of condoms for an art exhibit inspired by Andy Warhol’s Silver CloudsIt took three days to blow them all up. After filling some by mouth (and trombone), Ali and her pals sped things up with compressed air.

Toolux Open Tool Tote

Toolux Open Tool Tote
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This heavy-duty tote has a large main compartment for hand tools flanked by zippered pockets for accessories. It’s covered with durable 1680D fabric and has a removable leather flap. A padded main handle and detachable shoulder strap provide carrying options, and a hard-shell bottom keeps it stable and protects its contents.

BUG

BUG

(Flashing lights) Jacob Weldon’s gruesome horror short film BUG has a slick, neon-lit style inspired by the 1980s. But there’s nothing glossy about what happens to its protagonist after she gets bitten on her arm by a pesky fly. It makes us wonder if the bug was related to Jeff Goldblum’s infamous Brundlefly.

Waxed Canvas Bedroll Carrier

Waxed Canvas Bedroll Carrier
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This bedroll carrier from Tallman Outdoors is handmade from 10 oz. waxed canvas and stitched with rot-resistant thread. It also has several utility pockets, so it can be used to organize gear if you hang it up. Flip it over, and its bright orange canvas liner doubles as an emergency signal for aircraft overhead. Bedroll and hanging dowel not included.

Forever Skies (Gameplay Trailer)

Forever Skies (Gameplay Trailer)

This PS5 exclusive drops players onto a future Earth devastated by an environmental catastrophe. You’ll spend your time searching for resources to equip and upgrade your airship base while you hunt for a cure for a deadly illness. It will offer solo and 2- to 4-player co-op gameplay. While there’s no word on a VR version, it looks well suited to the first-person medium.

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Twisted Goat Industrial Twist Ties

Twisted Goat Industrial Twist Ties
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These reusable, heavy-duty ties can bundle, strap, and carry items. Inside of their 1″ wide high-grip exterior is a three-wire braid, which is both flexible and strong. Each strap provides a tensile strength of 500 pounds. Available in 3-foot, 6-foot, and 10-foot lengths in 2-, 3-, and 4-packs.

Drone Flies Around China’s Tallest Skyscraper

Drone Flies Around China’s Tallest Skyscraper

Drone pilot and photographer Joshua Turner visited Shanghai, China, where he managed to fly his Iflight quadcopter alongside the nation’s tallest skyscraper. Currently, the third-tallest building in the world, the sleek 2,073-foot-tall Shanghai Tower looks incredible through the lens of Joshua’s GoPro11 Mini camera. He also flew around a few other tall structures.

Hideout Robe

Hideout Robe
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The Hideout Robe comes from the makers of the cozy Big Blanket. It’s made from the same velvety-soft fabric as their blankets, along with a toasty sherpa lining. It has a built-in hood and eye mask to help with your relaxation, cuffed sleeves with thumb holes, and big front pockets for phones and remote controls. One size fits most up to size XXL.

The Soup

The Soup

This charming animated short by 16-year-old CG artist John Torres looks at a day in the life of a robotic farmer as it patiently waits to harvest vegetables to put into a pot of homemade soup. John says his film “highlights the virtues of perseverance, mindfulness, and the joy that can be found in the simplest of tasks.” Created with Blender.

Sesame Street Bert + Ernie ReAction Figures

Sesame Street Bert + Ernie ReAction Figures
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These figures from Super7’s ReAction series celebrate Sesame Street’s best friends and roommates, Bert and Ernie. The 3.75″ scale figures have articulated arms, legs, and heads and come in retro-style packaging. Bert wears a vertically striped sweater and comes with a pigeon, while Ernie has horizontal stripes and his beloved rubber duckie. Sold individually.

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LEGO Acoustic Guitar

LEGO Acoustic Guitar

A while back, we saw a bass guitar made from LEGO bricks. Musician BERNTH built a LEGO acoustic guitar. Other than the neck, strings, and bridge, his guitar is pure LEGO goodness. Rather than focusing on the build process, his video showcases his new song, Memories. We’re impressed he was able to such a rich sound from its plastic body.

The New Prepper’s Survival Bible

The New Prepper’s Survival Bible
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The “extreme edition” of Joseph D. Connelly’s comprehensive survival guide covers 13 topical areas, from prepping your pantry to creating a sustainable garden to building a bomb shelter. It’s packed with practical techniques for urban and wilderness survival. Available as a 261-page paperback or a Kindle digital edition.

How Every Epic Quest Begins

How Every Epic Quest Begins

“Your father is dead, young Tampax!” Comedian and actor Alasdair Beckett-King pokes fun at some common tropes in fantasy films. He kicks things off with the start of the journey for our hero – including the thinly veiled exposition and the seemingly endless list of characters you’ll need to memorize for the story to make sense.

Nemo Tensor All-Season Insulated Sleeping Pad

Nemo Tensor All-Season Insulated Sleeping Pad
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Nemo’s top four-seasons camping pad – the comfy, quiet Tensor All-Season Insulated Sleeping Pad – is now warmer without adding weight, and the valves are easier to open and close. Each baffle has two suspended layers of ultra-thin, metallized Thermal Mirror film to reflect body heat and add to the pad’s 5.4 R-value.

Storm Jacket

Storm Jacket

This cool techwear jacket from Storm Lab has an asymmetrical design that stands out from the crowd and 18 pockets for carrying all kinds of everyday gear. It’s got so many nooks and crannies that it can even carry an iPad. The jacket is made from a waterproof fabric with reflective details and has a detachable hood and an optional zip-out fleece liner.

Klein Tools Reversible Impact Driver

Klein Tools Reversible Impact Driver
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This handheld driver from Klein Tools helps turn rusted, frozen, and other stubborn screws. It has an internal spring-loaded mechanism that produces a hammer-like blow of up to 200 ft-lb. of shock torque. The tool includes a 3/8″ square drive adapter and four hex screwdriver bits.

Electroplating a 3D-Printed Iron Man Helmet

Electroplating a 3D-Printed Iron Man Helmet

3D-printed plastic objects don’t get very shiny. HEN3DRIK shows us how he electroplated a 3D model of Iron Man’s helmet to make it look like the ones in the movies. The process involves preparing the plastic and applying conductive copper paint before electroplating it with copper, gold, and palladium. The red was added using transparent red acrylic paint.

Roark Revival Backpack

Roark Revival Backpack
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Roark’s substantial Revival backpack carries all your everyday gear and is big enough for a weekend’s worth of clothes. Features include a magnetic roll-top, an externally accessible padded 16″ laptop sleeve, an internal mesh accessory pocket, two zippered exterior pockets, expandable mesh pockets for water bottles, and a hidden passport pocket.

Making a Nail Wave Machine

Making a Nail Wave Machine

The Karakuri Channel loves to make unique mechanical art. This time, they designed and built a gadget that turns nearly 300 brass nails into a moving wave. To make it work, they removed the tip of each nail and attached a sleeve and a ball bearing. A motor turns interchangeable discs against the balls to create wave patterns. Watch with subtitles.

Binepad Aluminum Dump Trays

Binepad Aluminum Dump Trays
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These stackable metal trays are great for holding small items like screws, coins, or paper clips. Each 2.9″ square tray is CNC milled from solid aluminum with a sandblasted and powder-coated finish. They’re available in black, silver, rose gold, or grey and are sold in sets of two or four.

DJ Cummerbund: Testifireball

DJ Cummerbund: Testifireball

We gon’ boogie oogie oggi, jiggle, wiggle, and dance… and the price is set. Combining Rage Against the Machine’s Testify with Pitbull’s Fireball seems like a match made in hell. Leave it to mashup master DJ Cummerbund to make it work, turning the angry political track into a dancefloor banger.

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