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Visijax Cycling Jackets

Visijax Cycling Jackets

Visijax’s jackets have built-in front and rear LEDs to keep you visible while biking. The high-end model also has turn signals on each sleeve, which activate when you raise your arm. The LEDs can stay lit for up to 30 hours per charge.

Luge Cart POV

Luge Cart POV

YouTuber Lewis Knights shows off his luge cart run at the Skyline park in Queenstown, New Zealand. The park has a scenic track and an advanced track. We were waiting for one of the guys in front to start tossing banana peels.

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The Art of LAIKA Auction

The Art of LAIKA Auction

LAIKA, the brilliant animators behind films like Coraline, ParaNorman and The Boxtrolls are auctioning off screen-used puppets and props from their films. A portion of the proceeds benefit The Art of Elysium, a non-profit arts organization.

Stop Saying “It Ruined My Childhood”

Stop Saying “It Ruined My Childhood”

(NSFW: Language) CollegeHumor juxtaposes two types of childhood ruination: the one where Michael Bay screws up your favorite cartoons, and the one where real sh*t went down. Here’s a parody: “Stop taking expressions seriously.”

Die Hard: Alien vs. Predator

Die Hard: Alien vs. Predator

YouTuber ChiefBrodyRules does what he can to fix Alien vs. Predator by adding officer John McClane into the middle of the fray between the warring alien species. We wonder how you say “Yippee Ki-Yay, Mother F**ker!” in Yautja.

Win: Zombie Combat Field Guide

Win: Zombie Combat Field Guide

Enter to win one of five copies of Roger Ma’s The Zombie Combat Field Guide. The new book provides valuable tips for surviving the inevitable zombiepocalypse, while busying your mind with coloring and other activities. (Ends 1/15/15).

2015 Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2

2015 Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2

The Windows-based Yoga Tablet 2 has AnyPen technology, which lets you use anything with a metal or graphite tip – a pencil, a pen, a fork –  as a stylus. Thankfully, the screen is scratch-resistant. Wacom should get this on its tablets.

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Steve Harvey Knows What’s up

Steve Harvey Knows What’s up

Audrey dropped by Steve Harvey’s talk show with an interesting story: she still has no idea what her husband of 20 years does for a living. All she knows is he’s in “innovation strategy.” We gotta get into that. Whatever that is.

Lenovo LaVie

Lenovo LaVie

The Lenovo LaVie are incredibly lightweight yet durable 13″ laptops. The HZ550 weighs just 1.72lb., while the hybrid HZ750 weighs 2.04lb (the current 13″ MacBook Air weighs 2.96lb). Drops 5/15 for $1299/$1499.

Eight Totally Arbitrary Things

Eight Totally Arbitrary Things

Vlogbrothers‘ Hank Green expounds on a series of things that we all assume have some deep meaning, thoughtful or storied background, but just sort of turned out that way. We’re proud to be part of the rare culture that doesn’t eat bugs.

Captain Risky

Captain Risky

Let’s kick it and rip it! Australian insurance company Budget Direct borrows a page from Super Dave Osborne’s book, with this silly commercial that stars a daredevil who basically has no idea what he’s doing.

Ant-Man (Teaser)

Ant-Man (Teaser)

Our first look at Marvel’s next summer popcorn flick, the story of a superhero who can muster tremendous strength, but only when he shrinks down to the size of an ant. Stars Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly and Michael Douglas.

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Ride the Sky

Ride the Sky

Photographer Lance Page creates a unique (and literal) spin on the astronomical time-lapse film, by synchronizing the movement of his camera with the position of the North Star, reminding us that it’s the Earth that’s turning, not the stars.

Video Game Themes on the Spot

Video Game Themes on the Spot

Tom Grey and Sonya Belousova are the talent behind the awesome Player Piano channel. Here, Tom throws out some video game themes that Sonya hasn’t played before, and she plays on-the-fly arrangements. Support them on Indiegogo.

US Navy Autonomous Helicopter

US Navy Autonomous Helicopter

The military version of Amazon Prime Air. The Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System is a US Navy program that aims to convert helicopters into drones, which can the be summoned for supply drops via a user-friendly mobile app.

Belty Self-Adjusting Belt

Belty Self-Adjusting Belt

For better or for worse, we’ve all had times in our lives where our waistline changed. Emiota’s motorized Belty intelligently adjusts as your waist changes, and can also double as an activity tracker. It’s still in the prototype phase though.

Cleaning with a Laser 2

Cleaning with a Laser 2

We’ve seen a laser vaporize rubber off of metal. Here’s another mesmerizing display of the beam’s mighty cleaning power. Watch as Laser Age’s machine makes grime disappear from a baking tray, leaving no residue behind.

Withings Activité Pop

Withings Activité Pop

An affordable version of the minimalist activity tracker watch. The Activité Pop does everything that its high end sibling does but is made of cheaper materials. Available soon for $150 in three colors with a variety of optional straps.

Big Game (Trailer)

Big Game (Trailer)

For his rite of passage, a boy must spend a night in a forest and hunt for a prize. But he ends up protecting the U.S. President from terrorists. Say whaaaat? Big Game is like Robin Scherbatsky’s childhood but with Samuel L. Jackson in it.

PlayStation Now

PlayStation Now

PlayStation Now is a subscription service that lets you play PlayStation games on the PS4, PS3, PS Vita, PS TV and soon Sony TVs via online streaming. Choose from over 100 PS3 games, with more coming soon. $20/mo or $45/3mo.

Millions, Billions and Trillions

Millions, Billions and Trillions

In this supercut of footage of the late, great astrophysicist Carl Sagan, we’re reminded just how small we are by the seemingly countless times he said million, billion, trillion, or quadrillion during the 13-episode run of the original Cosmos.

Stuck Head, Free Body

Stuck Head, Free Body

This kid managed to get his head stuck between the bars of a gate. A man tries to help the kid get free by gently pulling him back, but has no luck. But the kid came up with a, shall we say, more straightforward solution.

The One-Handed Drumroll

The One-Handed Drumroll

This street performer starts out with a solid demonstration of his pickle-tub drumming skills, but amps things up to percussion level 9000 when he busts out a lightning-fast, single-handed drumroll at the end.

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