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Car Shakes Off Snow Like a Puppy Dog

Car Shakes Off Snow Like a Puppy Dog

Getting all the snow off your car when you park it outside can be a pain. Chinese automotive company NIO shows off an unconventional use for its SkyRide active suspension system: making its flagship ET9 sedan shake off a thick blanket of snow like a cold puppy dog. Just don’t do it inside the garage, ET9. Good boy.

Hario Cold Brew Coffee Bottle

Hario Cold Brew Coffee Bottle
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This Japanese-made bottle makes smooth and delicious cold brew coffee with ease. Add coffee grounds to its strainer basket, slowly add cold water, and refrigerate overnight for sublime cold coffee without bitterness. Holds up to 22 oz. Add a pound or two of coffee for a great gift.

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Every Breath You Take: Grand Piano Cover

Every Breath You Take: Grand Piano Cover

We’ve heard some of Peter Bence’s fantastic piano playing before. Like his other flourish-filled performances, Peter’s arrangement of The Police’s creepy stalker track Every Breath You Take has him tickling the ivories and live-looping notes to create layered rhythms.

Pedestal Moon Rollin’ TV Stand

Pedestal Moon Rollin’ TV Stand
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Danish company Pedestal creates premium TV stands that combine Scandinavian simplicity with bright colors and thick lines and shapes. Their bestseller is the Moon Rollin’, a TV stand made of powder-coated steel pipes and frames with matching omnidirectional casters. The stand is VESA compatible and fits flatscreen TVs from 40″ to 70″.

Kabin Fire Tongs

Kabin Fire Tongs
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These long and strong fire tongs from Kabin help keep fires going. Their easy-open claw design can grab logs big and small. They provide a 38″ reach to reduce the chance of burns and have comfortable hardwood hand grips. Made from anodized aluminum, so they won’t rust if left outdoors. Great for campfires, fireplaces, and fire pits.

Making a Viking Shield

Making a Viking Shield

The Vikings made many interesting weapons, armor, and other battle gear. In this video from metalsmith Freerk Wieringa, he handcrafts a replica of an ancient Viking shield. He starts by hammering its iron center and forging nails. He then cuts wooden planks into a circle and adds canvas, paint, and a rawhide edge before attaching the metal dome.

W Glass Mugs

W Glass Mugs
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Upgrade your glassware with these stackable mid-century-inspired mugs from HMM and Spring Pool Glass. They’re made from recycled glass and can handle hot or cold beverages. Each mug holds appx. 10 oz. of liquid. Available in amber or clear. They’re dishwasher safe, but you’ll want to avoid microwave use.

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Silverstone IceMyst PC AIO Cooler

Silverstone IceMyst PC AIO Cooler

On its own, Silverstone’s IceMyst series looks just like most premium CPU coolers. But it has a neat trick up its sleeve, er, block. You can mount up to five ARGB fan modules directly onto the pump block. This adds cooling for your RAM, VRAM, and SSD. Okay, it’s mostly more lighting, but it does look crazy. Hardware Canucks has a hands-on review of the cooler.

Modular Flashlight Multitool

Modular Flashlight Multitool
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This aluminum flashlight packs several other useful functions. Its 200-lumen LED light has two brightness levels and a strobe mode, while its modular body contains a detachable compass, glass breaker, emergency whistle, and firestarter rod. The paracord lanyard is attached to a fire sparker with a built-in bottle opener and a 5 cm ruler.

Retro Tech: Mastervoice Butler in a Box

Retro Tech: Mastervoice Butler in a Box

Artificial intelligence has become a major subject of today’s technology conversations. In 1983, one company marketed an early smart home product designed to control home appliances via voice control like Siri or Alexa. Kevin from Popular Science got his hands on the costly Butler in a Box to explain how it worked without Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or the Internet.

Make + Mend Patch Kit

Make + Mend Patch Kit
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Just because your clothes have holes in them doesn’t mean you need to throw them away. Kiriko put together this bundle of Jessica Marquez’s craft tutorial book Make and Mend and a set of unique, assorted textiles for patching torn jeans, worn elbows, and other repairs. The fabric squares come in sizes from 3″ x 3″ to 9″ x 9″.

Bugeye Mini Floating Compass

Bugeye Mini Floating Compass

Always stay pointed in the right direction with this coin-sized compass from PD EDC. It has an octagonal case machined from aluminum or titanium and a smooth 360º floating compass at its center. Its display lets you catch a glance at your direction from its side or top, and luminous markings glow in the dark. Perfect for a keychain or lanyard.

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Singer vs. AI

Singer vs. AI

AI voice generation software has made it relatively easy to create songs and speech that sound like anyone. But can an AI singer beat a professional like Anthony Vincent? The Ten Second Songs host asks you to be the judge. While the technology certainly is impressive, we will always be Team Human when it comes to creative pursuits.

Chicken Nugget (Trailer)

Chicken Nugget (Trailer)

A machine sold by her dad’s company somehow turns a young woman into a chicken nugget. The story gets crazier as her dad and an intern who has a crush on her team up to undo her delicious dilemma. Renowned comedy filmmaker Lee Byeong-heon directed this upcoming Netflix adaptation of a popular Korean webtoon. Premieres 3.15.2024.

Rivian R2, R3, and R3X SUVs

Rivian R2, R3, and R3X SUVs

EV maker Rivian revealed not one, but three new models. The boxy R2 is a mid-size family SUV, the R3 is an adventurous crossover, and the R3X is a performance-oriented version with off-road chops. Rivian CEO and founder RJ Scaringe talks up the brand and shows off the new vehicles and their features. Reserve the $45,000 R2 for 2026 delivery.

How to Shoot Long-exposure Light Paintings

How to Shoot Long-exposure Light Paintings

Photographer Darius Twin is an expert at creating long-exposure images and animations like this one. In this 2-minute tutorial, he shows how to make your own light paintings using manual exposures, a shutter remote, and a focused light source. Be sure to check out his YouTube channel for more of his work.

Through a Different Lens: Stanley Kubrick Photographs

Through a Different Lens: Stanley Kubrick Photographs
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Stanley Kubrick created cinematic masterpieces like 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange. Before his work in motion pictures, he was a staff photographer for Look magazine. Taschen’s coffee table book Through a Different Lens showcases nearly 300 of his black-and-white stills, which he started shooting in New York City at age 17.

Gruff

Gruff

“Some things don’t have words. So we have to be close enough to feel them.” A mother explains to her daughter how she came to understand the way her father expresses his love and support. Julian Curi aka Righteous Robot spent almost three years creating this paper stop-motion short film as a way of coping with his father’s passing.

WUBEN E7 Pocket Flashlight

WUBEN E7 Pocket Flashlight

This compact flashlight from WUBEN is quite bright for its size, outputting up to 1800 lumens in brief bursts. Its other modes range from 5 to 1000 lumens, produced by a pair of high-CRI 6500K LEDs. Its wide-angle beam can be seen up to 433 feet away, but it’s even better as a close-range worklight. The E7 also has a magnetic base and is IP68-rated waterproof.

Somebody That I Used to Know Dance

Somebody That I Used to Know Dance

Choreographer Sergio Reis and members of Netherlands-based CDK Company flex their muscles with a fantastic modern dance set to Gotye’s Somebody That I Used to KnowThe picture-perfect photography and wide-angle shots are straight out of a Wes Anderson movie. Their performance of Eye in the Wall by Perfume Genius is similarly captivating.

Good & Well Incense Cones

Good & Well Incense Cones
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Bring the scents of the outdoors in with these incense cones from Good & Well Supply Co. The collection is inspired by places you might stop on the great American road trip, including National Parks and lodges. For example, Yellowstone smells like vetiver, pine needle, and sandalwood, and The Lookout Lake Lodge combines sea salt, sand dunes, and cedar.

Jonathan Frakes: Drunk Guy Questions

Jonathan Frakes: Drunk Guy Questions

Star Trek TNG star Jonathan Frakes had a lot of questions for us back in the 1990s. Well, it turns out if you slow down Frakes’ voice from the show Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, he sounds like a really drunk guy asking random questions as he stumbles home from the bar. More drunk guy questions here.

Guritta Clear Tool Pouches

Guritta Clear Tool Pouches
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This set of three 12″ tool pouches is great for keeping small tools and parts organized. Each is constructed from a webbed ballistic fabric that’s both strong and see-through. The bags are also water-resistant and puncture-resistant and have a heavy-duty zipper pull and a metal hook for attaching to other bags.

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