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Dissecting the Las Vegas Sphere

Dissecting the Las Vegas Sphere

We know that the Las Vegas Sphere is covered with millions of LEDs outside and has an immersive screen that surrounds its audience. Illustrator Jared Owen takes us much deeper inside the 18,600-seat entertainment venue to look at its architecture, construction, and technology.

Heated Outdoor Rocking Chairs

Heated Outdoor Rocking Chairs
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This pair of folding rocking chairs is ideal for relaxing outdoors. In addition to a wide and comfortable seat, each chair has a sturdy steel frame and a built-in heating element to help keep you warm on cold days. This two-pack of chairs is a great deal, but you’ll need to grab a couple of USB battery packs to make the heat work.

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Driving the World’s Fastest Desk

Driving the World’s Fastest Desk

We’ve seen a standing desk on wheels, but its driver needed to keep pace with it. This desk can drive much faster because its passengers are seated and wear safety harnesses. Noel Miller’s high-speed desk lets him interview guests while hooning about. In this episode of Hot Laps, he sat down with Donut’s James Pumphrey to talk about his life and career.

Manhunt (Trailer)

Manhunt (Trailer)

The assassination of Abraham Lincoln was a significant moment in U.S. history, but few of us know more than John Wilkes Booth shot him. The limited-run Apple TV+ thriller Manhunt follows the search for the killer in the wake of the murder and shines a light on Booth’s true motivations.

Single-Rail Mountain Roller Coaster

Single-Rail Mountain Roller Coaster

Anakeesta in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, is home to the Rail Runner, a single-rail mountain roller coaster. Alex Ojeda took a ride on the open-air coaster and shared this first-person footage. Each car holds a single rider and has its own handbrake to control speed if it’s going too fast for you. The track is just 1600 feet long, but it still looks like a blast.

Tapirus 3-in-1 Tactical Spork

Tapirus 3-in-1 Tactical Spork
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This multipurpose camping tool combines a spoon, fork, knife, and a firestarter in one. The eating utensil is made from durable BPA-free plastic, while the serrated knife hiding in its handle has a stainless steel blade. A detachable ferro rod helps spark up fires in a jiffy. Available in army green or orange.

Monster Truck with a Jet Engine

Monster Truck with a Jet Engine

Say what you will about YouTuber WhistlinDiesel’s automotive jackassery; the dude knows how to make entertaining videos. His environmentally unfriendly Monstermax diesel truck recently received an upgrade, making it the hottest toy in town. The monster pickup now rocks a 2500 hp Viper 11 fighter jet engine to help drive it in the snow.

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Hybrid Pint Glass

Hybrid Pint Glass
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Elevated Craft follows up on its Hybrid Cocktail Glass with a taller version for beer and other drinks. This 16 oz. pint glass features a chillable glass insert and a vacuum insulated steel base to keep drinks cold without freezing your hand, and has a built-in bottle opener in its base. Available in stainless, copper, or black finishes.

Nite Ize Radiant Mini Flashlight

Nite Ize Radiant Mini Flashlight
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This palm-sized light from Nite Ize offers three functions in one. Its front works as a flashlight and a compact lantern, while its tail end provides a red emergency light. Its main LED provides a modest but usable 80-lumen beam, while its red light has glow, flash, and SOS modes. It runs on one AA battery and has a lockout mode to prevent accidental battery drain.

LEGO Factory Tour

LEGO Factory Tour

Robert Zhang and Chris Lee won LEGO Masters season four. As part of their prize, they got a behind-the-scenes tour of LEGO’s highly automated factory in Billund, Denmark, and Chris shared some exclusive footage of the visit on his YouTube channel, including some unique Ninjago parts being produced. They also got to check out the amazing LEGO Idea House.

Duke Cannon 2024 New Bath Scents

Duke Cannon 2024 New Bath Scents
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Looking for some fresh new scents for your shower routine? Duke Cannon has four delightful new fragrances to help you keep clean and refreshed: Wayfinder (eucalyptus + desert sage), Superior (fresh water + neroli), High Country (birchwood + Tonka), and Sawtooth (alpine air + cedarwood). All four are available in THICK Body Wash and Big Ass Bricks of Soap.

Making a Plasma Core Knife

Making a Plasma Core Knife

Plasma is created by adding energy to a gas. It’s why stars glow in the sky. On a smaller scale, man-made plasma can be created with high-voltage electricity. The Plasma Channel applied this knowledge to one of the sweetest knives ever, a dual-blade weapon with plasma arcing through its center. He hopes to eventually replicate Halo’s plasma sword.

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Bota Tea Bottle

Bota Tea Bottle
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Brewing tea on the go is easy with Bota, a stylish all-in-one smart tea bottle with a built-in brewing chamber, separate steeping chamber, temperature controls, and double-wall insulated food-grade thermos to keep drinks warm 12 hours. The leak-proof design makes 10.2 ounces of hot tea in five minutes.

More Mid-Air Cannon Collisions

More Mid-Air Cannon Collisions

The guys from How Ridiculous braved winter conditions in Montana to play with a pair of air cannons with their friends from BealsScience. This time, they loaded up their barrels with soda cans, bowling balls, spray paint, and a pair of glass spheres for an explosive grand finale.

CRKT MinimalX Frame Lock Knife

CRKT MinimalX Frame Lock Knife
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This plain-edged pocket knife from CRKT was designed by Darriel Caston and based on a custom knife he made to commemorate a SpaceX rocket launch. CRKT’s version is all steel, with a 12C27 blade and a stonewashed stainless handle. A ball-bearing pivot opens smoothly, while its frame lock mechanism ensures a confident deployment.

Making a Glass Shark

Making a Glass Shark

The artists of Martin Gerdin Glass create incredible glass sculptures inspired by nature. Much of what their studio produces are blown glass fish. In this clip, we get a brief look at the finishing touches going onto a glossy, great white shark. Check out their Instagram channel for more footage of their production process.

Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup Can Safe

Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup Can Safe
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There are two things we know about Campbell’s chicken noodle soup: It’s great when you’re sick, and Andy Warhol turned it into an iconic piece of pop art. Now this soup can keeps your valuables safe. Big Mouth sells this decoy version of the red-and-white-labeled can with a removable bottom for hiding cash, jewelry, and other small items.

Mechas from a Human Perspective

Mechas from a Human Perspective

MetaBallStudios offers a fun take on size comparison videos. By putting viewers in the body of a virtual human, we get to see how mechs might look roaming around Earth. They start with Emmet’s diminutive Constructo-o-Mech from The LEGO Movie and work their way up to the massive, city-stomping Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann.

Bento Jot Desktop Organizer

Bento Jot Desktop Organizer

This sleek desktop organizer features a design inspired by bento boxes. It has stackable storage trays and a lid, all made from aluminum and tin for durability – no cheap plastic here. It comes with color-matched supplies like an aluminum pen, a journal, a measuring tape, pencils, sticky notes, a glue stick, scissors, and more. Available in 2- and 3- layer sets.

The Largest Waterpark at Sea

The Largest Waterpark at Sea

Royal Caribbean launched the gargantuan Icon of the Seas, an over-the-top, maximalist combo of mega ship/floating city for 7,600 passengers. It’s so huge that cruisers will forget they’re on a boat. The cherry on top is Category 6, the largest waterpark at sea with six thrill rides covering 17,000 square feet.

How to Cook Dozens of Chickens at Once

How to Cook Dozens of Chickens at Once

Want some freshly-cooked rotisserie chicken? These guys have set up the ultimate chicken cooking operation, featuring a variety motorized wheels and carousels that each cook dozens of chickens over an open fire. We’re not sure why every machine is different, but they all seem to get the job done.

Fiskars Machete Axe

Fiskars Machete Axe
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This versatile garden tool combines the benefits of a machete and an axe, easily clearing thick brush and vegetation. Its curved blade is great for getting rid of vines and skinny branches, while its hatchet head is ideal for chopping thicker ones. Its 18″ blade is fitted with an ergonomic handle and includes a nylon sheath.

Flying Like Thor on a Motorized Zipline

Flying Like Thor on a Motorized Zipline

Gravity makes it easy to glide down a zipline, but traveling uphill requires additional energy. The guys from Hacksmith Industries built a motorized ziplining rig that allows riders to fly up to 81 km/h up the line. To make it look like Thor’s mighty Mjolnir, they hid the mechanism inside a machined hammer shell and connected a harness to its handle.

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