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Kool-Aid Man Photobomb App

Kool-Aid Man Photobomb App

An amusing app for your smartphone that lets you drop the Kool-Aid Man into your photos with ease. We hope they get to work on a video version so you can smash him through walls. Android version here.

Stair-Rover on Kickstarter

Stair-Rover on Kickstarter

The Stair-Rover is a skateboard with 8 wheels and a V-frame chassis. It lets you skate over rough terrain and even down flights of stairs. Designer Po-Chih Lai is ready to mass produce his invention, but he needs your help.

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How to Rack Your Bike

How to Rack Your Bike

Getting your bike onto a roof rack can be a pain, but pro cyclist Peter Sagan has a method which works like a charm, and doesn’t require lifting the bike over his head to do it. Though we’re not sure it’s good for his car’s paintjob.

M48 Kommando Shovel

M48 Kommando Shovel

The M48 Kommando is a post-apocalyptic garden shovel. It has an indestructible nylon handle and a shovel head with a pointed tip, a serrated edge on one side and a concave chopping edge on the other side.

Daft Obama

Daft Obama

It seems as if everybody and their brother is doing a Daft Punk Get Lucky cover these days, so it was only a matter of time before President Obama would get in on the action. Though we can’t say he carries a tune very well.

Using HIV to Fight Cancer

Using HIV to Fight Cancer

Dr. Carl June and his colleagues were able to cure leukemia in a girl by using a “disabled form” of HIV – the virus that causes AIDS. The virus modified the patient’s T-cells so that they could destroy cancer cells. More at NYT.

Scribble Portraits

Scribble Portraits

If you think you’re a great doodler, check out artist Vince Low’s Faces. It’s a series of celebrity portraits that Low made out of seemingly random swirls and lines that overlap to form detailed faces.

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Martial Arts x Robot Dance

Martial Arts x Robot Dance

38-year old Kenichi Ebina loves to be the center of attention, and he has an arsenal of tricks to keep an entire crowd’s eyes on him. Watch him show off his unique dance style at a recent America’s Got Talent audition.

Victorinox Money Clip

Victorinox Money Clip
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The Victorinox Swiss Army Money Clip doesn’t just hold dolla bills y’all. It also has a small blade, a pair of scissors and a nail file/cleaner. The tools are made of stainless steel with aluminum alloy separators and brass rivets.

Fever 12 Ways

Fever 12 Ways

Vocalist Karen Marie and musicians Scott Bradlee, Adam Kubota, and Allan Mednard perform the Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell classic popularized by Peggy Lee in the style of a dozen favorite (and not so favorite) artists.

10Deep Pineapple Tanks & Tees

10Deep Pineapple Tanks & Tees
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There are lots of good drops in 10Deep’s Summer 2013 collection, but we’re partial to the handful of t-shirts and tank tops that have simple but fresh and eye-catching pineapple prints.

OMG Jellyfish

OMG Jellyfish

One of the more unusual Kickstarter projects out there, OMG Jellyfish aims to make 5-foot-tall bouncy, illuminated puppets inspired by the awe-inspiring sea creaturs, but made from lycra and nylon with LED lighting inside.

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Lynx Electric Grill

Lynx Electric Grill
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The Lynx Downtown Electric Grill lets you cook in areas where an open flame isn’t practical or safe – indoors for example. It uses a heating film that ensures uniform cooking and reaches its max temperature in just 8-10 minutes.

Rise & Hang Weekender Bag

Rise & Hang Weekender Bag

The Weekender has a built-in shelving system that makes it a lot easier to organize, pack and unpack. Rise & Hang also sells inserts that turn existing luggage into a Weekender. Currently sold out, but hopefully they’ll make more.

Google Glass: 20 Searches

Google Glass: 20 Searches

Google Glass doesn’t have a lot of interactive features yet, but it may already have a killer app. Its voice search is so good it’s terrifying. It’s basically outsourced thinking. Memorization may soon be obsolete.

Running on Lava

Running on Lava

Despite a temperature of over 1500°F under its moving crust, this man has the cojones to walk quickly across the surface of this smoldering lava flow. At least he had shoes on, but we’re still surprised those survived.

Twin Serpents T-Shirt Giveaway

Twin Serpents T-Shirt Giveaway

Twin Serpents make awesome artist-created tees. Now win some! First prize gets five shirts, second prize gets two, and third gets two. Impatient? Buy now and get 20% off with promo code “AWESOMER”. (Contest Ends 7/1/13)

Hangouts: Napoleon House

Hangouts: Napoleon House

There’s a time and a place to unwind, and if you head to The Big Easy, there’s none better than Napoleon House, a 200-year-old building located in the French Quarter. (Sponsor: Mount Gay Rum: Aged to Perfection)

XCOM: Enemy Unknown (iOS)

XCOM: Enemy Unknown (iOS)

The excellent turn-based tactical strategy game XCOM: Enemy Unknown is now out for iOS devices and it is as addictive and in-depth as its PC and console counterparts. Skip to 1:30 in the video for a preview.

Popsicle Thief

Popsicle Thief

An amused father catches his son about to eat a popsicle first thing in the morning. The sweet-faced bandit stalls for time, but he eventually pulls off an advanced trick: getting what you want without having to steal it.

Wimbledon Live on YouTube

Wimbledon Live on YouTube

Rolex is sponsoring the free broadcast of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships on YouTube. Watch Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Rafa Nadal and other world-class tennis pros duke it out live now until 7/7/13, Noon to 7pm (BST).

Thug Notes: To Kill a Mockingbird

Thug Notes: To Kill a Mockingbird

(NSFW: Language) “Classic Literature. Original Gangster.” The online study guide Thug Notes is just like CliffsNotes, except its host Sparky Sweets drops knowledge about literary works using African-American street slang.

Blurred Lines Beatbox Cover

Blurred Lines Beatbox Cover

(NSFW: Lyrics) DUKE rips up a truly original cover of the Robin Thicke/Pharrell/T.I. pop tune Blurred Lines by a trio of British guys you’d never imagine singing this track. More here.

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