Tiptop Bluetooth Speaker
Tiptop sets itself apart from other Bluetooth speakers with its magnetized mount. It’s meant screws into a room’s corner. When docked into its mount, it effectively uses the surrounding walls as a speaker cabinet.
Ragtime Tetris
The classic Russian theme song to Tetris gets a catchy ragtime redo by musician Scott Bradlee. We can close our eyes and visualize countless bricks dropping into perfect lines already.
What the Net Does to Our Brains
While we’re firm proponets of letting our brains wander aimlessly on the Internet, the guys at Epipheo and author Nicholas Carr say that today’s approach to consuming information may not be the best thing for our grey matter.
Classic American Cars in Cuba
Motor Trend’s Epic Drive show takes a trip to a Caribbean museum of 1950s American cars – Cuba. Even if you’re not a gearhead, it’s still worth watching, because it meanders and looks at the culture of the island nation.
The Cat with Hands
(Gore) From the darkest corner of YouTube and the mind of filmmaker Robert Morgan comes this short film about a cat who wants to be like us. Awww right? More like awww crap. The title is not metaphorical by the way.
NERF Vortex Pyragon Blaster
A much more powerful version of the original Vortex Blaster, NERF’s Pyragon Blaster holds up to 40 discs in its magazine, and can blast targets up to 60 feet away. Grab the optional ammo belt for quick reloads.
Adobe Pen & Ruler Prototypes
Prototypes from the Adobe XD team. The pen can be used to draw and transfer images between devices. But the real innovation is the ruler, which adds guidelines on screen to make it easier to draw lines and shapes accurately.
Metal Concert Bracelets
While we sometimes keep our plastic concert wristbands on for an extra day or two, we much prefer these bands by Cast of Vices, which can be had in Sterling silver or gold-plated versions. Also available in leather for just $55 each.
Aerodynamic x Floppy Drives
YouTuber MrSolidSnake745 cranks out another Daft Punk classic on the most appropriate of musical instruments – a set of eight floppy drives. He also offers up One More Time, Something About Us and some Digital Love.
Jack the Reaper
An indie PC game done in the style of classic Super Nintendo titles, this artful retro platformer puts you in the shoes of Death, as you absorb and combine the powers of your foes. Gameplay here. Download the demo here.
Travel HoodiePillow
From the makers of the hooded pillowcase comes an even more practical HoodiePillow. It comes with an inflatable pillow insert that you can remove and deflate for easy storage. Hand washable. Available in three colors.
First Person Lightsaber Duel 2
Darth Vader hunts down two unlucky Jedi in The Stunt People’s follow-up to their viral hit. If you want more, pledge to their Kickstarter to help fund a mini-series. Best watched in full screen and high-def with headphones on.
Deep Philosophical Video
(NSFW: Language) What will you search for in this video? Is it meaning? Purpose? Or perhaps just a point? All we can say is that YouTuber videogamedunkey is not parodying what you think he’s parodying.
The Following T-Shirt
How to Carve Roast Unicorn’s t-shirt for cinephiles. Rated T for Teerrific. You can ask them for a reprint if your size is not listed as available. We’re waiting for the Red Band version to come out.
The Escherian Stairwell
This video is the centerpiece of RIT student Michael Lacanilao’s attempt at starting an urban legend – that somewhere on the RIT campus, there is a space-bending stairwell that was made by a mysterious architect.
Cole-Bar Hammer Multitool
We first heard about the Cole-Bar Hammer back in 2009. Its inventors are now ready to mass-produce it, but they need your help. In return you get a chance to be one of the first to own this brilliantly versatile multi-tool.
Drifting Crown Range
Red Bull scored the drive of a lifetime, closing off New Zealand’s hairpin-filled Crown Range highway so driver “Mad Mike” Whiddett could burn it up with his 750hp Mazda RX7 as a helicopter captured his hooning from above.
Ender’s Game (Trailer)
The adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s popular and controversial sci-fi novel. Ender’s Game is set in a distant future where humans barely survived two attacks from an alien race, causing them to train children for war.
Let’s Play Fetch! 2
This Labrador Retriever is a lot smarter than this poor fellow. At least he knows what an actual human looks – or smells – like. But he is a dog after all. This is the limit of his understanding right here.
Dead Giveaway
The Gregory Brothers jumped onto the story of Cleveland’s heroic Charles Ramsay quicker than you can say “big testicles,” with their songified version of his colorful post-rescue interview. So grab some ribs and sing along!
The Fish Building
Catch a glimpse of this unusual office building located in Hyderabad, India – shaped like a giant fish. Naturally, it houses the National Fisheries Development Board. Looks like we’re gonna need a bigger rod and reel.
Raw Data
Boston-based artist Jake Fried has created a very entertaining, minute long animation with ink, gouache, white-out and coffee, drawn by hand. You might want to watch it more than once – the details are rich and fleeting.