It doesn’t explode, but the 40mm HEMI (Human Electro-Muscular Incapacitation device) will deliver a 50,000 volt-charge to whatever it sticks to. Watch the clip for a demonstration (of sorts.)

Wage virtual war on foot or inside land and air vehicles, and customize your soldier as you level up and progress, all without paying a cent in EA’s newly launched online FPS Battlefield Play4Free.

Ride safer with SUCK UK’s reflective gloves and socks. The socks have a reflective patch with a bicycle icon on them, while the gloves have arrows, so you can signal before making a turn.

Gresso’s Luxor World Time Gold phone offers an 18K gold body, two-sided sapphire crystal screen, Italian leather on the rear panel and six independent Swiss clockwork mechanisms.

If you’re gifting a rap or hip hop fan, take it up a notch and pimp it with Rapping Paper. Each sheet contains the lyrics to a classic rap song. Limited selection, but if you like Run DMC, you’re set.

Artist Andreas Fougner decided to take the front-engined, open-wheel design of ’50s F1 cars and modernize the language for a new passenger car by using a BMW Z4 body; thumbs up to the results.

(NSFW for language) The keen and perceptive “scienticians” in this video here propose a new technology that may bring texting to a standstill: The Phone. Watch, laugh and learn. (Thanks Sean!)

We can’t imagine how much “research” went into UVA students Ross Thomas and Elizabeth Farrell 8000 piece, 7′ x 9′ beer bottle cap rendition of Van Gogh’s Starry Night. Want to buy it? E-mail them.

25togo’s Goggles Umbrella lets you see what’s in front of you without the need to tilt your umbrella back. The periscope tip is a neat touch. Comes in bundles of two – one gray, one yellow.

Members of the MIT Media Lab used Microsoft’s Kinect to come up with interactive teleconferencing. Features include a talk time timer, auto focus on speaker and use of augmented reality objects.

This is Evolution Motorsports’ EVT1500 Porsche 997.1TT, aka Mayhem. Listen to it roar. EVOMS tweaked the Type 997 engine to crank out 1500hp. Current top speed? 234.6mph. More here and here.

Awww, a rosy-cheeked angel. Surely she can’t be capable of doing anything remotely close to evil. There’s no great twist here, but the troll face at the end is just asking to be turned into a .gif.

YouTube user alkulaib and his friend could only stand in awe as a lazy but colossal sand storm descended upon them. The transition from normal day to silent darkness begins at 2:30.

Aston Martin offers a shiny all-black DBS, but if you want it in matte black, Anderson Germany’s Superior Black Edition is the way to go. Modded to pump out 560hp, 50hp more than the stock.

Protect the things that matter most, courtesy of Aperture Science, as they reveal the consumer edition of their deadly gun-totin’ turret. Guaranteed to fire 65% more bullet per bullet.

This night-vision camera lets you shoot stills (5.0MP) or video (VGA) in total darkness, thanks to built-in infrared illumination. Add an infrared filter to intensify the otherworldly visual effect.

Youtuber Vi Hart explains the right way to eat candy buttons, and how to make music with those edible dots in her xkcd inspired clip “How to Eat Candy Buttons Like a Recreational Mathemusician.”

The ad team at Ogilvy & Mather recently put up these awesome billboards for Hot Wheels, including a giant loop (car not included), and a pair of giant kids who turn a real road into a giant plaything.

Sir Richard Branson opens up his seemingly limitless checkbook to launch Virgin Oceanic, a project designed to visit the unexplored depths of our seas. He should invite James Cameron along.

The striking Concealed Carry Tiki knife from Strider is aesthetically pleasing as well as practical; the handsome grey hue features some dynamic skull art, and a custom sheath is included.

Screw foam peanuts – this is how ballers roll. Use these banknote look-alikes as packaging cushion, as pillow stuffing or for cheap tycoon showers. Reusable, recyclable and biodegradable.

Designer Vó Maria has been working his way through the X-Men cast of characters, giving us the cheapest possible costumes the next time we want to dress up as Wolverine, Magneto or Cyclops.

Behold the raw beauty of this gravity bike – made for downhill runs, with no chains, cranks or pedals – made by Jeff Tiedeken aka Monkey Like Shiny. Can go as fast as 80mph. More pics here.