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Yellowpop x Andy Warhol LED Neon Art

Yellowpop x Andy Warhol LED Neon Art
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Yellowpop teamed up with The Andy Warhol Foundation to create special editions of the pop artist’s works, lit with LED “neon” tubes. The series includes Campbell’s, Banana, Marilyn Monroe, Flowers, Cow, and a sweet forced-perspective Brillo Box. The four-square Flowers Deluxe and Marilyn Deluxe are limited to 25 pieces each.

The Most Unexpected Hydraulic Press Moments

The Most Unexpected Hydraulic Press Moments

Over the years, the Hydraulic Press Channel has performed numerous destructive experiments under the crushing force of their 150-ton press. This video compiles ten times things went differently than anticipated, including dangerous explosions, broken windows, and even watermelon rain.

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Desklab 4K Portable Touchscreen Monitor

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Having more screen real estate can dramatically improve your productivity. This portable 15.6″ 4K touchscreen monitor doubles the size of your laptop’s workspace via a USB-C or HDMI connection. It has LED backlighting, 10ms response time, and built-in speakers. Another great deal from The Awesomer Shop.

Swatch It’s Spooky Time Big Bold Watch

Swatch It’s Spooky Time Big Bold Watch
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Swiss watchmaker Swatch loves Halloween. This festive orange-and-black watch is part of their playful and ghoulish Halloween collection. What makes it so special are the red and green googly eyeballs that spin around inside of its skull. Features a quartz movement, a bioceramic case, and a silicone strap.

Making CO2-Powered Mini Torpedoes

Making CO2-Powered Mini Torpedoes

Inspired by the torpedoes on a submarine, electrosync wanted to see if he could make a tiny version to launch in a swimming pool. He designed 3D-printed shells for the mini torpedoes and powered them with CO2 cartridges. A spring mechanism gives them an initial push. Grab the STL files for free on Thangs.com. (Thanks, Bruce!)

Turning Plastic Milk Bottles Into Skulls

Turning Plastic Milk Bottles Into Skulls

Looking for a fun Halloween decoration that encourages recycling? Off the Grid Makes shows us how you can transform plastic milk bottles into plastic skulls. You’ll need a heat gun and a resin skull to mold the plastic around, but then the only limit is time and how many milk jugs you have lying around.

Tacray Titanium Mini Knife

Tacray Titanium Mini Knife
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Tacray’s tiny utility knife is the perfect addition to any keychain and makes quick work of opening boxes, cutting paper and twine, and other everyday tasks. Its body is made from titanium in a blue-tint finish, while its replaceable knife blade is made from 440C stainless steel. Spare blades are available in a 10-pack.

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PDW All Terrain Pouches

PDW All Terrain Pouches
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Prometheus Design Werx’s All Terrain Pouches keep your everyday items dry and safe. They’re made with durable seam welds and waterproof zippers, and the smaller sizes have a translucent window to see what’s inside. A MOLLE-and-HAL1-compatible backing makes them easy to attach to other bags. Sold individually.

Taking a California Freeway Drive: 1988 vs. 2022

Taking a California Freeway Drive: 1988 vs. 2022

David Parke took some 1988 video footage of a drive on the 405 from Culver City to Sherman Oaks, and copied the route precisely in 2022 to see what has and hasn’t changed. He had to speed up and slow down the footage to sync the two drives at times, and left the original 1980s audio track.

Making a Damascus Steel Blade from Staples

Making a Damascus Steel Blade from Staples

Ukraine-based blacksmith Shurap has made Damascus steel from a variety of unusual items. For his latest blade-making experiment, he took stacks of staples, nested them into star-shaped clusters, added steel flux powder, then forged and hammered them to create a pattern we’ve not seen on a knife before.

Run for the Money (Trailer)

Run for the Money (Trailer)

This high-intensity reality competition show from Japan pits celebrity contestants against an army of hunters attempting to catch them on foot. The longer they evade their captors, the bigger the cash prize, but get caught and lose it all. Coming to Netflix 11.15.2022.

If a Supervolcano Erupted

If a Supervolcano Erupted

What could be more terrifying than a regular volcano? A supervolcano, that’s what. Kurzgesagt explains how these massive ash, lava, and gas-spewing volcanoes form, and what sort of catastrophic consequences they might have on the Earth and its inhabitants for if the planet’s superheated insides erupted.

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The Man Behind the Monster Masks

The Man Behind the Monster Masks

Having designed and worked on creatures in movies from Galaxy Quest to Avatar to Hellboy, artist Jordu Schell knows a thing or two about mask making. WIRED sat down with the professional artist for a glimpse into his creative process, starting from a concept sketch to creating a finished monster mask.

Atari Video Music Light Show

Atari Video Music Light Show

A while back, Techmoan showed off the Atari Video Music, a device that produces colorful patterns from audio. YouTube channel Atari Video Music CRT Garage makes music videos with the 8-bit box, displaying its images on a roomful of TV screens. There are more than 40 videos in the series. Here’s a playlist of our faves.

Inside Ken Block’s Audi S1 Hoonitron

Inside Ken Block’s Audi S1 Hoonitron

The busy Hoonigan Racing Team is revving up to debut the world’s first all-electric Gymkhana car. Built from scratch by Audi Sport in a speedy six months, the 28,000 RPM, 800-volt one-of-a-kind Hoonitron is also the first e-car for rally driver Ken Block, who’s got sticker shock from the $10-12 million price tag.

Monty Python’s Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme

Monty Python’s Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme

Run away! Monty Python teamed up with game maker Exalted Funeral to create a tabletop role-playing game inspired by the British comedy troupe’s classic films, stage shows, and TV series. According to its makers “Its chief weapon is surprise. Surprise and being disguised as a tabletop role-playing game.”

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