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Hero Camper

Hero Camper

This teardrop camper provides a cozy living space in temperatures as low as -5.8°F thanks to its thick insulation and optional electric or diesel heaters. It has a fully-equipped kitchen, a sleeping area with a memory foam mattress, LED lighting, and more. Its Sky Mount roof rack can carry luggage or a pop-up tent.

Merrell Night Sky Shoe Collection

Merrell Night Sky Shoe Collection
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We wear Merrell sneakers for their comfort and durability. This new collection adds a splash of color to their normally earth-toned shoes. Each comes in shades of blue from the night sky, dotted with reflective stars – some with a glow-in-the-dark rubber outsole. Available in men’s, women’s, and big kid’s sizes.

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Noyce Joyce Nixie Radio

Noyce Joyce Nixie Radio

We’ve seen several cool Nixie tube clocks, but this is the first radio we’ve seen that incorporates the vintage numeric displays. Sold in kit form, the radio packs four IN-17 Nixie tubes, an AM/FM tuner, an alarm clock, and a rechargeable battery. It also has Bluetooth/Aux inputs and an SD slot for MP3s. Starts shipping 12.2021.

Paracord Holy Hand Grenade

Paracord Holy Hand Grenade
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Fans of Monty Python and The Holy Grail will immediately recognize this as the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch, used to slay the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog. This version is made from 550 paracord, and packed with dozens of survival tools including a compass, flashlight, multitool, fishing line, hooks, matches, tripwire, and more.

Making a Superconductor + Titanium Ring

Making a Superconductor + Titanium Ring

Superconductors have some amazing properties. Artist Patrick Adair shows us how such materials can also make some beautiful jewelry. Here, he shows us how he combined a superconductor with titanium to produce an awesome-looking ring. You can order the ring in a straight or tilted etched pattern.

Ugly’s Electrical Reference Books

Ugly’s Electrical Reference Books
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This series of reference books helps electricians, contractors, students, and DIYers navigate the complexities of working with electricity, and within National Electrical Code (NEC) rules. One book covers general electricity topics, and others include residential wiring, conduit bending, and motors and controls.

Corian Bass Guitar

Corian Bass Guitar

Corian is a durable polymer typically used for sinks and kitchen countertops. But in the hands of maker Tim Sway, it’s the body for an electric bass guitar. He used his Avid CNC router to carve both the neck and body out of some reclaimed pieces. Given the material’s stone-like qualities, he went with an ancient Greek motif.

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Core Sample Tumbler

Core Sample Tumbler
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Dive through the layers of the Earth when you sip from Cognitive Surplus‘ geeky glass tumbler. It works best with chocolate milk or iced coffee to really show off the fossilized lifeforms as you head deeper beneath our planet’s surface. It holds 15 oz and makes a great gift for geologists, archaeologists, or anyone into science.

NOVE Atlantean Divers Watch

NOVE Atlantean Divers Watch
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A Swiss-made wristwatch inspired by the mythical lost city of Atlantis. Combining a pearlescent abalone shell dial and Super Luminova markers, its display is legible in dark, undersea environments or at night on dry land. It’s water-resistant to 300 meters, and its automatic movement has a 40-hour power reserve.

Electric Piano Wire Instrument

Electric Piano Wire Instrument

Inventor and musician Nicolas Bras continues to expand his collection of unconventional musical instruments with a gizmo that looks like a guitar had a chunk taken out of it. Nic assembled a pair of bass guitar pickups and eight lengths of piano wire on a wooden block, resulting in a wonderfully weird and unique sound.

Carving a Skull Axe

Carving a Skull Axe

Maker The Metalist took the head from a well-used axe and reworked it into the most heavy metal tool ever. He first built up some extra metal with his MIG and Tig welders, then engraved a badass skull image that wraps around both sides of the blade. We love the iron fist hammer he used to reattach its head.

The Dead South: People Are Strange

The Dead South: People Are Strange

Saskatchewan bluegrass band The Dead South takes on The Doors 1967 classic People Are Strange, giving it a twangy country sound and a music video that reminds us that space aliens are people too. From the EP Easy Listening for Jerks – Part 2, a collection of their rock covers.

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How Cake Sprinkles Are Made

How Cake Sprinkles Are Made

Whether you call them “sprinkles,” “jimmies,” or “hundreds and thousands,” these colorful candies are a fun way to add edible decor to desserts. Go inside the Cake Mate factory to see the process that transforms shortening, sugar, colors, and flavorings into this festive topping.

CRKT Knife Maintenance Tool

CRKT Knife Maintenance Tool
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CRKT’s keychain Knife Maintenance Tool packs in a ceramic honing edge and tungsten carbide sharpener, so you can sharpen your pocket knives on the go. It also packs folding T8 and T6 Torx heads, a flathead screwdriver and a bottle opener.

Fictional Land Vehicle Comparison

Fictional Land Vehicle Comparison

Thanks to MetaBallStudios, we know how big starships and robots are relative to one another. Now, we can see how earthbound vehicles stack up in this comparison video, which looks at the sizes of everything from Ant-Man’s microscopic van to the wheeled city of London in Mortal Engines. We had no idea that an AT-AT was bigger than Gundam.

Vitamin String Quartet: Fairytale of New York

Vitamin String Quartet: Fairytale of New York

Now that it’s mid-November, we figure it’s okay to start playing a little Christmas music. Let’s start off the festivities with this great instrumental cover of The Pogues’ cynical classic Fairytale of New York, performed beautifully by the Vitamin String Quartet. We love how the fiddle embodies the spirit of Irish folk music.

Password Manager + Privacy Bundle

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This bundle of services helps improve your security and privacy online. You’ll get lifetime access to Sticky Password Premium for managing your passwords securely, along with VPN Unlimited for anonymous online access along with data encryption and US servers for accessing streaming services abroad.

Benchmade Longhand + Shorthand Pens

Benchmade Longhand + Shorthand Pens
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Tool and accessory maker Benchmade applies their premium quality and engineering to two bolt-action pens. Crafted in Oregon, the Longhand and Shorthand each feature an ergonomic design with a grooved grip and uniquely rippled body. Available in 303 stainless steel and black 6061-T6 aluminum.

Friend Like Me on Electronic Organ

Friend Like Me on Electronic Organ

Musician 826aska performs a spirited arrangement of the track Friend Like Me on her electronic organ. While we will always miss Robin Williams, her version serves as a delightful and uplifting tribute. If you enjoy Disney musicals, check out her arrangements of A Whole New World and Circle of Life too.

Patented

Patented
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Designers, inventors, and engineers frequently patent their ideas so they can’t be freely copied. Author Thomas Rinaldi’s fascinating coffee table book catalogs 1000 original patent drawings from iconic and ubiquitous objects such as furniture, lamps, appliances, and electronics.

Introducing the Icelandverse

Introducing the Icelandverse

There are few places on our planet as spectacular as Iceland. To encourage tourism to their beautiful country, Inspired by Iceland created this amusing promo video that pokes fun at the whole Metaverse concept, reminding us that visiting real places will always be better than virtual ones. (Thanks, Rob!)

Money Tape Wallet

Money Tape Wallet
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DOIY Design and Haniboi’s playful wallet is a throwback to the good old cassette tape. While it won’t play you a mix, it will hold your spare change, bills and cards. It’s made from pliable silicone, and comes in grey, teal, neon yellow, and coral. And yes, it has both an “A” side and a “B” side.

The Sound of Brick Dominoes

The Sound of Brick Dominoes

It doesn’t matter how many domino videos we watch, we always enjoy watching them topple. But if we ever have a pallet of bricks delivered, we’re so doing what the family in this video did, and use them like giant dominoes. The sound they make is so incredibly satisfying.

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