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GLORB Color-Changing Light Fixture

GLORB Color-Changing Light Fixture

This LED accent lamp features color-changing facets you control with your phone. The GLORB is 9.8″ across, or about as big as a basketball, and includes a tabletop stand and a ceiling hook. It’s got a USB-C port, so it can run on a wall charger or a battery pack, can react to music, and can sync multiple units together.

Tuneshine Album Art Display

Tuneshine Album Art Display
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This cool, single-purpose device connects to your phone and displays album art. Instead of a standard screen, it uses a grid of 4096 individual RGB LEDs to create artful, pixelated images. It works with iOS and Android devices and is compatible with Spotify, Apple Music, Sonos, and last.fm.

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The History of Tic Tacs

The History of Tic Tacs

Tic Tacs are one of the world’s most popular breath fresheners. How did these little pill-shaped mints come to be? Weird History Food takes us all the way back to the origins of bad breath control and its evolution toward the minty flavors we know today. It turns out the same company that created Nutella and Kinder eggs came up with the Tic Tac.

8BitDo C64 Edition Retro Keyboard

8BitDo C64 Edition Retro Keyboard
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8BitDo’s latest retro computer keyboard is inspired by the Commodore 64. The 87-key mechanical keyboard is finished in C64 grey with rainbow graphics. It offers Bluetooth, 2.4GHz, and USB wired connections and comes with a joystick and jumbo-sized buttons. Compatible with Windows and Android. Pre-orders start shipping on 5.28.24.

Realistic Mayor McCheese

Realistic Mayor McCheese

North of the Border and Studson Studios both like to make weird, creepy, and nerdy sculptures. For fun, they recorded voiceovers for each other, with Adam reporting on Studson’s literal Mario Kart build and Studson voicing Adam’s wonderfully demented McDonaldland official Mayor McCheese. Those thin layers of clay really do look like Velveeta.

Range Rover Sport Park City Edition

Range Rover Sport Park City Edition

Limited to just seven vehicles, Range Rover unveiled the Sport Park City Edition for winter sport enthusiasts. Each SUV features unique details throughout, and has a plug-in electric hybrid powertrain for an extended 53-mile range. the Ethereal Frost Silver exterior is contrasted by a Jarvik Black roof, and 23″ SV Bespoke wheels.

Can You Ever Have Too Many Guitar Picks?

Can You Ever Have Too Many Guitar Picks?

Most guitar players use their fingertips or a single guitar pick to strum. After “accidentally” 3D printing a triple guitar pick, engineer Mattias Krantz thought it might be fun to play with even more guitar picks at the same time. His compound guitar pick looks like it would a pretty good back-scratcher too.

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Driven: Dodge Hornet GT

Driven: Dodge Hornet GT

It might not be a muscle car, but the Dodge Hornet is more fun to drive than most compact crossovers. It has a zesty powertrain, dynamic handling, and a sporty interior with premium materials. We spent a week getting to know this fully loaded 2023 Hornet GT Plus model, though the 2024 model is identical.

Polyrhythms Visualized in a Circle

Polyrhythms Visualized in a Circle

Do you like music and math? Then you’ll dig polyrhythms. JLChnToZ (Vistanz) created this captivating video that displays a representation of these complex and often hypnotic sounds in concentric circles. For maximum effect, put the video on full screen, dim the lights, and crank up the volume.

Proof 72-Hour Travel Pant

Proof 72-Hour Travel Pant
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Proof’s 72-Hour Merino Travel Pant promises to ward off water and odors for up to 3 days, not just when you forget to wash it. Its Merino wool blend fabric and a water-repellent finish will keep you feeling and smelling fresh even in harsh outdoor environments. The gusseted crotch and back zip pocket make them more dependable for traveling light.

Climbing Walls Like a Human Elevator

Climbing Walls Like a Human Elevator

Nico Fischer is an amazingly skilled parkour athlete. This clip shows Nico bouncing between two walls with such command that he looks like he’s defying gravity at times. He couldn’t decide if the moves were more Spider-Man or Prince of Persia, so his pal Aziz came up with a more appropriate superhero name, “Elevator-Man.” More wall-climbing antics here.

Windeler Folding Pliers

Windeler Folding Pliers
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These modern folding pliers adhere to Windeler’s minimalistic aesthetic. They measure just 4.13″ long when folded, so they’re pocket-friendly. They’re made from stainless steel and anodized aluminum, and their full-size plier jaws feature a wire cutter. Windeler also integrated their Polnetik magnetic connector to attach modular tool blades.

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New Balance Fresh Foam X Hierro v8 Shoes

New Balance Fresh Foam X Hierro v8 Shoes
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The Hierro v8 took the best of New Balance’s running shoes and turned them into all-terrain beaters. The tried-and-tested combo of a lightweight textile upper and the Fresh Foam midsole will keep you comfortable, while the thick and grippy Vibram outsole will help you keep the pace up no matter where you choose to go.

Nite Ize HookLock Bungee Cord

Nite Ize HookLock Bungee Cord

Bungee cords are handy for tying things down, but their open hooks can come loose easily, especially without enough tension. Nite Ize’s smart HookLock bungees have locking hooks, ensuring secure and reliable attachment at both ends. Available in color-coded 24″, 36″, and 48″ lengths.

Feel Good Inc on Speed Bag

Feel Good Inc on Speed Bag

Speedbag Bard has a unique talent – he can punch a speed bag in time with music. Here, he shows off his bag skills with a rhythmic performance of the hit Gorillaz track Feel Good Inc. His YouTube channel is packed with other speed bag covers, includingPost Malone & Swae Lee’s Sunflower, and Survivor’s Eye of the Tiger, and Sisqo’s Thong Song.

E-paper Desktop Display

E-paper Desktop Display

E-paper, or E-ink displays, use tiny color-changing capsules to display high-contrast, daylight-readable images with a minimum of electricity. David Zhang shows off a neat use for an E-paper screen—an always-on desktop display with widgets for the time, date, weather, and device status of his computer. It’s not for sale, but David did share source code.

Lancer 300 Modular Backpack

Lancer 300 Modular Backpack
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This backpack from Coalax is ideal for photographers who need to carry a lot of gear. Its exoskeleton design allows for modules to be attached and detached, including an optional 335Wh power pack. Its main compartment has dividers for cameras and lenses, and outside, you’ll find an extendable and adjustable selfie stick for hands-free shooting or lighting.

Making a Damascus Dagger from Steel Balls

Making a Damascus Dagger from Steel Balls

Damascus steel is made by pressing layers of forged metal together. HANS shows how he made a gorgeous dagger using thousands of steel bearing balls. The resulting metal pattern is something he calls Dragon Skin. After making the blade, he fabricated a brass crossguard and a wooden handle. It’s based on a design by Neels Van Den Berg of Black Dragon Forge.

Le Samouraï 4K Release (Trailer)

Le Samouraï 4K Release (Trailer)

Janus Films presents a digitally restored 4K version of one of the most influential noir films of all time. Jean-Pierre Melville’s 1967 film Le Samouraï has it all: a cool and quiet hitman, austere cinematography, calculated actions over expository dialogue, and a head-scratching mystery. Premieres 4.5.24.

Michael Keaton on His Characters

Michael Keaton on His Characters

From Batman to Beetlejuice to Birdman, Michael Keaton is a man of many personas. Keaton sat down for an interview with GQ to talk about some of his most iconic characters, their sources of inspiration, and how he got inside their heads. For some roles, the costume and makeup provided enough of a hook, while others required him to dig much deeper.

Carabiner Folding Screwdriver

Carabiner Folding Screwdriver
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This bargain-priced gadget packs more than ten tools. Its carabiner-style clip attaches easily to your belt loop or backpack, and its fold-out blades include Phillips, Torx, hex, and flat-blade screwdrivers, a SIM card tool, and a small knife for opening boxes. It also has a bottle opener and a fold-out phone stand. Made from stainless steel.

How a Krispy Kreme Donut Machine Works

How a Krispy Kreme Donut Machine Works

Jared Owen presents another fascinating animation of a complex machine—or, in this case, multiple machines working together. In this video, he walks us through the automated donut factory, which you can find at many Krispy Kreme locations. These machines can crank out up to 3000 donuts per hour. Our favorite part is the glaze waterfall.

Post O’Alls Packable Helmet Bag

Post O’Alls Packable Helmet Bag
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Do you often find yourself buying a helmet? Jokes aside, these retro helmet bags from Japanese brand Post O’Alls do have more space than most packable bags, with two buttoned front pockets along with the zipped main compartment. We love the iridescent navy and khaki variants, but there’s also a more discreet black.

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