We love traveling to exotic destinations. But where travelers go, criminals follow. This nylon wallet from Zero Grid protects your belongings from pickpockets by keeping them around your neck and under your shirt. Measuring  5.7″ W x 7.5 H”, it’s less bulky than other neck wallets while providing storage for passports, cash, credit cards, and papers.

There’s a whole sub-genre of YouTube videos featuring various objects being jammed into industrial shredders. Atomic Marvel went to the extreme and stuck the entire sun into a shredder to see what would happen. We’re surprised it didn’t melt the machine as soon as it hit the gears with its 10,000-degree surface temperature.

Beaverlab’s digital telephoto camera has a 400mm lens and can shoot distant objects at 36x optical/200x digital magnification. Its 48mp sensor can capture craters on the moon and animals in motion. It works with a smartphone app for monitoring and tweaking your shots. It can also capture 4K video and HDR. There’s also a 40mm version for closer subjects.

It’s hard enough to protect a soccer goal from a single kicker, so what happens to the goalie when a hundred balls are kicked their way? The gang from How Ridiculous tested this and other ideas where the visiting team has way more players than the home team. Every game basically turns into dodgeball on steroids.

This beautifully customized wristwatch from IFL Watches started as a stock Citizen Tsuyosa Automatic with a stainless steel case and link band. What makes it special is the enamel dotting its face, evoking tiny stars and planets. The watch has a 40mm, 21-jewel movement, and a 40-hour power reserve. Just 100 of these hand-painted pieces will be made.

Engineer James Bruton adds to his collection of unusual vehicles with the creation of a single-seater that rolls on four 3D-printed mechanum wheels. The not-quite-a-bike uses motors and an inertial measurement unit to remain balanced. By changing the speed and direction of each wheel, it can move forward, backward, sideways, and spin around on a dime. Its agility is quite impressive.

Never be caught without water when you carry this 1-gallon insulated bottle from Zukro. It’s made from food-safe 18/8 stainless steel and keeps drinks cold for up to 36 hours. It’ll also hold hot drinks for up to 20 hours. Its lid has a flip-up straw and a pouring spout, and there’s a folding handle and a hook for hanging.

Generative AI can be used for good or evil. In the case of Adobe Premiere Pro, we’re excited about the potential of its AI tools to improve video editing workflows with the ability to add or remove objects with just a couple of clicks and extend scenes if they don’t fit your timeline. They also are testing integration with models like Sora AI to generate entire scenes.

This perfectly sized everyday knife has a slim, modern design with a sharp 2.8″ blade made from VG-10 stainless steel. It has a slide-lock mechanism with an ambidextrous thumb disc, and its handle scales are made from lightweight Micarta, known for its excellent grip. It’s also available in an XL size, as well as one with a damascus blade.

Electric pencil sharpeners are plenty fast. But say you have 100 pencils to sharpen. Shaving a second or two off of each pencil can add up. Current Concept wanted to see how quickly a pencil could be sharpened by rigging up an off-the-shelf sharpener to various power tools. That exposed sharpener mechanism looks terrifying once it gets up to speed.

The V10 is a compact, 10″ long axe that’s perfect for carrying in or on your backpack. It weighs just 1.27 pounds, and its high-carbon steel blade is good for chopping branches, small logs, and kindling. Its handle is made from reinforced fiberglass with an ergonomic TPR grip. Includes two kinds of blade protectors.

In this animated short film by Job, Joris & Marieke, a narcissistic social media influencer suddenly becomes invisible and loses the one thing he values more than anything – the ability to garner attention based on his appearance. It’s a funny but sad look of the shallow nature of social media. In Dutch with English subtitles.

This smaller version of Olight’s powerful Marauder 2 flashlight can still crank out some serious brightness. With a turbo output of 7,000 lumens, its flood beam is visible from up to 1,017 feet, and its 900-lumen spot beam projects light up to 1,968 feet. It’s also got lower-intensity red, green, and blue light modes, and comes in four aluminum body colors.

A good knife can be a useful self-defense tool. But if you really want to ward off enemies, adding fire to the equation couldn’t hurt. Actually, getting stabbed by a flaming knife would hurt a lot. Integza shows how he made a knife that shoots flames from tiny holes in a porous metal blade. He theorizes that the tech could be used to improve jet engine efficiency.

The figure masters at Threezero perfectly captured the ’80s vibe of Stranger Things in its sixth-scale action figures. The release consists of Eleven and the gang, along with Chief Hopper, the Demogorgon, and Vecna. Each figure has over 30 points of articulation and comes with a variety of accessories or interchangeable hands.

After seeing the airplane-like shape of Japan’s high-speed bullet trains, aerospace engineer Peter Sripol thought it would be fun to build a model airplane based on the design. It took a lot of experimentation with wing placement, but he eventually got his prototype to fly. Will the scaled-up model stay airborne or will it derail mid-flight?

This retro wallet from Fydelity features an exterior made from the shell of a cassette tape. Its body is made from synthetic leather with a zippered main compartment for cards, cash, coins, and more. Available in a variety of colors – our fave is the shiny rainbow-chrome finish.

Long before seatbelts, airbags, and anti-lock brakes, there were plenty of well-intentioned but ill-conceived automotive safety devices. With big trucks and SUVs causing greater concerns about pedestrian safety, I Did a Thing dusted off one such invention – the Pedestrian Catcher – and tested it to see how effective it could be.

This cutting board is made from an unconventional material. Instead of wood or plastic, the SIKI is made from a 1 mm thick sheet of titanium. The strong, lightweight material won’t absorb food, mold, or bacteria, nor will it rust or retain odors. A bent corner makes it easy to pick up. It measures approximately 10.8″ square and is handcrafted by Japan’s Asahi Tekko.

A faction of the computer graphic Demoscene prides itself on creating visuals with the least code possible. Programmer Alcatraz turned up at the Revision 2024 demo party with this surreal scene – a post-apocalyptic black-and-white city created with just 256 bytes of Gopher code running on DOS. Revision posted some competing 256-byte demos here.

This rechargeable electric lighter is sure to work even in wind or damp conditions. It uses a pair of plasma arcs to ignite tinder or anything else flammable. It provides about 300 zaps per charge and comes wrapped in a waterproof silicone rubber casing with a flip-top cover.

We’ve seen artists make chains out of wood, chalk, and even a carrot. In this video from Michigan Rocks, he shows how he took a rock and made a short length of chain from it. He cut the stone into a cross-shaped block, refined it into three main sections, and then drilled and cut away the pieces using rotary tools. It looked like a lot of work – especially the polishing.

Bluetti’s portable AC240 is a 2400W power pack with an IP65 rating for water and dust resistance. That protection includes its power outlets. Speaking of which, it has three AC sockets, two DC ports, and four USB charging ports. It also acts as a UPS, kicking in within 15ms of a power outage. Multiple units can be connected to store more power.