Mazda teases the future of sports cars with the beautifully sleek and aerodynamic Iconic SP concept car. The 365-horsepower hybrid electric car has a mid-mounted rotary engine that generates power for an electric motor. It’s got billionaire doors and pop-up headlights and looks every bit as good as a Ferrari.

Musical mashup genius Bill McClintock created a new musical group called James Against the Machine by combining Rage Against the Machine’s Take the Power Back and James Brown’s Soul Power, with a little Atomic Punk energy from Van Halen tossed in for extra flavor.

This versatile screwdriver has storage slots in its body to hold up to 18 different bits. Its bits hold in place magnetically, and it comes with an extender rod and a flip-out lever for extra torque when you need it. The bits themselves are magnetic, too, holding screws in place securely.

Guinea pigs are neither from Guinea nor are they pigs. But that didn’t stop scientists from naming them that. Language expert Name Explain talks us through some other improperly-named animals, like the mountain chicken and the bearcat, and explains the origins of their monikers.

Serious photography calls for big cameras with large image sensors and lots of lenses. This extra large backpack offers padded storage for a DSLR or two mirrorless cameras, 6 to 8 lenses, 2 to 3 flashes, accessories, a 15.6″ laptop, and a tablet. It also offers multiple tripod carrying positions, and comes with a rain cover.

In animator Zoë Hutber’s award-winning short film, a couple feels crushed by the burden of a society where everyone is literally made of money. As the fat cat at the top of the heap continues to demand a chunk of their flesh, only time will tell if their investments will ultimately pay off.

Jon Hamm, Juno Temple, Joe Keery, and Jennifer Jason Leigh head up the cast of Fargo’s latest installment. It takes place in 2019 in North Dakota and Minnesota and follows the tale of a seemingly mild-mannered housewife who’s been keeping a big secret about her past. We’re getting some seriously dark Home Alone vibes from this trailer. Drops 11.21.23 on FX.

Olight’s flat Arkfield Pro flashlight combines a crisp white light, a UV light, and a green laser in a single case. Its 1500 mAh rechargeable battery provides up to 264 hours of white light in moonlight mode, 61 hours of laser, and 315 minutes of UV light between charges. A circular thumb switch clicks easily between modes.

Scientists estimate that life began on Earth about 3.7 billion years ago. But it’s quite plausible that life existed before this, shortly after the Big Bang created the universe. Kurzgesagt explains why this might have been possible and what sort of life forms might have been cooking in the universe’s primordial soup.

Chrome’s versatile Ruckas bag converts from a tote to a backpack to a shoulder pack. It’s made from recycled materials, is waterproof, and has a padded interior sleeve for a 15″ laptop. Outside, you’ll find an expandable water bottle pocket and a zipper pocket for accessories. Comes in natural, oil green, and black, each with yellow accents.

The term “chatbot” is typically associated with those frustrating customer service AI gatekeepers before chatting with a real human. But in the case of this Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot, the chatbot has four legs and can walk. Engineers from the robotics company used ChatGPT and other AI models to enable Spot to answer questions and act as a tour guide.

This oversized storage cache from Dango is made from a high-strength translucent plastic called ULTEM. Its 0.8″ x 3.3″ interior has plenty of space to carry pills, rolled-up bills, screws, driver bits, matches, or other small items. It’s waterproof to 1000 feet and comes with a quad-loop cap for connecting a tether.

What’s cooler than a regular katana? One that hides in its handle and extends like a lightsaber. After seeing an example of this awesome collapsible katana design at a convention, Maker David Miao printed a copy of it at home on his Prusa XL 3D printer. He made it look even better by printing it with Fixdry’s tri-color PLA, which gives it a rainbow sheen.

Toyota is showing off a high-performance sports car that brings back mid-engine MR2 memories. But the FT-Se runs on battery power and has electric motors. It has a sleek, aerodynamic design and can send tremendous amounts of torque to the rear wheels for serious drifting. Inside, it has a minimalist dashboard and an F1-style steering wheel.

MoMA’s modern calendar works every day of every year. It displays the day of the week, month, and date using red markers that slide along a snake-like acrylic track. Mount it on your wall or stand it on your desktop with the included pegs. Designed by Giancarlo Cipri in collaboration with the School of Visual Arts.

Gerber’s Hike Kit bundle includes the Armbar Cork multitool for opening bottles and quick fixes, the Stowe fixed-blade knife for food prep, and the Devour multi-fork utensil for chowing down. The Around Camp kit replaces the knife with a Tri-Tip mini cleaver and upgrades the utensils to the ComplEat kit.

These waterproof LED lights add a wash of color indoors or out. The brightest model punches out 60 watts of illumination and comes with a 44-key remote to change colors and brightness, as well as fade and strobe modes. Available in a 40-watt 4-pack and a 60-watt 6-pack.

This tiny knife from Lonfell is the perfect companion to any gear bag or backpack with MOLLE webbing. It’s designed to clip on easily to MOLLE straps and releases quickly with a press on its plastic holster. It can also be hung from a lanyard and comes in black, green, or orange.

When YouTuber Aboringday isn’t overpowering toys with too much electricity, he’s doing other stupid things, like turning everyday objects into yo-yos. He starts out with plastic fan blades and wall clocks, then ramps up the danger by using circular saw blades. Other highlights include an ice yo-yo and one made from ping pong paddles.

Rumpl teamed up with Houdini to create its most technically advanced blanket. It offers protection from the elements with a dual-layer waterproof shell and Houdini C9 Ripstop fabric. A double-snap clip lets you wear it as a cape on chilly days, and it comes with a waterproof stuff sack to carry it in. Plus, it’s made from 100% recycled/recyclable materials.

We’ve always enjoyed musician Jared Halley and his multi-track a cappella performances. To celebrate Halloween 2023, Jared performed a fun cover of Bobby Pickett’s spooky classic Monster Mash, with backing vocals and dance moves performed by his 10-year-old son, Noah.

Over two decades after Honda sold its last Prelude, the automaker turned up at the Japan Mobility Show 2023 with a new Prelude Concept that looks close to production-ready. Honda left us hanging in terms of specs, only mentioning that it’s an electric sports car and it will launch sometime this decade.

El Estepario Siberiano, aka “The Groovefather,” is a skilled percussionist. In this video, he shows off his talents with a cover of the AC/DC track Thunderstruck on a tubulum – that PVC pipe instrument made famous by Blue Man Group. He looped multiple sequences to create the track, but it’s still impressive for an instrument he’s just learning to play.