THE BEST Glow In The Dark

Japanese performance troupe XTRAP have incredible manual dexterity, focusing much of their routine on synchronized finger tutting. Here, they show off their digits with a glow-in-the-dark routine that kicks off with a piano made out of fingers.

This weighty metal dice set features a glow-in-the-dark inlay that adds a new dimension to your tabletop RPG sessions. They come in glowing blue and a green variants, and each set includes D4, D6, D8, 2xD10 (0-9 and 00-90),D12, and D20 dice. Made from zinc alloy.

Xeric’s follow-up to their Soloscope SQ watch has numerous upgrades. Its hour and minute indicators are easier to read, while the left side serves as an AM/PM indicator and secondary hour display. SuperLuminova markers glow brilliantly in the dark. Available in 10 color combos, each with a Horween leather strap.

Make Playing Cards is showing off a sweet new deck printed with neon inks that intensify under ultraviolet light. Their matching tuck case also glows brightly under black light. Limited to 5000 decks, along with special multi-deck “brick” packaging and an uncut sheet that would look awesome framed and illuminated.

This pack of glow-in-the-dark markers will help you keep track of tent pegs, ropes, and other parts of your campsite in the dark. They glow for up to 12 hours on a daylight charge, and the set includes round markers, straight markers, and markers that can hang from zipper pulls. Find more glowing goodies in the GLO-X store.

After painting a room in the blackest black paint you can buy today, The Action Lab peeled that off and replaced it with the brightest glow-in-the-dark pigment, called LIT. He then hit it with a crazy bright 100,000 lumen flashlight to see just how intense the glow can get.

LumiLor is an electroluminescent coating that can be painted onto a variety of surfaces. The multi-part coating can be applied to vehicles, airplanes, bicycles, producing a glowing effect that’s sure to draw attention. LumiLor starter kits begin at $199 for DIY projects, though professional application is recommended.

After receiving countless fan requests, the guys at DipYourCar got the brightest glow-in-the-dark pigments they could find, and covered a Mitsubishi Evo with the phosphorescent agents. They applied numerous coats on top of a peel-off white basecoat, and the finished effect is impressive in a darkened environment.

Part of Tockr’s unique hydro-dipped watch series, the Lume Air Defender features a luminescent stainless steel chassis in either camouflage or marble designs. Its stitching also glows in the dark, as do its hands and dial markers. It has a Valjoux Swiss movement with second, minute, and hour counters, and day/date functions.

Apollo’s Rings handcrafts these vibrant orange and red rings which glow after being exposed to bright UV light source like the sun. When the lights go down, it looks like you’re wearing a lava flow on your finger. They’re made by infusing different types of glow powder into resin during the casting process.

Puppeteer Barnaby Dixon is an expert at creating simple characters with tremendous expressiveness. His latest creation is a tiny, glow-in-the-dark fish puppet that has a wonderfully fluid movement, despite being controlled by just two simple rods. It even can be operated underwater.

This crazy puzzle from Japan comes with 150 pieces which are all the same exact color, making it extremely challenging to complete. To add to the fun factor, its pieces are phosphorescent, so you can work on it in the dark, and leave temporary shadow art on it.

Musician Alan Gogoll has made a number of videos that capture the vibrations of the strings from inside of his acoustic guitar. This clip features a medley of some of his warm and inviting fingerstyle tracks, and enhances the hypnotic visual with the addition of glow-in-the-dark guitar strings.

Science guy NightHawkInLight takes a popular pendulum physics demonstration and amps it up. He starts out with a large pendulum made from metal nuts and varying lengths of strings for the bright shots, then covers them with tape and fluorescent paint to make them glow brightly under UV light.

This 2″ x 3″ slab glows brilliantly for up to 12 hours once exposed to sunlight or a UV light source. Its got a hook and loop backing so you can Velcro it onto bags or other objects to improve nighttime visibility. Available in green or aqua, or with an optional biohazard symbol for added effect.

TEC Accessories’ bead-blasted titanium fob serves little purpose but to look cool, and we’re good with that. The machined housing holds three or six self-luminescent tritium vials for a striking visual effect on your keychain, a pendant, or on your bag. Also available in stainless steel. Tritium vials sold separately.

Limited to just 250 pieces, this special edition Bell & Ross timepiece shows off with an exceptionally bright all-over Super-Luminova C3 face, along with a matching luminescent rubber strap. There’s no chance you’ll miss this watch in the dark, and we can only imagine how radiant it would be under black light.

Pelican’s 3310 ELS emergency flashlight is designed to be wall-mounted and has a luminescent body that makes it easy to find in the dark. The LED light offers three brightness modes up to 378 lumens, with runtimes from 8 hours at high to 202 hours in the lowest setting.

Ever put your tool down in a dark room and then have trouble finding it? These hand tools from Klein glow for up to 30 minutes after 5 minutes in light, making them much easier to locate. They’re available as various cutting pliers, as well as a wire stripper/cutter. They also make flexible glow rods for fishing wires in dark spaces.

We’ve seen guitars made from pencils, skateboards, cardboard, and titanium, but this is definitely the first one we’ve seen made of noodles. Daniel Seidel of forward >> audio crafted this wild instrument by casting a resin body filled with Japanese udon noodles. As an added bonus, he made it glow in the dark with UV powder.

These automatic wristwatches feature an array of 61 tritium micro gas tubes around their perimeter which makes them glow brightly in the dark. Each timepiece is designed for durability and everyday wear, with a sapphire crystal and water resistance to 100m/330ft.

Nate from The King of Random shows us how to make a soupy, goopy concoction using Borax detergent and Elmer’s clear glue that can glow brilliantly in the dark when combined with the stuff from inside of glow sticks. If you’re gonna try this, wear gloves and eye protection!

TiSurvival’s 1.18″ long titanium cylinders have a capsule inside which glows brightly for up to 24 hours after being charged in the light. They’re great worn as a pendant, zipper pull, or on a keychain. Available in a variety of finishes.

Vollebak’s Black Light is a collection of athletic wear that appears all black in daylight. But you’ll still be seen in them in the dark, because they have black glass spheres that easily reflect light. There’s a t-shirt, long sleeved shirt, sweater and jacket.

NEWwooDESIGN creates these unique tables by engraving detailed maps of cities into oak wood. Each table has three layers representing streets, buildings, and water, and is coated with a resin that glows in the dark. Choose from several European cities, as well as NYC.

Engineers from MIT have developed a fascinating way to enhance plant leaves so they can subtly glow in complete darkness for up to four hours. Their aim is to someday create plants which are bright enough to illuminate an entire workspace.