Sporting Goods
LED Backyard Sports
I often ponder the glow-in-the-dark conundrum of buying an item because it glows in the dark, and then finding while using it...in the dark...that it doesn't actually glow in the flippin' dark! Or it glows for 5 minutes...
Krainkn Skate/Snowboard Hybrid
Krainkn creator Kevin Rains originally designed his tube-and-handle skateboard attachment as a means of teaching kids to skate. A few gnarly runs later, he realized the simple device not only helps beginners maintain...
Ouija Skateboard Deck
Oh magic Ouija, am I going to wipe out and split my tibia in half today? [Excruciatingly slow movement of plastic pointer flanked by two sets of 10 fingers traveling across skateboard deck and settling in the top right...
Skyballs - Helium Filled Superballs
What I want to know is, if my friend Gary uses brute muscular force to bounce one helium-and-compressed-air-filled Skyball to its peak height of 75 feet, and my other friend Mitch drops a second Skyball from a balcony...
Double Rainbow LED Hula Hoop
Epileptics, please approach with caution. Everyone else, behold: hula hoop begat glow-in-the-dark hula hoop begat LED hula hoop begat cascading double rainbow LED hula hoop. This dual-circuit ring o' Roy G Biv is the...
Self-Balancing Unicycle
To be clear, Version 3 of the Self-Balancing Unicycle (SBU V3) is not only the uncoordinated man's unicycle, it is also the lazy man's unicycle. Riders get out of both using muscular control to balance themselves, and...
The Martin Jetpack
The 2012 Martin Jetpack represents 30 years of research and development, a dozen or so prototypes tweaked and tested to sustain 30+ minutes of flight time at 63 mph, and over 4 long years of agonizing anticipation for...
Monovelo - The Human Powered Monowheel
Monowheels debuted in the late 19th century, but Monovelos claim to be the inaugural human-powered installation of the 21st. A nested unicycle of sorts, the Monovelo pedals and steers similar to a conventional bike, but...
Bottle Rocket Lawn Darts
Have proper lawn darts impaled enough toddlers and chihuahuas that they've been outlawed? Is it Mother Necessity who popped out these dart-bottle rocket hybrids, or did ideacious founder and industrial designer, Joshua...
Stirling Warwolf Trebuchet
Even though it's scaled to 1/20th of its original size, this historically accurate replica of Edward the First's response to the 1304 siege on his Stirling Castle could still probably catapult most of your neighbors'...
Monkey Lights
Don't just make sure they see you coming, make sure they have a seizure when they see you coming! Monkey Lights elicit ocular anarchy in 32 LED colors with programmable patterns, and maintain their function in all weather...
Zombie Head Bowling Balls
Zombies really have taken over the world, huh? Or at least the free market economy. The clever German capitalists who designed this introduction of the omnipresent living dead to the bowling alley made a good move though...
Brodmann Blades Ping Pong Paddles
These make a lot of sense actually. The paddle essentially becomes your hand giving you much finer control over each forehand slam and backhand slice. Great for beginners and experts alike...