Gear

When I saw this set of Defiant Craft knuckle dusters I thought of the Bon Jovi song "Have a Nice Day", and also what I would like to use the knuckle dusters to do to the speaker that's playing the Bon Jovi song "Have...

Tesla Coil Lighters are just one of your options if you're looking for a flameless, wind-proof lighter, but I think they're the cleverest looking. Simple, industrial exteriors with flip-tops that expose nifty arced coils...

Is it not bad enough that we buy our dogs designer clothing, jeweled collars, and gourmet meals? Now we're indulging them with real grass as we train them not to pee in our shoes? Well...yes and no. Fresh Patch is indeed...

And, ladies, since the pink one looks like some kind of pleasure toy, an attacker will never see this flashlight's 6,000,000 volts of Go F with someone else coming. Guard Dog Security's Inferno stun gun lights the way...

Is there a tear in your beer? Next time avoid an accidental IPA salting with the Cooler Torch, an LED-underlit drink koozie. Torch sleeves look like standard drink holders, and fit the same litany of cans and bottles...

Han shot first. Then Luke threw back 16. Soon you'll be able to do the same. Maybe. if Industries has developed this prototype for a DL-44 Blaster Flask, which might turn into a full-on BlasTech Industries-scale production...

Chronos isn't an activity tracker watch, it's an activity tracker for your watch. You know, the Rolex, the Montblanc, the Casio Calculator watch you already own. The 3mm Chronos disc slips under and adheres to your existing...

Yes, it's one more piece of equipment to store in the kitchen, but at least a manual coffee grinder is way smaller and way less in need of an outlet than its electric counterpart. This ceramic burr hand cranker from Cozyna...

You can't buy a DRAS foldable smartphone yet, but the flexible touchscreen technology it uses is at least a little more than just a pipe dream. DRAS stands for Digital Resistive Area Sensing, and it's a real system in...

Bring more life and isolation from the other yay-hoos on the bus to your smartphone with IncrediSonic's Vue Series 3D virtual reality headset. Designed to enhance the 300+ VR apps from the Google Play and Apple App stores...

Protect your beer from getting swiped, your hand from getting wet, and that hot little redhead from getting spilled on with your mission-ready Nite Ops Can Cooler. This koozie serves and protects on 3 fronts:...

Lytro Immerge brings the Light Field to cinematic virtual reality. Though intended more for professionals than YouTube hobbyists, the forthcoming spaceship of a camera says it can create "lifelike presence" in live action...

Lorenzo Maggiore already figured out how to A-Salt bugs in an effort keep our extermination of insects simple, clean, and green. Now we have a means of SALTing humans, this time in an effort to keep our defense against...

Wookiee want a sodie? No? Then how about lending me some of that fine Kashyyyk fur so I can keep mine cold and condensation-free? The Star Wars Chewbacca koozie is made of 100% genuine fake Wookiee hair. That's right...

Don't bring scissors to a sword fight. Unless! Unless those scissors are katana-bladed samurai scissors! This pair of Oda Nobunaga Scissors by Nikken Cutlery have been designed in the likeness of powerful Japanese warlord...

The Police Force Defender might have a killer look, but a blast from this self-defense weapon will incapacitate an attacker using the non-lethal forces of Crossfire Technology and Sabre Red Pepper Spray. In terms less...

Clearly the impact-resistance feature of ZVE's iPhone case is going to come in muy handy after its built-in bottle opener and USB lighter get you drunk and stoned off your Apple iOS. The cover, available in sizes for...

Want to know another way to destroy a Death Star? Douse it in syrup and set it in front of my hungry face. If you love waffles and you love Star Wars, or even if you just like one of the two, or even if you just kind...

Did you ever think you'd long to sit in a dentist's chair? Me either. And really the Altwork only loosely resembles the bearer of root canals in its reclined position, which is just one of several the new workstation...

Triby might look like a cutesy boombox for the kids, but hang with it for a minute because the speaker promises to be so much more than that. Physically, Triby is a 6" x 6" square, and just 1.2" deep with a magnetic backing...

Happy Freak Night, kids! Or, if bone-chilling masks and gory body parts aren't your thing, Happy Tame & Friendly Halloween! Do you know that yesterday someone who owns a child told me his kid's school allows Halloween...

You probably won't be so bummed to hear that this life-size remote control R2-D2 refrigerator is available only in Japan once you hear that Lucasfilm's Far East minions are charging over $8,000 for it. Oh, and the fridge's...

eora 3D says they've created the first 3D scanner that is as precise as it is affordable. And they might be right. eora 3D scans an array of physical objects and surfaces to sub-100 microns, with scans captured in full-color...

If the Keurig Kold is on the "Wait, it costs how much?" end of your desire to drink homemade sodie, the thrifty kids at Hamilton Beach have a more reasonable (albeit more manually laborious) alternative. The Fizzini is...