Welcome to Edition 135 of What Is This Thing?, my recurring visual riddle series consisting of one simple photo - see above - and one simple question: what is this thing?...

The Persuasion Deck, "A Tool to Help You Be More Persuasive," sounds to me like a kinder, gentler version of Robert Greene's The 48 Laws of Power. Developed by BestSelf, the deck even states it's here to help you "Get...

From stand-up desk at work to...stand-up snowmobile at play? The Widescape WS250 is the world's first stand-up snowmobile, an off-trail ride with an anti-slip platform users stand on to make their snowmachining experience...

Yoga Auxiliary Chair? Yoga Auxiliary Chair? Psssh, yeah. Yoga Auxiliary Chair. This is a sex chair if I ever saw one. Even the lady "doing yoga" on it looks like she supports my position. (And looks like she could support...

ArmPull is from the maker of FootPull. Not to be confused with the maker of LegPull, which is your grandpa, your drunk uncle, or your annoying coworker who is all over the Meow Hear This and Toilet Goblin. Correction...

Photographs over water. Photographs underwater. And photographs over-underwater, also known as split photos, also known as catching the moment your kid - or your grandma - breaks the surface of the pool doing their first...

I've got a message for you. A message of pure, buttery goodness. The Pad of Butter Notepad will make a fun addition to the desktops of anyone with a quirky sense of humor and, of course, anyone like me who enjoys a good...

Um. Aside from the fact that that cat's sitting politely and perfectly still on a human hand, I can't even tell it's a custom stuffed pet replica, and not just a, like, pet...

URWERK certainly likes their sci-fi. Not just in designing the the Aggregat Odyssey, a limited edition take on their retro-futuristic UR-112 Watch, but also in describing it. Featuring a new titanium and steel fuselage...

Uberleben's Tindar Wick & Bellow tool sees the company's trademark KeroDry paraffin-wax infused hemp wick spooled through a hollow rod you can detach and use as a micro bellow to stoke your fire once it's started. With...

I see the Uniek Portable Pottery Studio, a miniature pottery wheel machine for making miniature vases and bowls at home, and I think one thing: someone cue up the miniature ghost of Patrick Swayze! If Uniek's superfunded...

Ping!... Pong! ... Pop! Right in the kisser, Cornelius, courtesy of my new Ping-Pong Gun. My new Ping-Pong Gun that I milled, all by myself on a CNC machine, from Andriy Goroshko's vector plan drawings...

I'm calling Ayumi Shibata's paper cutouts sculpture, but it would be more accurate to say what the Japanese master of kirigami creates is paper cutout worlds. I don't think I've been so in awe of the effects of sharp...

Ding, ding! Bicycle coming through! Well...partway through anyway. These retro bicycle sculptures make for some charming 3D wall art, especially with their front baskets ready to enhance the effect when filled with flowers...

Feel like throwing your controller or smashing your console? Grab a SEGA Genesis Interactive Plush and take out your aggressions on its smooshy controller and pillowy, 16-bit system instead...

Japanese grooming brand Nikken Razor Co. has developed some tweezers specifically for ear hair. And they're not calling them Twearzers. In fact, it doesn't look like they're calling the coiled spring follicular grippers...

Oooh, Easy Kabob Maker, talk about chopping a log. Laying a brick. Parking some bark. Pinching off the perfect piece of meat on a stick. (The perfect tube steak, I'd like to say, but that would be mixing lewd metaphors.)...

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. And then let PL1 tow, let it tow, let it tow. ZOA Engineering's PL1 is a portable rope tow system created for backcountry skiing and snowboarding. The device is small enough to fit...

Rihanna's Savage X Fenty lingerie line originally set out to disrupt the industry and redefine sexy with fashionable designs that are both affordable and suited to all types of bodies. The recently released Savage X Fenty...

Not your typical sun visor hat, and definitely not your typical sunglasses, The Brow sunblockers call themselves a pair of "open shades." That is, shades that protect your eyes from the brightness of direct sunlight...

It's DIY samurai time! Romance of Men's Build Your Own Katana collection offers budding builders and feudal warriors the opportunity to create a custom katana, choosing every component of the sword from blade material...

Welcome to Edition 134 of What Is This Thing?, my recurring visual riddle series consisting of one simple photo - see above - and one simple question: what is this thing?...

I've seen Worry Monster stuffed animals, plush toys with zippered mouths and belly pouches made to hold your fears and concerns. But with their technicolor fur and cartoonish looks, those Worry Monsters are obviously...

This Boxing Glove Sectional Sofa is a sight to behold. A real trophy piece for a fight lover. It also looks about as comfortable as a left jab to the face from Ali...