If you ride a bike much, you know the one part of your bike that is most likely to fail you. The rear derailleur. Not much of a surprise considering the complexity and the fact that they spend their time exposed to the elements. They constantly have to be greased…
While Matthew Pawk's Slot Sofa isn't exactly new, it is still pretty cool. The Slot Sofa manages to save quite a bit of space while being fully functional in all configurations. It goes from a couch with a built in center table to a couch with extra seating and/or a…
Just when you thought "made in America" was a thing of the past, Shinola makes a hand-assembled watch, get this, in Detroit. The Shinola Runwell Watch ($550) is made up of nearly four-dozen Swiss made parts and includes an quartz Argonite 1069 movement, domed sapphire crystal, an illuminated dial, a…
Toyota will be dropping this bomb, at the Geneva Motor Show, which is surely to make folks at Lit Motors and Smart take notice. The Toyota i-ROAD is a fully enclosed all-electric two-seater that has three wheels. Think of a motorcycle that is fully enclosed, balances while stopped, that leans…
Apparently police departments are flush with cash despite posturing about budget cuts and layoffs. Oh the hypocrisy. Lucky for them the general public is quick to forget yesterdays news. Now on to the exciting and obvious bits. Zero Motorcycles is pushing their latest bike the Zero S to the local,…
Luckily water is relatively easy to find in most places. Unfortunately, most water is not suitable for drinking. In fact, less than 1-percent of the Earths water is drinkable. In other words, don't drink from that river, stream, or rain barrel without some serious filtration. Or a LifeStraw. The LifeStraw…
I saw this car while I was vacationing in Khao Lak, Thailand last week. At first glance I thought it was a Mini Cooper. Take a closer glance and notice the Nissan badge front and center. Not sure what model of Nissan this car is however. Feel free to educate…
When it comes to functional watches with rugged good looks VOSTOK is no stranger. The Lunokhod TM3603 watch sports some cool features. The watch face has GTLS tritium lighting, a 31-day calendar, multiple time zones, a unique second counter, and is waterproof to 30ATM. Too bad they are so difficult…
Take a great Swiss Watch and add some cool lighting functions including an LED flashlight, and you have the Victorinox Swiss Army 241569. Never get left in the dark again. The Victorinox Swiss Army Night Vision Watch has one multifunction button that controls a blue LED for lighting the dial,…
Remember the waterproofing company Liquipel from last year? Well they just got some competition from a new company named HzO. The HzO coating is called WaterBlock and claims that it protects better than the competition (aka Liquipel). The WaterBlock technology is applied via a "chemical vapor deposition process" and protects…