Great Starter Drone For Under $50 Shipped
Ever wanted to buy a drone/quadcopter for a curious first-time pilot but don’t know where to begin? There are tons of options from cheap quads that barely fly all the way up to higher end units with GPS and 4K cameras. No need to worry, there is a pretty solid option to let beginning pilots […]
Stainless Steel Table Top Moonshine Still
The perfect gift for the alcoholic Martha Stewart type person in your life. Let them make their own moonshine in the kitchen with this Table Top Moonshine Still ($249). This kit is extremely easy to use and makes small batch distilling a simple and safe task. Compact 1/2 gallon size is perfect for getting started […]
Life Size Dancing Groot Motion Statue
At the end of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy movie there was a baby Groot growing in a pot. As the credits began to roll the baby Groot was dancing in his pot. Hearts melted. Adults cried. OK, that might be pushing it a bit. But who wouldn’t want their own baby Groot? This limited […]
TEC Torch Cuts Through Metal In About 1 Second
What the heck is a handheld breaching tool? Well, in this case it is a flashlight sized (1.5 x 14-inch) gadget that shoots vaporized metal and particulate for about 2-seconds to melt anything in front of it. It can melt through locks, rebar, cage bars, braided steel cabling, etc… The cutting jet burns hotter than […]
The Awkward Engineer AWK-105 Analog Voltmeter Clock
This might just be the best $140 I have spent this week. At first glance this clock looks like an old piece of test hardware with two analog gauges. Look a bit closer and you will see the left gauge is labeled “hours” and the right gauge “minutes”. While the youngsters among us might not […]
Netgear Arlo Q Cloud Video Recording
In the past I have said some nice things about the VueZone and Arlo systems. As much as I love the options you get from the battery powered wireless cameras that store video in the cloud, there are some inherent shortcomings. So, I have mostly moved over to the Dropcam Pro (Nest Cam) cameras but ever […]
ZipGripGo – Zip-Tie Tire Chains
The ZipGripGo is basically a zip-tie system for quick and easy snow traction. No more carrying around heavy snow chains that are tough to install. The ZipGripGo is an affordable, convenient, and easy to use emergency traction solution. Affordable & economical Quick and easy to install Dual directional cleats with double tiered design for amazing […]
Men With Jetpacks Chase Emirates A380 Jumbo Jet Over Dubai
Don’t get me wrong, this is pretty awesome but I can’t help thinking of all the ways this could go wrong. I mean, who needs to smuggle a bomb on to a plane when you can just fly one right up to the plane? I am sure the terrorist suicide bombers are scratching their heads […]
The CyPhy PARC Hexacopter Can Stay In The Air Forever
Ok…Ok… The CyPhy PARC Drone (I hate the lose use of that term) can’t really stay in the air forever. Almost, though. The PARC hexacopter is what is known as a Persistent Aerial Reconnaissance and Communications (PARC) drone. That basically means that it can stay in the air recording video day and night without the […]
PicoBrew Zymatic Home Beer Brewing System
The world’s first all-grain beer brewing appliance, the PicoBrew Zymatic ($1,850) makes brewing beer easy. Yep, easy… and according to the reviews pretty darn amazing. Just like a coffee maker takes the many coffee brewing steps and automates them into a simple appliance, the PicoBrew does the same for beer. To brew beer with the […]