Ever been woken up in the middle of the night by a sound in your home that shouldn’t be there? Is it the cat? An intruder? This is when some folks grab the shotgun and go explore the rooms of their house with goosebumps everywhere. Not fun. Even less fun…
The Toguard Weather Station is just that, a fully functioning weather monitoring system. It has a 5-inch screen which shows inside and outside temperature, the moon phase, humidity, time, date, and week. Pretty typical for a weather station, in my best infomercial voice, “but wait… there is more”. The Toguard Weather…
Start off with the classic good looks, and functionality, of the Swiss Army Knife and give it a few updates. The SWIZA D04 does just that and packs in a flat-head / Phillips screwdriver, a 5-turn sommeliers cork screw, bottle opener, can opener, tweezers, and reamer/punch. The blades in every…
A bit Iron Man and a bit Green Goblin. Either way it is totally awesome. The Flyboard Air by Zapata Racing begins where the water-jet Flyboards leaves off. No more tethering to a jetski and tons of water. The Flyboard Air runs on what seems to be a jet engine…
These days we use the pen less and less. As a youngster, however, I was writing and drawing all of the time. Heck, we even had cases just to haul our writing instruments around. Nowadays we tend to reach to our smartphones, tablets, and computers to send messages. Gone are the…
Who knew I would get excited about a utility cart? Not me. The UpCart combines an all-terrain three-wheel chassis with a folding hand cart. Imagine a cart that can carry a 100-pound filing cabinet up the stairs without the traditional two-wheel bounce. Now imagine that same cart hauling the groceries and then folding…
Imagine a 3D printer that could print prototype objects in complex shapes with different materials and textures while matching exact color selections. Imagine no more, the Stratasys J750 can do just that. The J750 3D Printer can mix materials for items that are both hard and soft and/or opaque and transparent. …
The team at Ryobi, known for tools, has focused their design chops on the boring garage door opener. They took something that was generally ignored and expected to “just work” and massively improved it. A bit like the Coolest Cooler. The Ryobi Modular Garage Door Opener starts off by improving…
Wearing a light helps keep runners safe by making them easier to see. Less chance of getting hit by a car. In theory. The Million Mile Light ($23) takes the worry of dead batteries out of the equation. Running is already hard enough. The Million Mile Light is powered by motion…
Until yesterday, I have never heard of the Pongtu Toilet Plunger Sticker (3 for $28). Watching the video of this crazy contraption blew my mind. I kept flipping back and forth from “this is amazing” to “this is disgusting”. I am still on the fence. Either way it is an…