These stylish sunglasses from the CAMP Smokey Bear Collection serve as a daily reminder that only you can prevent forest fires. They’re made from plant-based bioplastic with walnut wood temple inlays. Each comes with a Smokey Bear sleeping bag pouch and lens cleaning cloth. Choose from Amber or Moss lenses in polarized or HD+ polarized […]

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After creating a 3D printable design for a retractable lightsaber, the team behind the Twistsaber is working on a mass-produced version that anyone can buy. Incredibly, it’s completely mechanical and requires no batteries. We would love to see a version that could light up, though. Coming soon to Kickstarter.

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Despite its palm-friendly size, Imalent’s LD70 flashlight can blast out up to 4000 lumens in turbo mode. The light is the size of a roll of quarters and packs a CREE XHP70.2 LED and an 1100 mAh lithium-ion battery. It’s rated IPX8 waterproof at 2m and impact resistant to 1.5m, and comes in black, gold, […]

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Marshall’s mid-size Kilburn III portable speaker packs a punch. It features classic Marshall looks and cranks out crisp, enveloping stereo sound through its Class D amps, wide-band drivers, and subwoofer. It features analog controls for volume, bass, and treble, as well as a control switch for Bluetooth devices. Runs for up to 50 hours per […]

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Based on the Cubli, this high-tech toy uses an accelerometer, motors, and weighted discs to balance itself. Its companion mobile lets you switch between balancing on its edge or on a point, and it can also “jump” from a static position onto edge or point modes as well as spin in place.

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There are roughly a million different kinds of insects here on Earth. Among them are many species of beetles. Ze Frank explains what makes these shiny and showy bugs stand out, including their hardened outer wings, unusual mating rituals, and other distinctive adaptations.

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For This Music Leaves Exit Wounds, the punk OGs at Kill Your Idols press compiled an impressive 152-pages of flyers and other rare ephemera from the heyday of The Germs and lead singer Darby Crash, the poster boy (literally) for the 1980 film The Decline of Western Civilization, just before his suicide shook the underground.

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In this video from Chuanqi Engine, they show just how much work it took to build a working model of an Audi 100 Coupé S, complete with a fully functional engine and transmission. The miniature sports car also features mechanical steering, disc brakes, and suspension, and boasts an impressive exhaust note.

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