Gadgets, Gizmos, and Games for Geeks

Thermal cameras are pretty nifty devices. They let you see the heat signature of objects by capturing infrared light. There are off-the shelf thermal camera devices like the ones from FLIR, but they’re kind of pricey,…

Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence algorithms can be used to drive lots of different types of experiments, and now it’s recently been used to teach a CGI character to walk all on its own. However, this is…

If you like Darth Vader and LEGO, this is the desk lamp for you. It looks like an oversize Vader minifig with a massive Lightsaber in his hand. While the lightsaber has a proper red blade,…

Look at this glorious line art. No that isn’t a new Rebel fighter from the coming Star Wars flick. This is a basic line art drawing of a Nintendo 64 controller. I spent many, many days…

The Internet can sometimes feel like a scary place, with high-profile hacking scandals rocking the nation. Stay anonymous and hidden with a VPN service that is user-friendly and reliable. A lifetime pro subscription to Windscribe is…

Forget debit cards and cryptocurrency. We should all be paying for stuff with dinosaur coins. This one should do the trick just fine. This commemorative dinosaur coin is available from The Westminster Collection, and it has…

Star Wars kids will absolutely love this X-34 Landspeeder from Radio Flyer. It doesn’t actually hover, but it does have a motorized drivetrain. You just need a VFX artist to go around with your kids and…

Proving that they are on the bleeding edge of technology, Atari has announced that it’s working on a new line of wearables. The first product in the “Atari Connected Life” line? A Speakerhat, powered by Audiowear.…

If you’re like me, and love both Star Trek and tiki drinks, today is your lucky day. That’s because we can now buy this awesome set of Geeki Tiki tumblers inspired by The Original Series. The…

Two of my favorite fantasies during elementary school (at least the ones that didn’t involve Heather Thomas) occupied much of my time during PE. One was that it would snow right then and save us from…

Channel your fidgeting energy into something physical with the Orbiter Magnetic Fidget Toy. We dig how it looks different from every other fidget spinner out there, yet it’s just as much fun to mess with. This…

What is the deal with all the characters in the Alien franchise? They go into a dark, creepy room with alien eggs everywhere. Inevitably one of them starts to open, the character has to go stare…

As sophisticated as drones are, they can get taken out of the sky in some very low-tech ways, as this short video from a soccer match in Argentina shows. In the video, a fan brings down…

Inspired by a classic YouTube video, The Slow Mo Guys decided to deploy a couple of airbags in microwave ovens so that they could capture the destruction at 2,000 frames per second. It is an awesome…

I’ve tried to watch Doctor Who and it just doesn’t excite me, but there are legions of fans out there who love that show. When it comes to British TV, The IT Crowd is more my…

Lugging a heavy tripod around for taking photos just isn’t feasible for most people, even avid photographers. Since most people nowadays take the majority of their photos with smartphones, why not get creative? The JOBY GripTight…