Gadgets, Gizmos, and Games for Geeks

Developed by researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the waterproof Mirs-X autonomous drone is capable of both flying AND swimming underwater using its same four rotors for propulsion.…

Inspired by a plastic dragon model he found at an antique store (not sure that qualifies as an antique, but I’ll look past it), woodcarver and artist Bobby Duke decided to try his skilled hands at creating an even better version using a 3D drawing pen.…

Inspired by nature and designed by Robert van Embricqs, the Flow Wall Desk is a wooden desk that folds out from the wall when you need to write an angry email but folds up flat to the wall when you don’t.…

Appropriately piloted by a man dressed as Elvis, the Ryse Recon electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) craft was recently flown over the old Las Vegas strip.…

Because the future nears (and it’s weirder than you expected), researchers at The University of Chicago have developed a smartwatch with a heart monitor that’s powered by slime mold.…

Because bigger is always better (except in the case of a tax bill, and a million other things now that I think about it), Sony recently had an absolutely massive replica of Kratos’ Leviathan Axe from God of War Ragnarök on display along London’s Southbank.…

Want to really stand out at the next masquerade ball? How about donning one of these food-inspired masks from Archie McPhee instead of a traditional mask?…

Made by MSCHF, Smells like WD-40 is a cologne that smells like everyone’s favorite penetrating oil, WD-40. I love that smell. Smells like… loosened bolts. Now, if they could just combine it with the smells of cheap beer, skinned knuckles, and cursing, they’ll have captured the entirety of a typical Saturday afternoon spent in the garage.…

Developed by researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology’s (KAIST) Department of Mechanical Engineering, the RaiBo quadruped robot was designed to be able to tackle any terrain.…

Because who hasn’t dreamed of driving a giant shoe, New Balance has teamed up with Nissan to advertise its new 327 sneakers with the specially designed Nissan Kicks 327 Edition, an SUV all dressed up just like the shoe.…

The future: it’s undeniably going to be a terrifying place. If you thought today was scary, just wait to see what tomorrow brings. Case in point: this sea cucumber-inspired shape-shifting soft robot developed by researchers at Carnegie Melon and Sun Yat-sen University can melt, escape a prison cell, and reform itself outside the bars just like a T-1000 Terminator.…

Want to draw attention to your ears? Just add one of these glass octopus tentacles crafted by Japanese glass artist Genki Hirano. The tentacles, created for a sea life-themed design festival, are sure to be a conversation piece.…

Because dream it, and with enough welding experience and money to throw at it, you can achieve it, Hawaiian eBay seller turboraven1 modded a 2007 Chevy Silverado 3500 Duramax dually into this custom ‘Razorbak’.…

Because car decals are the most genuine expression of the owner’s personality, Etsy shop AndreValoisShop is selling these window decals that make it appear as if an animal is breaking through the glass of your back window.…

By feeding the original polygonal images from a Sega Saturn emulator into an image-to-image mode of the Stable Diffusion text-to-image deep learning model, artist Colin Williamson was able to turn 1993’s Virtua Fighter characters from polygonal people into much more realistic versions of themselves.…

Created by Fred, the Desk Dumpster is a desk organizer designed to store your pencils and notes, all in the relatable form of a dumpster fire.…