Gadgets, Gizmos, and Games for Geeks

These Death Star and Death Star II silver coins from the New Zealand Mint are perfect for the Star Wars-loving numismatist (coin collector) in your life.…

Inspired by various generations of Nintendo, Xbox, and PlayStation video game controllers, these baby teethers from BabyGlitch are perfect for teaching your young child to start gaming early.…

Officially licensed and produced by Numskull, this 1/4 scale replica of the 1991 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle: Turtles In Time arcade machine is actually playable! Which, for $300, it better be.…

Developed by scientists at City University of Hong Kong, this wireless olfactory interface allows users to smell things in virtual reality or 4D movies. The device works by heating tiny amounts of scented paraffin wax in odor generators directly below the nostrils, which are then detected by a person’s olfactory nerves.…

Filed under products I had no idea there was a market for, or I would have been manufacturing them myself already, the Mohawk Lollipop Holder from Jonathan Adler is a $127 ceramic head with a mohawk hairstyle and holes in the top to hold lollipops.…

Designed to look like the previous generation of $100 bills, this Burning Money area rug (affiliate link) features a burning Benjamin, complete with smoke rising from the flames.…

Developed by a team of researchers at Arizona State University, ANDI is a walking, breathing, and sweating humanoid robot designed to test the effects of extreme heat on actual humans.…

Because what pirate captain’s wardrobe is complete without a pair of skull cufflinks, jeweler Deakin Francis has created these sterling silver and ruby ones. Each skull is wearing a red bandana, and its mouth is hinged, revealing its ruby eyes when it’s opened.…

Part of DW Home’s Signature Snack Shack collection of scents, these pineapple pizza and hot dog candles are the perfect scents to make me hungry even after I’ve already eaten dinner.…

The StockCam is a camera rig modeled after a rifle stock, so the action of shooting photos is not unlike shooting a rifle. Does that mean if you’re a good shot with a rifle, you’ll also make a good photographer?…

The brainchild of 23-year-old designer Alejandro Núñez Vicente, the Chaise Longue is a double-decker system of airline seating that allows for more passengers to fit in the same amount of space, with the lower level passengers sitting with their faces directly behind the upper deck butts in front of them.…

Encased in a hard briefcase for maximum protection on the go, LG’s latest iteration of its StanbyME touchscreen tablet television features a 27-inch 1080p screen and looks like something I’d expect to see in a ’60s spy movie.…

Lifting off from an airport in Slovakia, 1,000 LEGO minifig astronauts traveled some 21 miles high aboard a 3D-printed shuttle carried by a balloon. Commissioned by LEGO from marketing firm Kreativ Gang, three separate flights carried around 335 astronauts apiece skyward before the balloon popped and the shuttle returned to earth via parachute.…

Crafted and sold by the purveyor of wild indoor/outdoor decor Design Toscano, these life-size Egyptian god statues are the perfect compliment to your pyramid’s foyer to let guests know you have more money than you know what to do with.…

The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Tourbillon Spider-Man watch is a collaboration with Marvel to celebrate the release of Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse. The $215,000 wristwatch features a 3D likeness of Spider-Man that appears as if he’s about to swing right out of the watch face.…

Crochet artist Nicole Nikolich of lace_in_the_moon handmade these old school Windows icons for the perfect touch of crafty nostalgia. Nicole also made a hefty 8-pound throw blanket with the Windows 11 home screen on one side and a Windows 95 desktop screen on the other, which consists of 104,800 stitches.…