Battery-Powered Exoskeleton

Here’s a happy thought: one day, people with spinal-cord injuries expect to walk, rather than live life in a wheelchair. At least, that’s what Esko Bionics is hoping. They’re the brains behind this cool battery-powered exoskeleton, which can help a person with lower-extremity paralysis walk. Basically, a user leans forward … Read More

Spy Gear Lazer Tripwire

Strictly speaking, Spy Gear Lazer Tripwire ($30) is a children’s toy, but kids don’t appreciate anything cool and they don’t have good stuff that needs protecting anyway. Basically, you arrange the three devices around your good stuff that needs protecting (e.g., Scotch collection, xbox, girlfriend) and they use invisible LED … Read More

LG Curved OLED TV

Unless you have one of those nutty unfolding outdoor TVs, it’s time to redo your entertainment room. Clocking in at fifty-five inches, LG’s Curved OLED TV ($15,000), which just launched in the US, aims to combine stringent energy efficiency with impeccable picture quality. What kind of energy efficiency? It’s picked … Read More

Campfire Fishing Rod

Fish weren’t biting? Use this campfire fishing rod ($30) on your hot dogs, and you’ll always catch something. It has a steel pole, a wood handle for insulation, a steel wire that won’t melt, and four hooks that can hold either four marshmallows or two dogs.

Spurcycle Bicycle Bell

The guys at Spurcycle think that bicycle bells ought to be unobtrusively small, elegantly designed, and be able to pierce the cacophony of your average city, so that’s exactly what they’ve designed. Their better bicycle bell ($35), which launched on Kickstarter, is engineered to be loud, despite it’s small size. … Read More

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