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This compact utility knife offers quick, one-handed deployment thanks to its push-and-slide mechanism. It weighs just 1.68 oz and has a CNC-machined aluminum handle with glow tube slots. Blade replacement is easy, using off-the-shelf #23 scalpel blades. It also has a pocket clip, a lanyard hole, and comes in natural or PVD black finishes.
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We know you’re supposed to eat Tic Tacs one at a time, but we tend to eat them by the handful. We probably should make one of these fun Tic Tac dispensers that uses a 3D-printed spring mechanism to fire individual candies into your mouth like tiny minty bullets. It’s On My Mind’s model is […]
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Made from black anodized aluminum, Fisher’s Clutch Space Pen has a bold and substantial look. Its hexagonal barrel provides a confident grip and won’t roll off your desk. Its pressurized ink cartridge has no trouble writing upside-down or in extreme temperatures and can even write underwater.
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Making Damascus steel involves layering multiple pieces of metal and hammering them together to form interesting patterns. While the patterns are usually quite abstract, blacksmith Alec Steele thought it would be fun to forge a piece where the final design was a functional QR code. Cutting and assembling the 27×27 grid of steel rods looks […]
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Zippo pays tribute to retro gaming with this lighter with a design inspired by the Nintendo Game Boy, finished in bold matte red with the game Light My Fire! on screen. The windproof, all-metal lighter has the brand’s signature “click” and comes in a gift box. Just add Zippo lighter fluid, flints, and wicks, and […]
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As kids, we had toys that could launch a propeller maybe 10 feet into the air. MechaPrints designed and built the ultimate incarnation of the propeller launcher – a crank-powered gizmo with a 182:1 gear ratio that can throw discs hundreds of feet. But can it cover the length of a football field? The designs […]
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French company Opinel has been making its simple yet elegant folding knives since the 1890s. Their Nomad Cooking Kit is perfect for outdoor meal prep. It includes their No. 12 serrated knife, their No. 10 corkscrew combo, and their No. 06 folding peeler, along with a small wood cutting board and a cleaning/carrying cloth to […]
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Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot was never designed to perform gymnastics, but training it to do flips will help it do its job better. Researchers are pushing the quadruped to its limits so it can recover from falls and obstacles more quickly and reliably. Robotics engineer Arun Kumar explains how reinforcement learning is improving these machines.
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Dalstrong’s overbuilt pizza cutter weighs nearly a pound, and its tri-spoke high-carbon steel blade slices through even the thickest crust and toppings with ease. It has a full-tang handle with finger notches and comes with a protective sheath. Available with olive wood or G10 handle scales. A special gift for the true pizza connoisseur.
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Engineer Trevor Faber was dissatisfied with the universal wrenches on the market, so he worked up a design for his own version. What makes his self-adjusting wrench so effective is how its six spring-loaded grippers grab the bolt so it doesn’t slip. As the torque on the wrench increases, it clamps the bolt head tighter. […]
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