7 Best Summer Outdoor Gadgets With Design Good Enough to Keep Forever
Most outdoor gear is designed around a single occasion. A holiday weekend, a camping trip already planned, a backyard cookout that needs a solution by…
Product Design
Police Officers Spent Three Years Redesigning the Lifesaver To Make It As Small As A Hockey Puck
Rolled up, Ark Hero No.1 looks like a hockey puck with a zipper. Nothing about it announces itself as rescue equipment. Pop the shell open…
Flipper One Behind The Scenes: “Sharper, Smarter, More Cunning, Brutal” says Flipper CEO
When you first see the Flipper One, it’s clear something has changed. Its predecessor, the Flipper Zero, had the playful, almost toy-like charm of a…
New Balance’s 3-in-1 modular shoe transforms from waterproof boot to camp slipper, so you pack less
Many of us would remember the New Balance Niobium Concept 1. Launched back in 2020, the modular silhouette really reformed outdoor footwear with its multi-functional…
8 Best EDC Essentials for Summer 2026 — Built for the Outdoors, Polished Enough for the Office
Summer EDC is its own design problem. The gear that carries you through a weekend trail needs to survive a Monday morning without looking like…
Laser Engravers Need a Workshop, This One Fits in a Backpack
Laser engravers have always come with a catch. Getting one typically means dedicating a chunk of workspace to it, running a cable to the nearest…
This Japanese Nail Clipper Was Built by a 117-Year-Old Blade Maker & Cuts Cleaner Than Anything in Your Bathroom
Most nail clippers are an afterthought. Picked up at a pharmacy checkout, tossed in a drawer, forgotten until needed. The Auger PrecisionLever Nail Clipper belongs…
7 titanium EDC pens engineered like tiny tools: one weighs 32 grams
The pen used to be one of those things you’d stuff into a bag without thinking. A Pilot G2, a free hotel pen, whatever happened…
7 Best Portable Tech Gadgets That Were Designed for the Job Site and Are Better for It Everywhere Else
Most portable tech exists on a spectrum of compromise. It is either capable but too heavy, light but too fragile, or designed so carefully for…
This $349 cordless car-wash machine was designed for drivers without a driveway
The dream of home ownership once came with a lawn and a two-car garage. That vision included the weekend ritual of washing the car, a…
I did the math on a decade of cloud storage fees. It makes sense to own this $230 1TB SSD instead.
Stop paying rent on your own memories. That’s essentially what cloud storage has become, a recurring fee for access to files you already created, on…
Olivia Rodrigo’s New LEGO Collection Hides Loads of Easter Eggs, Just Like Her Music Videos
Heartbreak made Olivia Rodrigo famous, then rage made her interesting. SOUR arrived as a teenage gut-punch of betrayal and longing, all trembling ballads and bedroom…