NextMind is a brain-sensing wearable that, no joke, allows you to control digital technology with your own brainwaves. A little mental focus equals decapitating the zombie with your chainsaw or swiping the loot from the...

It's about time I had a Sword House Key, given the number of sword fights with locks I've had in my life. In fact, just two weeks ago I was testing out the lock and key on my new nightstand - yep the top drawer came with...

Never thought I'd want to plaster a jellyfish to my face before. But fill one of these Jellyfish Cocktail Glasses with a Gin Martini or a Sidecar, and I'll let its tentacles crawl over me all night...

Ah, the ice cream cone drop. As famous as the mic drop, but for melancholy rather than owned-you celebratory reasons. Also typically accompanied by tears, not cheers. Except, perhaps, in the case of the Dropped Ice Cream...

E-read your comic books, your biology books, your bedtime stories, and your nudie mags in Kaleido color with the PocketBook Color, a new e-reader that can display your digital pages in up to 4,096 hues...

Ah, a little Tiki Toss game for me, myself, and I. This hook-and-ring design is sized for the desktop, and freestanding with a wood base to make it easy to set up on the coffee table, bar, or as a toy on your actual WFH...

Clean up the bad air in your home at its source. OK, I guess you install this UV Light Air Purifier in your HVAC system, not your significant other's mouth, but throw in a bottle of activated charcoal mouthwash, and you...

It's an ergo-juicer. The Helix Citrus Juicer from Joseph Joseph gives the twist-action of your hand and wrist a big assist. Makes the process less awkward. Requires less strength, so you can work harder for longer...

These Radioactive Glass Marbles remind me of a New Year's Eve tradition / superstition. Some say if you can eat 12 grapes in as many strokes of midnight when the year changes over, you will have good luck and prosperity...

"Just add land." Ha! Gotta give a nod to the Jupe team member who came up with that tagline for this off-grid, flat-pack urban escape pod. Jupe shelters are designed to be versatile and easy to set up almost anywhere...

These LED Champagne Flutes from Stolzle will light up your New Year's Eve even if there's not a firework, a streamer, or another person in sight. Well, maybe one other person would be good, since the Champagne Flutes...

Welcome to Edition 77 of What Is This Thing?, my recurring visual riddle series consisting of one simple photo - see above - and one simple question: what is this thing?...

As its grand finale, 2020 presents: T-Rex-chicken hybrids! Just try to get at one of these mother clucker's eggs - she'll...uh...squawk and swat and peck and run amok. Maybe throw some chicken shit at you. But that's...

We're already working, grocery shopping, and ordering piles of sweatpants and 3-course dinners without leaving home. The Couch Console proposes taking things a step further: do it all without leaving your couch. Containing...

If you still need a bitchin' gift for the kids from Stranger Things, here you go, the Board Game Tower Backpack from ENHANCE. They'll probably make Will carry it, and the little oddball will certainly succumb to its 23"...

Bob Ross and his happy little trees turned into a combo talking clapper and night light have turned me into a very happy little dude. Well. Maybe not so little. I've made a lot of mistakes...I mean happy accidents...in...

I ain't 'fraid of no ghost. Especially when they smell like sandalwood and jasmine wafting out of this Ghostbusters Ghost Trap Incense Burner. Designed and engineered by Numskull, this nifty piece of Ghostbusters merch...

Big screen? Flat screen? 8K UHD? Lame. Check out the TinyTV DIY Kit, a 3D print with - ready? - four push buttons, plus an ON / OFF switch! Now that's the cutting edge electronics gift for a kid I'm talkin' 'bout. Even...

Unfortunately the answer to the question we all came here for - If I die home alone, will my cat eat my eyeballs? - is not included in the blurb for Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: And Other Questions About Dead Bodies...

I'm eating everything in sight! Including the spoons! Must be the holidays...

Do you look like your cat? I don't think I look like mine. For example, my cat, Zanzibar, has a bushy tortoiseshell coat of fur that covers his entire body, while I myself am almost entirely hairless (thanks, Remington...

Welcome to Edition 76 of What Is This Thing?, my recurring visual riddle series consisting of one simple photo - see above - and one simple question: what is this thing?...