A Polish lavvu is a makeshift, temporary shelter built on-site, and originally used by the Sami people of the way up north parts of Northern Europe. The Tri-Pi is a sort of Polish lavvu starter kit, a 1.6-ounce, 3D-printed...

Welcome to Edition 199 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?...

Headaches are often the result of one of two things: 1) that vampire girl Dakota Fanning played in Twilight looking at you and hissing, "Pain!"; or 2) the vagus nerve, the longest cranial nerve in your body, sending pain...

Make it rain, Delta Faucet! ... I'll even provide the cash you need to do it, because the rain I'm talking about isn't coming from a cash cannon, but the 2-in-1 shower head of Delta Faucet's HydroRain...

What time is it? My Casio G-SHOCK says it's time for a Coca-Cola...collaboration. Quench your thirst for a new watch with a limited edition Coca-Cola x Casio G-SHOCK digital timepiece...

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the AC Infinity AIRTAP HVAC Register Booster Fan. It's a quiet fan system with an LCD display, smart thermostat control, and customizable fan speeds that looks and fits in place like...

I know "Doorhickey" is a play on the word "doohickey," but dudes. Doesn't it make you think of someone getting a hickey from a door too? I know, I'm not quite sure how that would work either, but, like, maybe they have...

A big rag is such a drag. Let the RagCutter halve them, or quarter them, or slice them into itsy bitsy pieces of rag confetti, so every rag that wipes, shines, and soaks up for you henceforth is the perfect size...

RollWalk eRW3 Electric Roller Skates are ready to roll, baby, roll. At up to 20MPH, and 15-1/2 miles on a single charge, thanks to a pair of rear-drive motors with 400W of peak power, and a 14,3000mAh Samsung 18650 lithium...

Welcome to Edition 198 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?...

Lowe's couldn't let Home Depot keep having all the Halloween fun - and revenue. So this year the home improvement retailer is offering a 12' Haunted Living Lighted Animatronic Mummy to rival their rival's 12' Skeleton...

The Sun Joe Cordless Multi-Purpose Workshop Blower sucks and blows dust, dirt, and debris out of your workshop so it doesn't suck and blow to be in your workshop. The 24V blower uses a 400W motor and 2.0Ah li-ion ecosharp...

If glitter is the herpes of the craft world, then sand is the herpes of the beach. No wait, make that the chlamydia of the beach, because according to Sandscreen, their Sand Removal Bag can actually help you get rid of...

Replace that foul-looking chair in your living room with a fowl-looking one. This Duck Armchair brings a clever design to a very cozy-looking lounge chair. Plus, it's ducking adorable, and will surely quack up anyone...

Cache's Basecamp System Tailgate Pad can certainly perform your standard tailgate pad duties - use it to store up to 5 bikes for transport, and protect your truck from dings and scratches on the drive. But if you're into...

This Microwave Ramen Cooker is all that and a bag of shrimp chips. The complete and compact set starts with a big cylindrical soup bowl on the bottom, nestles a colander / draining bowl in the middle, and tops it off...

At first I thought the Junk Drawer Starter Kit was some sort of gag gift, a box full of tangled paper clips and rubber bands, cables for long gone electronics, and at least 3 items that make you go, "What Is This Thing?"...

Lady Gaga said it best: Let's have some fun, these bunks are rad / I wanna take a ride on your Disc-O-Bed. ... Though maybe I don't, because even though Disc-O-Bed convertible bunkable cots are kinda cool, in none of...

Welcome to Edition 197 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?...

Uh, calling it a Hanger "Diversion Safe" is a bit generous, I'd say. Yes, the set of zippered pockets attaches to a clothes hanger, and yes, you can then cover it with a shirt or coat or something to hide it from sight...

Back to school is my favorite time of year. It's the time brats small and large, preschool-aged to needed-that-fifth-year-in-undergrad-aged, return to their classrooms, and stop clogging up the lunchtime lines at my favorite...