E17: What Is This Thing?

What?! A snow-melting stair mat? But, but, why? Everyone knows the best part of piled-up Mother Nature dandruff is watching people wipe out trying to navigate through it! I do feel bad for the AARP-aged ones when they...

Easily make medicinal butter, oils, tinctures, lotions, and sauces. Hear that? MagicalButter is so named for its power to convert healing herbs into healing herb culinary creations. So start coughing and breaking into...

Consumer drones? Wearables? Self-driving cars (and -walking shoes)? Nah. I think politically incorrect card-based games that at some point make every person playing them feel extremely uncomfortable or self-conscious...

Newton's Cradle meets abacus meets the first day of creation in these balance lamps with magnetic switches. Li Zanwen created the desk lamp design with a pair of magnetic wooden balls on strings at the center that attract...

Here comes the Earwax Candle Kit just when you thought you couldn't find the perfect gift for your mom. I don't know about yours but I know my mama loves candles, and also hates waste, and based on the number of used...

These hands-free night vision goggles mean surveillance, after-dark expeditions, and finding the perfect bush to pee on in the middle of the night aren't just possible, they're on like Donkey Kong!...

Hidden cameras watching me in the dressing room? In my vacation rental? In the office? ... Well, I figured they're watching me in the office. Listen, I'm not trying to stir up any paranoia here, but this hidden camera...

What, you can't finish that 1,500-piece jigsaw puzzle of a color gradient in one sitting? Sigh. Why'd you open it then? Now it's going to be cluttering up the dining room table for the next 3 weeks! Shoulda bought a Jumbl...

Headache? Migraine? Just want to bury your head in the freezer or a bucket of ice? How about a striking purple hat filled with cooling, soothing, pain-easing frozen gel instead?...

Welp, we've got dog food for humans, so why not dog beds for humans? Thank you Soylent, and now, YAEM...

How have I never heard of a Screaming Aztec Death Whistle? In all my efforts to exact revenge on my ex-girlfriend, Karen, in all my attempts to prank my friend Cornelius, in all my ploys to convince my mother-in-law our...

Rechargeable Heated Slippers may be a boring, uninspired idea for a holiday gift, but they're not a bad idea. Think of all the people with cold feet out there. And all the people who have moderately warm feet inside...