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Jonah and the Whale is a pretty tame story. Whalefall tells a wildly more terrifying version of what it’d really be like to be swallowed by a marine behemoth. When Jay (Austin Abrams) scuba dives in search of his father’s remains, he’s gulped down by a sperm whale and struggles to escape with oxygen running
This adorable light-up decoration from IKEA adds a touch of warmth to any bookshelf. The tiny ceramic house has cutout windows on every side, allowing its LED light source to shine through. It runs on three AA batteries and has a 6-hour timer switch that turns it on at the same time the next day.
Artist Ricky Wolbrom’s Elgin 17 oval cufflinks are made from mechanical jeweled watch movements and parts. One of a kind, the pair above sports a satin silver finish and gold accents.
FujiFilm’s FinePix Z200fd camera finally comes to the US this September. While 10 megapixels is impressive, its “Couple Timer” can detect faces and their proximity to each other. Eww, cooties.
Gerber’s stainless steel carabiner clip features an elongated hexagon shape that stands out from the crowd and adds to its utility. Its design gives it three separate chambers, while its main section doubles as a bottle opener. It also has a package opener on its back edge. It comes in four colors: Burnt Orange, Baltic
These are the latest screens from Crysis Warhead, to be released this Fall. It follows “Psycho”, one of the characters from the game as he explores the other side of the island.
X-Arcade’s flagship home arcade controller is a beast. It packs real arcade joysticks, a trackball, spinners, buttons, plus side flipper buttons, a plunger, and a nudge sensor for virtual pinball. It’s got haptic shakers, chrome accents, and works with VR headsets, PC, Mac, Linux, Steam Deck, and Raspberry Pi. Pedestal is a $100 upgrade. Console
It’s got 700 hp, goes 0-60 in 4 seconds, and still has space for luggage. The best news? This British-made sports car (available in 2010) is all electric and goes 200 miles on a 10 minute charge.
Pro BMX rider Kriss Kyle takes on a stunt that leaves virtually zero room for error: jumping his bike over a moving Formula 1 car. He needs enough height to clear the car and precise timing to pass above it as it zooms beneath him. Fellow Scot and former F1 driver David Coulthard pilots Red
UK textile artist Ali Hill creates intricate architectural images, sewn on fabric. Her embroidery technique involves hand-drawing detailed buildings and cityscapes, then painstakingly following every single line with her sewing machine. The process takes tremendous patience, but also looks relaxing in a way. Ali sells prints of her works on Etsy.
Artist and animator Tee Ken Ng’s game combines the real world and digital world by projecting interactive elements onto the shadows of objects. The simple objective of the game is to maneuver your cube around the environment to grab coins. The system uses a camera to detect the shadows and turn them into collision surfaces
Puzzle Calendar’s 77 Lego-like tiles include dates, days, blanks and icons. Truth is, we can see ourselves wasting considerable man-hours building our calendar to be just so.