When you take that special someone out to the rolling green meadows to have a pleasant picnic, why make your little dumpling sit on grass and stain her summer dress? What kind of animal are you? Why not bring this briefcase, which folds out into a fullsize wooden picnic table. Made of a strong aluminum […]


30 Jun
The Bosch Power Box is here to save the day

If you plan on having a serious throwdown this 4th of July — I mean a serious throwdown, one replete with policemen knocking down your door, ex-girlfriends trying to jump over the fence and that one crazy dude following you on Twitter dressed up in a Papa John’s deliveryman costume — then perhaps you should […]


The Strida 5.0 SX Limited is an odd looking but ingenious innovation in the world of folding bikes. Designed by Mark Sanders, they claim it is “the first completely new bicycle geometry in 95 years. Inside a triangular frame of lightweight aluminum, power is transferred to the rear wheel via a silent clean Kevlar belt. […]


5 Mar
Swedish supercar makers return with their latest volley

UPDATE: Koenigsegg just released a video of the Agera on the track, hit the Jump to see the supercar in action The fist time I actually saw a Koenigsegg was when running the Gumball Rally in 2003, and it took off out of the San Francisco starting gate in such a torrent of rubber and […]


The 2011 version of the Ford Shelby GT500 Mustang is replacing its iron block engine with an all alloy aluminum supercharged 5.4-liter V8 that weighs less, delivers 550 hp (510 lb-ft of torque) and uses a unique spray-coating process that eliminates the need for cast-iron liners in the aluminum cylinder block — altogether shaving 102 […]


11 Feb
Up recycling bottle caps into fine jewelry

Yoav Kotik designs his Kotik Precious Metal collection of earrings, brooches, rings, bracelets, necklaces and pendents from discarded bottle caps. Although they’re called “Precious Metals”, I’m not sure I see any actual precious metals — unless he’s being ironic, of course. Absorbing the pop iconography of these brands and their well marketed images — eg […]


28 Jan
Recycle your old Schwinn and get drunk

You have to love it when recycling unused parts and old machinery can be used in the aiding of drinking beer. These flexible, recycled bike chains come attached to anodized aluminum heads available in 5 colors, tho I prefer the clean stainless finish. Buy for only $12 here.