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This ring-shaped tool easily attaches to any keychain and integrates four handy bits. The hardened steel screwdriver has #1 and #2 Phillips bits and 3mm and 6.5mm flat blade bits. In addition to the everyday version, K20 makes a special model for photographers with Allen wrenches. We also dig their Short Stubby Screwdriver.
This set of compact pliers from Workpro puts three handy tools on your belt loop or bag. It comes with 4″ slip-joint pliers, 4″ water pump pliers, and 4.5″ long nose slip-joint pliers. The short tools are ideal for working in tight spaces, and are made from steel alloy with an anti-rust coating. The set
For Toolroom Takeover 2026, Mike and Hazel from Chronova Engineering came up with a unique design for a pocket tool. Their “Impossible” scribe use a pair of interlocking helixes to change its length. What makes it even more fascinating is how its tip deploys in the opposite direction as it expands. A larger, 3D printable
Chester See and his pal Matt Søren go inside a disaster simulation center in Hangzhou, China, where visitors experience extreme weather and learn survival skills in a controlled environment. For around $130, participants face 100 mph typhoon winds and rain, a simulated flash flood involving 900 tons of water, and a parking garage that floods
Normally, a ukulele and a guitar are two different instruments. But maker and musician Mattias Krantz thought it would be fun to combine them. His transforming instrument has an expanding body and a retractable neck that lets it change shape on demand. Building it took a lot of experimentation and a little assistance from mechanical
Nostalgic for Tamagotchis, flip phones, Lara Croft, and the smell of your youth? Axe resurrected three Y2K-era deodorant fragrances. The Axe Reboot Collection brings back Axe Kilo (circa 2002, bergamot and sandalwood), Touch (2004, lavender and cedarwood, also in a body wash), and Anarchy (2012, which snarls at the establishment with citrus and musk).
This all-in-one machine from Cricut makes it easy to make your own full color stickers. The StickerPix Print + Cut works with a mobile app to print photos or graphics on sticker paper and automatically cut outlines to match. It prints on 4″ x 7″ sticker sheets or 4″ x 6″ photo paper, and includes
These tiny pizzas keep coffee tables free of water stains, and are guaranteed not to leave behind cheese or tomato sauce either. The cork-backed coasters are sold in a set of four and come packed in a tiny pizza box. A great, inexpensive gift for anyone who loves pizza – and who among us doesn’t?
Japanese company Astrum, owners of the Pentel brand, let ProcessX tour their factory to see how they make millions of sign pens annually. These felt-tip pens are popular for drawing, lettering, and calligraphy, and their production is surprisingly satisfying, as barrels, fillers, and caps dance through machines before being filled with ink and packed into
Olight offers brightness and versatility with its Prowess flashlight. It uses six cool-white LEDs to project up to 5000 lumens from its front-facing beam, and its warm-white area light adjusts from 2 to 800 lumens for a lantern or work light. It’s also got a magnetic tail with a threaded base for attaching to a
Brad Bird (The Incredibles, The Iron Giant) blends sci-fi and detective noir in the animated feature Ray Gunn. Set in Metropia, a sprawling city inspired by 1930s retro-futurism, the film follows private eye Raymond Gunn (Sam Rockwell) into a case involving aliens, murder, and star Venus Nova (Scarlett Johansson). In select theaters 12.4.26 and on
Musician Diego Dias offers a fresh and unexpected take on alternative tunes by performing them on accordion. His covers of The Strokes “Take It or Leave It“, Radiohead’s “No Surprises“, Blur’s “The Universal“, and Tame Impala’s “The Less I Know the Better” are wonderful, giving each track a warm, lively sound that works surprisingly well