Awesome Gadgets

Tired of burning your mouth in the excitement over your hot cup of coffee? Nékojita FuFu is your new best friend. This adorable little cat hangs on the side of your bowl or cup and cools it by gently blowing air across scalding hot liquid. Kitty is happy to cool down ramen, soups, tea, and more. It offers steady or random air patterns and can sit next to plates, too.

Most airplane entertainment systems make you use wired headphones. This handy adapter from Twelve South lets you connect Bluetooth headphones to any 3.5mm audio jack. It has easy-to-use volume controls and allows two devices to share a single audio source. It also works with gym equipment and older audio equipment. Runs for up to 25 hours per charge.

Are people always walking up to your desk and talking in the middle of your work? The Busy Bar lets people know how long you’re tied up for. Its dot-matrix LED display can show a countdown timer, messages, emoji, and custom programs via an open-source API and SDK. It has easy-to-use controls and includes a wall mount and monitor mount.

This Nite Ize gadget makes quick work of tying down objects. It has a carabiner clip on one side and a ratcheting cam mechanism for tightening a length of rope. It can work in a fixed-end or looped configuration and has a working load limit of 250 lb. The kit includes 10 feet of smooth-gliding 1/4″ rope.

Do you do a lot of 3D printing? Buying filament all the time can add up – never mind that it can be wasteful. The Loop is an upcoming desktop gizmo that can take bits of PLA, ABS, or PET-G printer waste and shred, heat, and extrude them into fresh filament. Its maker is accepting early reservations for the device with $100 down and a sub-$1500 launch price.

Gadget maker MetMo dusts off a vintage vise design and turns it into a product you can buy. The fractal vice’s curved jaws slide on rails, allowing them to grip oddly shaped items with ease. MetMo’s miniature version is available with long (1.2″ max opening) or short jaws (3.2″ max opening), and is made from aluminum with stainless steel or brass jaws.

Official Exclusive makes some of the coolest enameled pins out there. Their extensive collection includes pins based on classic cameras including rangefinders, SLRs, medium format, and 8mm. They also make mini synthesizers, lighting gear, vintage stereo receivers, and other fun goodies for geeks. Their Dinosaur Photographer is cute too.

This upcoming gadget from Hong Kong outfit Headachesound is a self-contained gadget for making turntable scratch effects. You can load it with your samples and beats, then jog its high-sensitivity mini turntable to manipulate sounds. Music producer Mr Viktor got his hands on a prototype and put it through its paces.

Never lose a bag again with Knog’s Scout Travel tracker. This gadget hangs securely from your luggage and is compatible with Apple’s “Find My” location tracking tech. It has a few advantages over an AirTag, including a built-in hanger, a loud, motion-sensitive alarm, and a QR code to help others let you know they found your bag. They also make a bike version.

This neat little gadget is a tiny video screen framed with colorful LED lights. The Busy Tag clips onto the back of your display and lets you display messages or animations. Use it to tell co-workers that you’re tied up at the moment, or display silly messages to keep them entertained. It measures 1.42″ x 1.81″ x 0.31″ and runs on USB-C power.

Dreamfarm is known for its unique kitchen gadgets with silly product names. The Fluicer is an easy-to-use citrus fruit squeezer that folds flat to save drawer space. Its hinged design provides plenty of leverage and extracts the maximum quantity of juice by squeezing both the outside and inside of fruit.

This incredibly versatile sharpener can put a new edge on all kinds of garden and outdoor tools. Its double-beveled blades work on knives, mower blades, pruners, loppers, hedge shears, axes, machetes, hatchets, scissors, and other edged tools. Its oversized handle makes it easy to hold while wearing gloves.

Repairing watches requires precision and a steady hand. It also helps if the part that you’re working on isn’t moving around. This video from luxury watch shop Phigora and watchmaker Henry Lyy shows a nifty little gadget that uses hundreds of tiny posts to clamp irregular items in place. If you’re looking to buy one, we found some for sale on AliExpress.

This tabletop gadget from Keebmonkey has 12 quartz glass tubes filled with colorful LEDs that move to the beat of your music or other sounds. We like how it combines the high-tech look of its tubes with the warm, natural look of its walnut wood frame. It has a built-in microphone to detect sounds and ten selectable light effects.

This night vision scope is designed to produce sharper and more color-accurate images compared to its competition. It packs a 52 MP Sony Starvis 2 night vision sensor that can shoot true 4K footage and can output an infrared beam up to 1200 meters (~3937 feet) to capture distant objects. Built-in Wi-Fi lets you control and stream video with your smartphone.

Bedtime Company’s tape! is a portable audio gadget that digitally reimagines a cassette tape player. But it’s so much more. It has four asynchronous virtual tape heads that can loop sounds, with the ability to apply effects and adjust speed and pitch in real-time. It has a line input, a built-in stereo mic, and USB-C connectivity. Coming soon to Kickstarter.