WTF Is ThatLaowa 24mm T14 2X PeriProbe
A waterproof macro probe lens lets the camera get close to subjects from an angle that looks almost insect-like.
A little useful. A little ridiculous. Always worth a look.
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WTF Is ThatA waterproof macro probe lens lets the camera get close to subjects from an angle that looks almost insect-like.
Future Is HereA computer-controlled scent emitter gives digital media a smell, which feels both obvious and surprisingly absent.
Build a wearable hydraulic hand whose fingers move with your own; hands-on engineering with instant visual payoff.
A drone steered by hand gestures rather than a conventional controller; familiar tech with a genuinely odd interaction.
A wearable alien whose animated arms answer yes or no, turning a hat into a ridiculous conversation device.
Prism glasses let you read or watch while lying flat by bending your view through 90 degrees.
A build-it-yourself robot that uses a gecko-inspired mechanism to crawl up smooth vertical surfaces.
A geometric ball that mechanically flips colours in mid-air, creating a physical transformation rather than just a pattern.
A squashable pig designed to be stretched and smashed, with a strong tactile and comic hook.
Optical goggles invert your view so the world appears upside down, turning ordinary movement into a physical puzzle.
A compact working metal detector turns an ordinary walk into a literal treasure hunt.
WTF Is ThatA tensegrity build appears to float using tension and compression, giving a small construction kit a physics-demo wow factor.
That's Actually BrilliantTwo curved mirrors create a floating-looking 3D image above the device with no screen.
WTF Is ThatA compact mirrored light cube creates an apparently bottomless tunnel of reflections.
WTF Is ThatA real glass approximation of the mathematical surface with no conventional inside or outside.
WTF Is ThatA writing pen breaks apart into magnetic pieces that can be rebuilt as shapes or a phone stand.
WTF Is ThatA sealed weather glass grows and changes crystal patterns as atmospheric conditions shift.
WTF Is ThatA handheld launcher sends a continuous loop of rope whipping through the air, creating a strange controllable motion effect.
That's Actually BrilliantA digital clock powered by water instead of conventional disposable batteries.
WTF Is ThatAn hourglass where the coloured granules visibly rise instead of falling.
A glass vase with literal ear-shaped handles makes an ordinary vessel look faintly anatomical.
A physical dial puzzle inspired by the Antikythera mechanism asks you to align number columns to a target sum.
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