Accessories

Defend your hands against the cold with these dragon mittens

Winter isn’t coming quite yet in the Northern Hemisphere, but it isn’t too early to think about staving off the chill. What better way to keep your hands warm than with a pair of dragon mittens? Lyndal B knits up these spiny paw warmers and sells them at her Etsy store HotScones. And if dragons…

Hip Star Wars neckties add Force and flair to your suits

Sometimes you want to wear something that’s geeky, but a bit more subtle than a fan t-shirt. These Star Wars neckties let you show off your Imperial (or Rebel) allegiance while still remaining stylish. Currently, these silk ties are available only through Kotobukiya in Japan for ¥ 5,040 (around $50.72 USD). No word on whether…

Qualcomm Has a Smartwatch Too and It’s the Anti Galaxy Gear

Happy smart watch day! Let’s have a hearty welcome for our newest party guest: Qualcomm. That’s right, the Snapdragon chipmaker will be peddling its own watch—the Toq—direct to consumers. And it’s a way different take than Samsung’s Galaxy Gear. On the spectrum of standalone to accessory, Qualcomm’s Toq skews enthusiastically toward the latter. Think “watch…

Your Laptop Looks Like It’s Floating With This Magical MacBook Stand

TwelveSouth’s new GhostStand is a Houdini for your MacBook—the clear lucite computer stand looks like it has suspended your laptop in mid-air. Inspired by designer Philippe Starck’s Ghost Chair, the $35 platform is available starting today. It works for MacBooks, MacBook Airs, and MacBook Pros. The stand levitates your MacBook six inches above your desk,…

Looks like Motorola’s phone-unlocking NFC key—”Skip”—isn’tquite as dumb as it seemed. Motorola just announced the tag will come with a limited number of customized Moto Xsfor free, which is a way better deal. It still costs $20 otherwise, though. Just steep enough to make a cool accessory stupid.

3D-Printed Replacement Cover Makes Your Mouse Infinitely Adjustable

For those who just can’t seem to find a standard mouse that fits comfortably in their hand, Pyott Design has come up with a 3D printed workaround that turns a $10 Logitech M100 into an infinitely adjustable alternative. The Statial is specifically designed to replace the stock housing on the M100, and when unlocked from…

Set Gestures To Stun with This Futuristic Multi-Touch Mouse

Whether or not touch is the future, you’ll probably still want a mouse in the meantime. Asus’ new VivoMouse is a futuristic-looking stopgap, mixing full, multi-touch gestures with good old-fashioned point-and-click. Also it looks like it came from space. The vaguely phaser-looking device is basically the same as Apple’s Magic Mouse, but with Windows 8…

Microsoft Has Two New Mice for Windows 8 Multitasking

Microsoft has a couple new mice coming out today with some simple features that make using Windows 8 a little bit easier. First up on the the fancier end is the Sculpt Comfort Mouse, which will be on sale in June. It’s $40, connects to your computer or tablet via Bluetooth, and is the first…

Dino Corn Cob Holders Convince Your Kids to Eat Their Veggies

If dinosaurs had held your veggies when you were a kid, would you have ever passed them off to the dog? Probably not, because these dino corn cob holders are awesome. So maybe you’re old and have things like your health to worry about now, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still appreciate these kitschy…

A Magnet Keeps the Salt Inside These Stylish Shakers

Sometimes it feels like all kitchen accessories look the same. But for something different—albeit subtle—here’s a pair of stainless steel salt and pepper shakers with magnets at the angles that work like a joint connector. It’s $30 for the pair, but it’s the kind of thing that looks like you spent a more on it.…

Samsung Preparing Docking Bluetooth Game Pad for Galaxy Range

While we didn’t see anything thrilling or innovative in Samsung’s safe Galaxy S4 launch last night, it did have an interesting piece of hardware to show off backstage: an official Samsung wireless game controller. According to Samsung’s S4 accessories teaser page, the Samsung game controller is currently know as the Game Pad, simply offering a…

The Most Stylish iPhone Cables You Can Get Now Work with the iPhone 5

When we first saw Eastern Collective’s super snazzy cloth iPhone cables, we lusted after them but didn’t buy any because they were about to become outdated by the Lightning adapter. Now? We’re buying as many as we can because the swirly cloth is covering both lightning cables and micro USB cables. https://gizmodo.com/too-bad-these-stylish-iphone-cables-are-about-to-be-obs-5933687 The lightning cable…

Let Your iPhone Toot Its Own Horn With These Custom Brass Amplifiers

There are plenty of speaker solutions out there for turning your iOS device something of a future-boombox, but none are quite as awesomely old-school as using re-purposed brass instruments. Hand-made by sculptor Christopher Locke, each “Analog Tele-Phonographer” is a custom piece constructed from one particular bass instrument and morphed into an amplifier that’ll pump up…

Magnet Boxes Are Puzzles You Can Actually Use

Jigsaw puzzles are fun, though they’re a tedious undertaking. You can never figure out where that one corner piece goes. Plastica’s MagContainers are an assortment of magnetic, puzzle-like wooden boxes, and there’s no wrong way to put them together. The geometric shapes have magnets embedded on all sides, so you can configure them any way…

Brass bear trap epaulettes add bite to your shoulders

For those looking for fashion accessories that are both ostentatious and deadly, Etsy seller binkaminka created these brass trap epaulettes. These pieces are created purely for show, however, so you don’t have to worry about giving someone a pat on the shoulder and coming back with fewer fingers. Sadly, binkaminka isn’t currently offering this particular…

Finally, a Silpat Baking Dish

Silpat is so awesome. They have great non-stick liners for cookie sheets that make clean up a breeze. And finally Silpat is offering a silicon baking dish. Want. Want hard. The 10- by 13-inch pan is $55, and although that’s a little steep for a pan, it’s worth it in that you spend less time…

A Bicycle Handlebar Bag For the Discriminating Cyclist

As the weather starts to (eventually) warm up, cyclists will inevitably begin coming out of the woodwork to enrage drivers and terrify pedestrians once again. But how, you might ask, does the cycling businessman about town distinguish himself from the fanny-pack-wearing hipsters on fixies? With fancy leather accessories like this Detroit Cargo Handlebar Bag, naturally.…

This Electric Gourmet Mill Means Cheese and Chocolate in Your Salad

Cheese and chocolate are, separately, two of the best food items. And if for some reason you want to marry the two, you can with the Trisa Starline electrical gourmet mill ($140), because it has two separate chambers. The multitasking mill works for not only the two aforementioned foods, but also for nuts, frozen things,…

A Skull Ice Mold Chills Your Drinks To the Bone

These skull ice molds are awesome. How better can you say danger than skulls and alcohol? Add a gang of smoking, unsupervised tweens who text while riding motorcycles? Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. For some good clean fun, you can buy these spooky cubes for $12 each from Gamago. Your highball will be a…

Coffee or Tea? Don’t Choose Because This Cup Is Two-Faced

If you didn’t get your flu shot, you might fall victim to what has now actually turned into an epidemic. And that means you’ll temporarily trade your morning coffee in for a steady drip of tea. But fear not, this reversible cup suffers from multiple personality disorder, meaning it’s appropriate for whichever hot beverage you…