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These Airbag Jeans Could Fashionably Protect Motorcyclists

Strapping on a leather suit can protect you from a nasty case of road rash should you wipe out on a motorcycle, but that’s about it. For more robust protection during a crash, several companies have been developing airbag technology for motorcycles, including a pair of inflatable jeans designed to protect a rider’s legs. Surrounding…

ABC News Reporter Caught With His Pants Down During TV Segment From Home

ABC News reporter Will Reeve gave a report on the future of pharmacies from his home on Tuesday morning, as so many TV journalists are being forced to do during the coronavirus pandemic. And Reeve was truly living the dream, based on photos that are now going viral on Twitter. While some reporters joke that…

Neil deGrasse Tyson: I Pulled My Pants Down Too Fast and Fell Down

Neil deGrasse Tyson might be an expert in the field of astrophysics, but when it comes to the Earth’s gravity, he’s just as helpless as the rest of us. Addressing his over 7 million followers on Twitter, the winner of NASA’s Distinguished Public Service Medal announced on Wednesday that he tried to take his pants…

Be a Fashionable MacGyver With a Multi-Tool Hidden in Your Belt Buckle

They say the best camera is the one you have with you, but the same must go for tools. What’s the point of filling a home workshop full of expensive equipment when it’s all but useless when you walk out the door every morning? SOG’s new multi-tool belt buckles are like having an always-accessible toolbox…

Charlie’s Back At It Again With His Blue Pants!!

I don’t know, man. Don’t ask me why the chicken is wearing blue pants. Don’t ask me where the chicken even got his blue pants. Just enjoy the silly inanity of a chicken running around the yard like a total goofball while wearing blue pants. I don’t know if the chicken likes wearing his blue…

Winter Is Coming, Are You Ready?

Well, are you? Here’s a comprehensive guide to staying warm, staying dry and staying active when it’s cold outside. We’ll show you the best ways to do that, but also the affordable ways. Who’s This Guide For? Everyone. Everyone can benefit from more a more effective approach to clothing, whether you’re just walking to dinner…

What’s The Best Outdoors Gear For Tall Women?

My girlfriend is 6 feet tall with a 36-inch inseam. Good: Legs! Bad: It’s impossible to find performance outerwear and base layers that go all the way up, while still fitting a slim waist and feminine proportions. What are your suggestions? This is the third in an irregular series — Ask IndefinitelyWild. In the first,…

Kuiu Teton Review: High Performance Camo Goes Affordable

Kuiu has disrupted the camouflage market in recent years, making technical outdoors clothing that’s not just radically high-performance, but which also looks cool while obscuring the human silhouette across diverse environments. This new Teton range drops the price points below $100. What Is It? California-based Kuiu has made a name for itself through its philosophy…

These 3D-Printed Pants Are Glowing Because They’re Full of Bacteria

Lady Gaga’s steak gown and the Bjork-in-a-swan outfit feel as plain as a white t-shirt compared to these MIT-designed threads. They’re 3D-printed, look like human innards, and could tote around live, glowing bacteria. Designer Neri Oxman, who works at the MIT Media Lab, describes the look as a “wearable microbial factory” in an interview with…

Why Cotton Kills, A Technical Explanation

“He was wearing all cotton, which is the worst fabric for cold, wet weather. The weather just got the best of him,” reads an official statement by Alaska State Troopers about the death of a hiker there in 2005. This is how and why cotton can kill you. Hypothermia The Mayo Clinic definition reads: “Hypothermia…

Bowties are cool, Bowties on Doctor Who Boxers less so

What is it with Doctor Who branding and weird garments? Well, you could cosplay as the Tenth Doctor in Pajamas last week, now this week your unmentionables can dress up as Eleven. Mother of God. https://gizmodo.com/cosplay-while-you-sleep-with-these-petrifying-10th-doct-1660049492 I know this sort of casual-cosplay thing is in at the moment for nerdy fashion (just look at all…

Scientists Made a Soft Exoskeleton That You Put On Like Pants

Exoskeletons that give you superhuman strength sound incredibly awesome but also look incredibly awkward and bulky and uncomfortable. So what about a soft exoskeleton that you wear like a pair of pants? Harvard researchers recently won a DARPA grant of up to $2.9 million to develop the Soft Exosuit. So far, they’ve created a proof-of-concept…

This Pair of Bionic Pants Is a Chair That You Wear

Sitting won’t kill you. It’s actually great, and important! And for some people, like assembly line workers, not having a chair to sit in can actually pose a health hazard. That’s why Noonee developed the Chairless Chair, a chair you can wear. Essentially a pair of mechanical pants that can lock in place, the Chairless…

The best way to put on your pants without using your hands

This guy has a hands-free technique for putting on his pants that is as ridiculous as it is effective—and a total waste of time and energy. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook

​Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Motorcycle Safety Gear

Capable of keeping you dry when it’s wet, cool when it’s hot, warm when it’s cold and alive in a crash, motorcycle safety gear is the most advanced apparel this side of a space suit. This guide is going to focus on street motorcycle gear and the kind worn on dual-sport and adventure bikes. Maybe…

These are the oldest pants ever discovered. They belonged to a nomadic herder living in China between 3,300 and 3,000 years ago. The invention of trousers, say archeologists, is likely due to the advent of horseback riding and the increased need for mobility. (M. WAGNER/GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE)

Scratch-N-Sniff Jeans Always Smell Minty Fresh Even If You Don’t

When you find that perfect fitting pair of jeans, you don’t want to do anything to jeopardize their size and shape. And if you’re among a growing demographic who refuses to wash their jeans as a result, you might want to consider Naked & Famous’ Scratch-N-Sniff jeans that actually release a fresh minty smell when…

Why 18th Century Biologists Made Copulating Frogs Wear Tiny Pants

The image of a copulating frog dressed in tight-fitting pants sounds quite silly, but it was done in the name of serious research. In fact, more than one biologist dressed up their frogs to solve the mysteries of fertilization. During the 18th century, there was some question as to how fertilization worked and whether semen…

Vibrating Pants Checker Lets You Know When You’re Unzipped

You might think you’re being discrete when you check your pants to ensure your fly is zipped up, but unless you’re alone, it can look a little awkward. Instead of waiting for the embarrassment of just being told you need to zip up, check out this brilliant hack that makes it easy to subtly check…

Air-Conditioned Pants May be the Most Over-Engineered Garment, Ever

It’s hot as hell outside, these days, and it’s pretty much unfuckingbearable to endure. Which may be why it took me an embarrassingly long amount of time—a few minutes, in this case, is a few minutes too many—to come back down to Earth and realize that pants with their own built-in A/C are not as…