tabletop gaming E-ink playing cards prototype is really cool Gareth Branwyn

design Prototype iPod is something to behold Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets Apple prototypes hit eBay Rob Beschizza

gun culture "Barrel Bands" are rings made from shotgun barrels Jennifer Sandlin

design E. Bryant Crutchfield, inventor of the Trapper Keeper, RIP David Pescovitz

video games The original prototype of an Atari "Home Pong" video game system sold for $270,910 Mark Frauenfelder

cars This weird old car had a retractable fifth wheel to help with parallel parking Thom Dunn

comedy Is Rodney Dangerfield the most underrated MC of all time? Devin Nealy

bullies Woman claims SpaceX lowballed her with threats of eminent domain Jason Weisberger

san francisco San Francisco is spending a fortune to design public trashcans, which will cost $5,000 a can Mark Frauenfelder

boston Here's your chance to bid on the original artwork for Boston's "Don't Look Back" LP cover Mark Frauenfelder

synths Teenage Engineering's OP-1 is ten years old Rob Beschizza

makers Watch this delightful deep dive into the wonderful world of hinges Mark Frauenfelder

science fiction A brief history of using applied science fiction contests to design the future Thom Dunn

military-industrial complex The Army is testing a new exoskeleton that's halfway between Iron Man and the ALIENS Power Loader suit Thom Dunn

VR Interesting untethered VR system Andrea James

Boing Boing Gadgets Ruby on Rails is a coding skill that can get you hired Boing Boing's Shop

the illusion of explanatory depth What do drawings of memory bikes have to do with know-it-alls? Mark Frauenfelder