VolleBak’s superior solar-charged glowing jacket gives you increased visibility

Posted on 28/05/2019 by Sarang Sheth

When VolleBak claims to have made their most advanced jacket yet, it isn’t hyperbole. It’s literally worth taking a closer look at because VolleBak doesn’t mess around. They’ve invented some of the most revolutionary jackets of our time, including a jacket so incredibly durable that it can be worn on Mars.

Meet the Solar Charged Jacket, the piece of apparel that VolleBak claims is their most advanced product yet. Named as TIME magazine’s Best Inventions of 2018 and as Sports Gear of the Year by WIRED, the Solar Charged Jacket is a highly light-sensitive and responsive jacket that acts as a windbreaker 24 hours a day, but when brought into a low-light setting, shines with enough intensity to make its wearer completely visible in darkness. Designed ideally for bikers, joggers, and anyone who may need high-visibility at night, the Solar Charged Jacket has a special phosphorescent coating that can capture any light, be it from your smartphone’s flash to the sun, and release it in the dark for as long as 12 whole hours.

Unlike most jackets that come with reflective strips or patches, VolleBak’s entire jacket is completely luminous, and even comes with its own glowing hood, giving you the dual advantage of protection from the elements, and high visibility. The Solar Charged Jacket comes constructed from a 3-layer stretchable, waterproof, and breathable fabric, and does a remarkably clever job of layering the phosphorescent layer under a transparent waterproof membrane, making the jacket easily washable without any danger of the jacket losing its glow properties. Use it while riding a bike, taking a jog, or just get creative by using a flashlight to write messages in light on your jacket!

Designer: VolleBak

Solar System Glow-in-the-Dark Bottle Stoppers

Posted on 05/02/2018 by Conner Flynn

You know the best way to keep your wine fresh? Well, yeah, you could choose to never open it, but the wine must flow, so forget that idea. The best way to keep wine fresh is with your favorite celestial bodies from our very own solar system. Forget the usual boring cork or plastic bottle stoppers. These space themed bottle stoppers are awesome. Wine lovers and astronomy lovers find them out of this world.

These handcrafted bottle stoppers not only look great on top of your bottles, but they also glow in the dark thanks to luminescent powder mixed into the molten glass. These spheres represent The Sun, Earth, Moon, Mercury, Neptune, and Saturn. They will look great when you use them at home, and will also make quite an impression when you give them as a housewarming gift along with wine.

They are handmade in China by glass blowing artists, so each piece is unique. So open up that wine, drink up and blast off to your favorite heavenly body. These bottle stoppers are classy and artsy. Good luck finding bottle stoppers that are as cool as these anywhere else on this planet.

Charge Your Phone and Light the Way with This Light-up Lightning Cable

Posted on 28/01/2018 by Technabob Shop

If you keep your phone plugged in overnight to charge, make sure the cable doesn’t become a tripping hazard. You don’t have to worry about stumbling over any wires if you have the TAMO Charge-N-Glow cable. This MFi-Certified Lightning cable glows in the dark thanks to the LED lights along the cord that light up

Depending on whether your cable is plugged in or not, the lights will blink faster or slower. The lights also display the energy flowing into your phone, so you can get a nice visual of your phone juicing up. The cable even doubles as a night light.

Grab the TAMO Charge-N-Glow MFi-Certified Lightning Cable for only $18.99 in the Technabob Shop.

Microsoft Outs New Glow-in-the-Dark Xbox One Controller

Posted on 07/01/2018 by Conner Flynn

If you’re in the market for a new Xbox One controller, Microsoft has unveiled a cool new Xbox One controller that glows in the dark. This is part of a promotion for an upcoming game titled “Sea of Thieves”. Whether you end up playing the game or not, it would be sweet to have a glow-in-the-dark controller right? We love things that glow – except for nuclear radiation. That’s not so good. The obvious drawback is if you don’t play games in the dark, then you can’t enjoy those sweet glowing features.

Seriously though, aside from being glowy, it also looks pretty cool. The paint job is all translucent purple with flecks of green paint and “laser-etched barnacles”. One of the triggers is gold and the left control stick has a compass design. It seems like the perfect controller for a modern pirate cruising the high seas of Microsoft’s console. The other advantage here is that you can find your Xbox One controller more easily in the dark.

This controller is a limited edition and you can get it on February 15th, 2018. The actual game arrives on March 20th.

[via Ubergizmo via IGN]

This Lightning Charging Cable Glows with the Flow

Posted on 11/12/2017 by Technabob Shop

This unique charging cable is equal parts quirky and practical. The Glowing iOS Lightning Charging Cable lets you know how close your device is to being fully charged. Watch the glow as you charge up your iPhone or iPad, and you’ll immediately get a feel for your charging speed by simply observing the speed of the light flow.

The subtle glow is also perfect for reaching for your phone in the middle of the night while it charges. No more tripping over the cable in the dark, and no more wondering just how much longer you’ll have to wait until the charge is finished. Get the Glowing iOS Lightning Charging Cable for just $11.99 in the Technabob Shop.

Glow-in-the-Dark Carbon Fiber Rings Is Modern Jewelry at Its Best

Posted on 04/09/2017 by Paul Strauss

Other than tradition, there’s really no reason that jewelry has to be made from precious metals and gemstones. Personally, I’d rather wear one of these slick glow-in-the-dark rings, fabricated from carbon fiber.

Israel-based Composite Corporation handmakes these rings using carbon fiber and composite materials, along with epoxy resin, and a special phosphorescent powder. The resulting pieces look super cool day or night. When the lights are on, you see that sleek and technical carbon fiber texture, when they’re off, they glow quite brilliantly.

The rings’ makers don’t specify how long you need to charge them, or how long they glow, but there are phosphorescent powders out there that can last anywhere from 15 minutes to 15 hours, depending on the color, so I’m guessing the same applies here. Greens have a tendency to glow longest, followed by blues, with yellows and reds having the shortest glow times.

They’re available in a variety of designs and colors over on their Etsy shop, with prices starting at $79(USD), and each one can be custom ordered to your exact ring size.

These Glow-in-the-Dark LEGO Builds will Blow Your Mind

Posted on 13/07/2017 by Conner Flynn

Cool LEGO builds are one thing, but when they glow in the dark and look otherworldly, that’s taking it to a whole other level. Take Beyond the Brick’s video tour of the all the glow-in-the-dark builds on display in the black light ‘LEGO Glow Zone’ at Philly Brick Fest 2017 and prepare to be impressed.

It is cool to know that you can build a giant glowing city out of LEGO, but the phosphorescent creatures are the best, like the jellyfish and Cthulhu. In fact, that glowing Cthulhu is downright frightening.

The whole place looks like a LEGO factory after a nuclear meltdown. Everything is glow-some!

[via The Awesomer via Geekologie]

Glowing Constellation Dress Will Make You a Super Star

Posted on 23/03/2017 by Shane McGlaun

This is a very cool dress. It’s varying shades of blue and black and has stars all over it. In fact some of these stars make constellations. What makes it extra cool is that the constellations glow in the dark when the lights are off. It might be bright enough to keep you from getting run over at night, but I wouldn’t risk it. Maybe if you wore a hat with black lights on it, but only then.

It’s an above-the-knee dress, and made from 100% cotton with a zipper in the back and one of those keyholes that produces some really weird tan lines. In other words, you might want to be careful if you try and charge up the glowy bits by standing in the bright sun.

You can get the constellation dress over at ThinkGeek for $49.99.

This Hot Wheels Nightmare Is a Fever Dream

Posted on 14/02/2017 by Conner Flynn

The group at 5 Mad Movie Makers have created something truly stunning here. They captured POV footage of a Hot Wheels car racing through a magical world of colorful lights, glow sticks, and deadly fire. It is appropriately titled Hot Wheels Nightmare.

It is visually stunning to watch this car on its sometimes psychedelic journey through rings of light and fire. It is very reminiscent of moments from 2001: A Space Odyssey, only with Hot Wheels. Check it out:

There’s no telling where the track will go next. Filmed with a Sony VG30H and a GoPro Hero Session 4 mounted on a Bull Whip car. Built with Hot Wheels track, unit blocks, Tinkertoys, lighter fluid, kerosene, lamp wicks, wire, rain gutters, plastic garden edging, LED lights, and lasers.

[via Laughing Squid]

The Splashlight Squirt Gun Shoots Glow-in-the-dark Water

Posted on 13/10/2016 by Conner Flynn

SplashLight is the water gun leveled up. It shoots out glow-in-the-dark water that will leave your enemies looking like they have been slimed by a ghost.

You might be thinking that you need to mix up special ammo to arm it up with glowing water. Nope. It actually loads up with bioluminescent fuel that mixed with the water before it leaves the gun’s nozzle, thereby turning ordinary water into a glowing liquid that will make for some awesome looking nighttime squirt gun battles.

The bioluminescent fuel comes in pill form, which you just pop in a chamber. Each reload of the fuel lasts for 200 blasts, so you’ll go through a lot of them. It also works as a regular water gun if you run out, firing at targets up to 12 feet away.

The SplashLight is $24.95(USD), and includes two glowing fuel reloads. Additional two-packs go for $9.95, so this could get expensive depending on how much you use it.

[via Cool Things]

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VolleBak’s superior solar-charged glowing jacket gives you increased visibility

Solar System Glow-in-the-Dark Bottle Stoppers

Charge Your Phone and Light the Way with This Light-up Lightning Cable

Microsoft Outs New Glow-in-the-Dark Xbox One Controller

This Lightning Charging Cable Glows with the Flow

Glow-in-the-Dark Carbon Fiber Rings Is Modern Jewelry at Its Best

These Glow-in-the-Dark LEGO Builds will Blow Your Mind

Glowing Constellation Dress Will Make You a Super Star

This Hot Wheels Nightmare Is a Fever Dream

The Splashlight Squirt Gun Shoots Glow-in-the-dark Water

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