Flexible Articulated 3D-Printed Fidget Slugs

Anxiety: we all experience it. And what better way to help alleviate that feeling than with a 3D-printed, articulated fidget slug? I can’t think of anything. Granted, I’m not trying to think of anything, but I have to save my brainpower for more important things like what’s for lunch. Available from Etsy shop Nates3DPrintedGifts, these slugs are sure to be the next slap bracelets or Tamagotchi, you just watch.

Nate, who sells the slugs but didn’t design them (available to print yourself for free at Thingiverse HERE), prints them in eleven different colors (including rainbow!), and four sizes (4″, 5″, 6″, 7″), ranging in price from $13 – $27 with free shipping included. That doesn’t sound like a bad deal. Granted, I’ve never shopped for 3D-printed fidget slugs before, so I don’t really have any basis for comparison.

Well, I know what all my nieces and nephews are getting for Christmas this year. 3D printed slugs, just to be clear. Apparently, I still have some making up to do for last year since the 63-piece Craftsman tool sets didn’t go over all that well. Still, they’ll be thanking me years from now when they’re moving into their own places. Maybe then I’ll finally earn that Uncle Of The Year award I’ve been chasing.

The Loved One Launcher: An Ash-Spreading Cremation Cannon

Because who doesn’t want to go out with a bang, Cremation Solutions has developed the Loved One Launcher – a hand cannon designed for spreading the ashes of a deceased loved one like they’re confetti at a New Year’s party. Honestly, I can think of worse ways to go. Not very many, mind you, but a few.

The $375 cannon is powered by two C02 cartridges and can launch ashes up to 75-feet in the air, perfect for raining back down on everyone in attendance, leaving them all to try to brush the remains of crazy Uncle Karl off their shoulders in a panic. It’s perfect.

But let’s say you don’t have any ashes to spread at the moment – can the Loved One Launcher be repurposed as a t-shirt cannon? I’m asking for a funeral parlor/half-time show company I’m thinking about starting. I’ve already got the giant skeleton mascot costume.

[via BoingBoing]