Normally we would say that weaponry and drinks don’t mix but there are those unforeseen events in which you might feel the need to call in the heavy artillery. For refreshment aficionados looking to add an arctic blast to their mixed drink but prefer the novel or militaristic approach over cold cubes, there’s now the AK Ice Tray. Fill your glass with 12 rounds of beverage piercing bullets that will turn your cocktail into a chilly, yet dangerous delight.

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I’m having trouble finding the words to show my excitement over Finnish Product Designer Hafsteinn Juliusson’s inventiveness. I’m more or less in awe of two of his latest prototype creations. First, his growing jewelry gives new meaning to the term “green thumb”. By putting nature quite literally in your own hands, you can cultivate an entire mini-ecosystem on your bling! Sweet! Meanwhile, the Napbook comfortably answers the common quandary of whether or not you should carry both your laptop and a pillow around with you at all times. The answer, both! We recommend checking out Juliusson’s unique brand of Finnish ingenuity on his website to at least tide you over until his products hit the shelves.

The slot car craze may have fizzled out 40 years ago, but The World’s Greatest Shelby Slot Car Racetrack might just get people excited again. This isn’t the same cheap track you had when you were ten. Ohhh no, this studio apartment sized monster has 64 feet of twisting, turning, looping, drooping, swooping, spiraling plastic track. To top it off, the cars are precise replicas of the 1964 24-Hours-of-Le-Mans winning Shelby Daytona Coupe. This bad boy will make a great centerpiece for any room or office. Plus, with the price of fuel these days, this is the only way you’ll be able to economically race your buddies.

Available December 1st at Restoration Hardware

Even if you feel like you lost Indiana Jones forever that fateful day this summer when you wasted $10 on Kingdom of The Crystal Skull, you probably still long to participate in archaelogical adventures inspired by your favorite onscreen professor. Well, there’s still plenty of artifacts out there waiting to be found. Among them is your very own Indy hat, a necessity for anyone on their first or last crusade. Luckily, if you live in New York, San Francisco, L.A., or Chicago, you might just happen upon one of 800 fedoras. An anonymous group has planted them in random nooks and crannies of the four cities for anyone to pick up. Just think, you could be that close to becoming your own version of Indy and carrying on the tradition as you please. We should note these hats belong on your head and not in a museum.

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Just about everything seems ripe for a makeover these days. There are reality shows that’ll revamp anything from your wardrobe to your aspirations. And even though Pimp My Ride has been unnecessarily adding XBoxes and juicers into Geo Metro’s for quite some time now, we’ve never seen them transform an environmentally exceptionable vehicle into one into one that induces the envy of the insecure (if you know what we mean). No one’s thought to make your favorite Smart Car into your favorite fast one … until now. We stumbled upon these Smart Cars with sportscar shells that turn your eco-friendly auto into something that resembles a race-ready roadster in the form of a Ferrari, Porsche or Lamborghini. Unfortunately, as far as we can tell, you won’t be turning your hybrid into a hot ride anytime soon, as these babies were cleverly photoshopped to raise our expectations and then crush them.

Add “music industry distruptor” to the ever-growing list of new media job functions. Bay Area entrepreneurship group Women 2.0 will be talking about the industry’s struggle to monetize with a few start-up founders who, instead of poking fun at big labels’ inability to catch up with digital music sales, have started their own alternative music distribution businesses.  Consider it recession-era innovation. The panel “Music makers and technology shakers” this Wednesday at Slide in San Francisco will include Pim Betist, the founder of independent artist fundraising site SellaBand and Celia Hirschman from KCRW’s music commentary show On the Beat. In the spirit of equal access, all genders are welcome.