“Op op op op, oppa Gangnam style.” I’ve just triggered an earworm in your head. You may now have the urge to crotch-dance in an elevator, make lasso motions with your arm and sing while sitting on the toilet. This is the fate of anybody who has witnessed Korean pop star Psy’s “Gangnam Style” music …

The Apple Pencil has gotten a fair amount of ribbing for its retro name, but it has also sparked some concern based on the awkward position it has to be in to charge. The Pencil is placed into the power port on the iPad Pro, and it just sticks out from there, open to the world and any passing person …

There’s a war going on in your home. Your cat sleeps 23 hours out of the day and then spends the remaining hour shredding your toilet paper until your bathroom looks like an origami crime scene. If you have a 3D printer, though, you can put an end to this little, furry reign of toilet terror. Johnny Lawrence, an engineer …

Most 3D-printed objects aren’t exactly cuddly. They tend to be made of hard plastic. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, however, can print model horses with braidable tails, troll heads with brushable hair and wizards with long, lush beards. The concept for 3D-printing hair was inspired by those tiny strands you get when you pull a hot-glue gun away from a …

Enlarge ImageTailTalk fits near your furry buddy’s buns. DogStar Life Dog language is different from human language. We like to think we understand what’s going on with our furry friends, but we don’t always get it right. That’s why DogStar Life is working on building TailTalk, a tail-mounted sensor intended to track your dog’s emotions based on tail movements. The …

If you have a smartwatch, you’ve probably seen it spend a lot of time with its charging system. Most of those wearables are meant to sit on your nightstand, recharging every night in order to have enough juice to the survive the day. Forget to charge it and you’ll have to deal with a dead watch. The Looksee Labs Eyecatcher …

Enlarge ImageThis “grenade” is really a survival kit. Surf City Paracord The braided paracord bracelet, a fashion favorite for survivalists and urbanites alike, makes it look like you’re prepared for anything. If the zombie apocalypse were to happen five minutes from now, you’d be able to lash together a shelter, catch a fish, snare a squirrel and create trip-wires with …

Enlarge ImageHold the moon in your hand. Tale Design It takes about 29.5 days for the lunar-phase cycle. That means we have to spend a whole month looking at the moon every night to see it go from new to full and back to new, leaving trails of varying crescents along the way. There’s a faster way to follow the …

Enlarge ImageThank you, dolphin. Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET If you drop your cell phone into a large body of water, you don’t have a lot of options. You can wave goodbye and look forward to a new phone. You can go after it, getting soaked in the process. Or you can have a smart dolphin go pick it up …

Enlarge ImageCompact wireless earbuds with a special charging trick. Pugz Pugz earbuds draw your attention with this claim on Kickstarter: “Pugz-World’s smallest wireless earbuds charged through phone.” The Kickstarter promo video features a couple of guys in pug dog masks explaining why current wireless earbud options suck and how Pugz will make it all better. It’s pretty compelling when you …