"A cursory search for 'volume level icon' seems to favour quiet-loud L-R over R-L..."

"Interesting, - on the left and + on the right makes perfect sense to me; I intuitively feel that volume goes from quiet to louder left to right, as with the L-R direction we read. Maybe I'm the one out of step here! The volume buttons on my tablet are laid out as you suggest, and they confuse me every time."

"While I appreciate his contributions to advances in tent manufacture etc, I call this one a miss. It's aesthetically unappealing (ymmv), and unless you pony up the extra 175 clams for the fly sheet, would you feel secure in this in windy weather? I'm out."

"Anyone care to enlighten me as to why being square would speed up boiling? I can't work that out at all. I mean, I quite like the thing in itself, but that sounds a bit like snake oil sales pitch to me..."

"Not even a mention of nurses' watches, which have been around for decades?They go for function over form, but IMHO are better than the dreadful faux-rugged aesthetic shown here."

"These are crazy. Wasteful, unnecessary, ostentatious, gimmicky and more. And the 15-year-old inside me is screaming "I want one!" at the top of his lungs. Clearly I'm never getting the jetpack I was promised the 21st century would bring me, but this would take the sting out of that loss."

"Never seen it done with a tin can (I hope they risk-assessed those sharp edges!), but have folded a paper one since I was v young: https://www.instructables.com/Circular-Paper-Airplane/"

"I'm baffled as to why this christmas-cracker junk is being given space here. It's not new, well-made, well-designed; is it an example of anti-design?"

"Only ships within the USA. Shame, I'd have had this right away for my design teaching. Surely a deck of cards doesn't seem like it would be hugely problematic to post abroad?"

"There's nothing new in these; the same idea was marketed in the 1970s as the 'Tufspin'https://backcataloguedotblog.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/tufspin-swivel-boots-theyre-revolutionary/They were a rarely-seen marketing flash in the pan back then, and given the revolving-door, new ideas marketing treadmill of giant sportswear companies and their shiny, 'visible technology', 'give us your money' marketing strategies I don't suppose these will last long either. Shame, as it seems like a valid idea to cut down on twisting injuries - especially on artificial turf with its grippier nature?"

"Agreed - the inner material of the 'cup' seems to be wood, not a great material for suction. It looks like a spacer/washer to stop the thin metal base being deformed by the screws used to fix it to whatever surface it goes on... I'm unconvinced of the accuracy of most of the speculative waffle in the video. I can't see much compelling evidence of its 'travel' credentials."

"This is all over the web right now, but still no actual video of anyone actually riding it. So is it just sculpture? Ornament?  If it's not rideable, what's the point - other than an exercise in sci-fi design aesthetic, what's it adding to the motorcycle world?"