(If there’s another thing I learned from reading Popular Mechanics as a kid, it’s that it’s actually quite possible to build a flying car, people have been doing it since the ‘40s, but they’re inevitably worse cars than dedicated cars, worse planes than dedicated planes, and cost more than one of each put together.)

I’m reading this article on weird tie-in merchandise, and the Thor barbell/alarm clock makes me think … a barbell alarm clock with some sort of internal gyroscope and accelerometer that wouldn’t turn off until you did a certain number of reps would be a pretty cool invention.

I’m not worried about you ripping off my idea, go ahead. If there’s one thing I learned from reading Popular Mechanics as a kid it’s that every ridiculous idea for an alarm clock was already patented by 1953 at the latest and no one wants to buy them anyway.