The simple form and function of a Zippo lighter has made it an incredibly iconic design. But it could soon be supplanted by Alessi if the Italian houseware manufacturer prices its new Sushi lighter to compete with the Zippo. That, or convince a Hollywood producer to have an action hero prominently use it in an upcoming blockbuster. Read More >>

Some men (and women!) just want to see the world burn. Others are content to focus more specifically on technology. Whichever one you are, if you've ever thought about chucking a misbehaving iPod into the incinerator, you're going to enjoy this. Read More >>

If you ever thought real life should be more like the video games we play, you're not alone. At the very least, you definitely have an awesome friend in Caleb Kraft, senior editor at Hack a Day. He made a real homemade version of the fire breathing piranha plant from Super Mario Bros. It's incredible. Read More >>

You might be surprised to learn that the photographs in Peter Hoffman's "Fox River Derivatives" series got their ethereal, psychedelic beauty from a fairly violent source. Those effluent purple bubbles are the result of a negative that's been doused in petrol and set ablaze. Read More >>

Inkjet printers are incredibly annoying, and if this one didn't print with fire there would be no making over the inkjet's image. But it does. It's called the FireWriter. Read More >>

Sure, it's easy to whip yourself up a old-school backyard fire-pit with a ring of rocks and whole lot of ugly. But wouldn't you rather have a portable, modular fireplace that looks ready to blast off to the stars? Who wouldn't? Read More >>

Those of use who know from experience can safely say there's nothing quite as much fun as a homemade rocket. But part of that fun is not getting your hands blown off. Nighthawkinlight has a fun, easy way you can get the best of both worlds, and "recycle" your old water bottles in a literal blaze of glory. Read More >>

The idea behind this video is pretty simple, it's a laser igniting black-flash paper to spark a fire inside a bottle. But the execution of it is just mesmerising  The Wicked Laser 100mW Spyder III Krypton burns through the paper in a pyro domino effect, and the flame just explodes inside the bottle. You get to see it broken down in slow motion too. Lasers. Fire. Slow motion. Always a good combination. [World Scott via Laughing Squid] Read More >>

Dirt, hairballs, crumbs, small children: Dyson vacuums can triumph over pretty much anything. But there's still that lingering question: what about flames? We all know that feeling when your living room rug spontaneously ignites in a blaze of hellfire right before company comes over. It's the worst. But fret not — YouTube user Photonvids has your solution. [Photonvids via BuzzFeed] Read More >>

RockS2V is working hard to build a name for itself when it comes to emergency survival gear. The company's Provision coat includes a built-in life-saving toolkit if you find yourself stranded somewhere remote, and its new Substratum boots feature a secret compartment inside designed to stash an emergency fire starting kit. Read More >>

Sometimes it's fun to challenge ourselves. I'm in Aspen covering the Winter X Games, so I've got ice on the brain. I've never made an ice luge before, but I started thinking, "How could I make one in my hotel room with basically no tools?" Read More >>

"Fire is cool," quoth Beavis, and yea verily, Butthead did agree. And, honestly, so do we. There's a little bit of a pyro in most of us, and a flaming drink is certainly a spectacle. That said, there's a right way, and a whole lot of wrong ways to do it. Here's the red hot skinny. Read More >>

If you ever want to re-live your childhood dream of being a firefighter, watch the video up above. The helmet cam footage comes from Scott Ziegler, a firefighter in Michigan, USA, and shows a year's worth of fires from 2012. It's freaking intense. Read More >>

You always want to keep a fire extinguisher handy, especially on your boat, but if you didn't and things start getting a little toasty, this is probably the best you can hope for. Despite all the nay-saying in the background, this speedy good Samaritan here managed to put out that fire quite well, and look like a badass doing it. What more could you ask for in a good deed? [Reddit] Read More >>

The best things in life are simple pleasures. Often they involve fire, and occasionally an RC car, flammable gas and/or slow motion. This one includes all of the above. While ostensibly done for some manner of "SCIENCE!" this little stunt seems to mostly be about looking pretty sweet and it pulls that off just fine. Could there be more context? Sure. Does there need to be? Nope. [Reddit] Read More >>