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March 10th, 2009

Meade mySky makes stargazing easy and fun

Mead mySky Plus handheld starfinder
Amateur and hobbyist astronomers will love this cool gizmo which helps you locate stars, find constellations, and even controls your normal telescope for more detailed viewing.
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September 13th, 2008

Personal Handheld Planetarium

The SkyScout personal planetarium

If you've ever stared into the night sky wondering and dream of all that's out there, you probably also enjoy trips to the local planetarium where they point-out the constellations and various features in the sky. Now, you can take the planetarium with you in this cool hand-held gizmo!
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December 5th, 2007

Personal planetarium

Celestron SkyScout
This super-cool hand-held gizmo lets you navigate the night sky with ease as you locate constellations and other points of interest.
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May 19th, 2007

Hydrodynamic nerd’s Lego set

The hydrodynamic experimentation set
Hot off the ThinkGeek newsletter, we find this construction set that lets you perform hydrodynamic experiments. Translation: you get to play with water!
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May 14th, 2007

Grow your own frogs

Grow a frog kit
I guess that ant farms are pretty standard fare for young kids, so what can you grow and observe if your kid (or you!) wants something different? You can always try growing some frogs!
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January 11th, 2007

Learn about electronics and microcontrollers

Learn it yourself microcontroller experimenter's kit
So many of our electronic gizmos are designed using microprocessors and microcontrollers these days that we take the tiny things for granted. To the non electronic enthusiast/engineer, these little black "computer chips" can appear mysterious and bewildering, but this learning kits wants to change that.
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