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Gizmos and gadgets for all ages with a bent for science and technology, selected for quality by ex-NASA/Hubble staff • Competitive prices • Secure payments • FREE shipping on orders over £75 • Worldwide shipping • Same/next business day despatch by Royal Mail • For friendly, helpful service email or call 01981 252 962 (9:00 - 12:30, 1:30 - 4:30)

These gadgets combine a dollop of science with a barrel-load of fun, and while they are usually suitable for children, adults can play too! If you like the idea of influencing something purely by brain-power - try the Star Wars Force Trainer. We were a bit suspicious of this when we first heard about it - maybe the thing randomly decides to send the ball up or down? But after some practice, you find that its your choice, not the machine's. If that's more than your budget for nifty but otherwise useless gadgets, how about the Zero Launcher? This toy creates vortex rings - just like smoke rings, only not made of smoke. Buy 2 and send the rings into or through each other!

The most versatile is probably the Green Laser - not only can you use it as a cool pointer for things near or far, but you can also use it to perform several neat experiments or tricks:

• Diffraction grating - shine laser beam through grating (or onto the shiny side of a CD or DVD) to split it into several beams...
• Solar Radiometer - shine laser beam onto black surface of vane to speed up rotation
• Zero Launcher - shine laser beam through the fog
• Mirage Hologram - shine laser beam onto piglet - what will happen? You know the piglet isn't really there, yet the beam illuminates it!
• Mineral Study Kit - shine the laser beam into the translucent crystals to make them glow (like Superman's Kryptonite!)