I have a feeling Star Showers doesn’t look nearly as neat in person, but the picture sure looks pretty.

Star Showers is not a timing mechanism, but an amazing conversation piece that captures all the majesty and wonder of a shower of falling stars trapped in time. A simple flip of the hand blown glass chamber generates a cascade of thousands of phosphor coated glass beads that glow brightly as they are charged with static electric current.

The Discovery Scope 25X Microscope/Viewer is something I could see myself taking on hikes, fishing trips, into the garden… The question is, which would be more handy? This Scope or the USB Microscope?

Compact, portable hand-held 25X widefield microscope fits snugly in a pocket or hooks onto a belt.

Two 1″ x 2″ x 3/4″ acrylic see-through containers serve as viewing chambers for pond water or larger live specimens. Needs only natural lighting for illumination.

By the way, the Portable Cactus should be here next Wednesday. When it arrives, I’ll post pictures.