This Saturday, Spectrum Scientifics is proud to be helping sponsor the Philadelphia BEST/Secondary Robotics Initiative as they hold their “Just Plane Crazy” competition held in the Philadelphia High School of the Future. Student groups will compete with their robot projects for cash prizes awarded for Best Team, Best Coach, etc. These are the young engineers […]
Insects are probably one of the more fascinating parts of everyday life. Kids, especially younger kids, often can’t get enough of them. Even folks with no interest in other fields of science can find insects to be gorgeous in appearance or in behavior.
At Spectrum, we have several products for the bug-lovers in our lives. […]
So it turns out that peeling up ordinary Scotch tape in a vacuum chamber produces X-Rays!.
This, we must admit, comes under the ‘did not expect this’ area of science.
Its not just an oddball property, either, it may result in a low cost method of producing X-rays for research. Time will tell.
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When customers come into out store to look at binoculars they like to give them a test by looking through them. As might be expected many of our customers wear eyeglasses and ask ’should I take them off’ just before they put them up to their eyes.
The answer is a resounding ‘It depends’.
It depends on […]
Recently Spectrum Scientifics added a small brass sextant to its product line. Sextants have always been fascinating instruments, even in the age of Global Positioning Satellite systems and hordes of other electronic navigation systems there is something almost ‘pure’ about the idea of navigating with just a small, mechanical instrument and the stars.
The operation […]
The world of science toys and even regular toys is filled with construction toys. Most of them are a dime-a-dozen. Usually some variation on another construcion toy, or with some gimmick like using pennies or magnets. The results have not impress us much.
Uberstix is different.
Uberstix is a basic construction toy that goes back to the […]
Take a look at the front of any pair of binoculars, refractor telescope, or even most sets of eyeglasses and you might notice that they often have a blue, green, or even purplish tint to them. This is a sign of an Optical Coating.
Optical coatings have vastly improved the quality of optics over the past […]
As you plan for your Halloween party you should consider getting some real unique items from Spectrum Scientifics to spice up the party! Consider these products to add fun to the party!
Brain Gelatin Mold
This Brain Gelatin Mold will let you make a life-size ‘Brain’ out of gelatin or similar food. Includes a recipe for getting […]
This is primarily of interest to people in the Philadelphia area.This evening the Chemical Heritage Foundation is having a Grand Opening for its new exhibit galleries and the permanent exhibit: Making Modernity. In addition the first of a series of changing installations Molecules That Matter will also be premiering.
Doors to the new exhibit open at […]
