The holiday season is winding down, and at Spectrum we are looking forward to the start of the new year. Especially because 2009 is the International Year of Astronomy.
Loosely based some 400 years after Galileo made his own version of the first telescope (which we’ve blogged about being invented in 1608. Galileo was, as we […]
We’re a little overwhelmed with customers and other last-minute gift work to do a full post today, and Thursday is Xmas. So we will leave you with a wish for Happy Holidays and you get the science stuff you asked for!
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We’ve written about Giant Microbes before, but this time they have come out with something a bit more special. They have produced GIGANTIC Giant Microbes.
First, some pics!
Spectrum has added Gigantic Brain Cell, Gigantic Common Cold, Gigantic E. Coli, Gigantic Heartworm, andGigantic Penicillin.
These items are going to be scarce for a short while until production fully […]
You probably heard about last month’s space mishap where an astronaut ‘lost’ a toolbag while working on the International Space Station. Strictly speaking, its not ‘lost’, we know exactly where it is. Its just that nobody can get to it.
What is really interesting is that here on Earth people can actually view the toolbag with […]
We’ve got some new Giant Microbes in stock. Just released for 12/08
First up is the killer white powder that nobody wants to get in the mail: Anthrax!
There’s good bacteria in your intestines, and bad bacteria in your intestines. C. Diff. or Colostrum Difficile isn’t one of the good ones.
Finally, the virus scare that isn’t just […]
Its about this time of year that that the fine Constellation of Orion rises early enough that it can be viewed without having to stay up too late.
Orion is a favorite at Spectrum Scientifics for two reasons:
1) It is a feature-filled constellation that can actually be seen easily on a clear night, even in […]
Spectrum recently added several ‘Thinking Putty’s to our product line, the most unusual of which was the ‘Strange Attractor Magnetic Putty’.
This acts like the other putties, but it has bit of iron ore mixed in with the putty. Normally the poles of this iron bits are scattered and the putty is not magnetic. But […]
It’s time for Part 2 of our Holiday gift ideas series! We’ll start off with a bit of nerdy toy:
zPix 200 1.3 Megapixel Digital Microscope
Here’s a great bit of fun! An affordable high-resolution digital microscope! The zPix allows you to put highly magnified images up on your computer screen with 1.3 Megapixel resolution. You can […]
