Its a bit hectic here, and there is snow falling (but not sticking….yet) so we are going to keep this short with a couple of nifty science videos:
First, a demo of the Photoelectric effect (props to Terry Price for pointing this one out):
and our own Homopolar Motor!
Enjoy!
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Spectrum has recently added TimberKits to our product line. These are impressive wooden models that move at the turn of a crank:
This is the drummer kit, perhaps one of the most impressive, but hardly the only model. Spectrum also carries the Dragon, the T-Rex (or TimberSaur) and Ocean Motion.
You do the model assembly yourself, […]
OK, we admit it, we tried to make out own version of this: The set of 216 magnets known most popularly as BuckyBalls.
There was nothing wrong with our version, but when we go a much better offer to carry the BuckyBalls we decided to go ahead with it from now on. There were several […]
Normally prisms need to be solid in order to properly break up light into a rainbow. A single sheet of glass or other transparent material is not enough to separate sunlight into its component colors. But working with huge chunks of transparent material can be tricky and expensive: The materials cost, the polishing of surfaces, […]
You’ve read the blog post introducing the new “Gaussian Gun” Kit Spectrum Scientifics offers. Now see the video of it in action! Have a look:
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Here’s is Spectrum’s first made-in-house product: The Spectrum Gaussian Gun kit! Four steel balls sit on a track touching a magnet, another ball slowly rolls in on the opposite side of the magnet and gently hits it, which amazingly sends last ball on the other side shooting off at surprising speed!
Like a high-power magnetic version […]
The Never-fall wind-up UFO looks like a simple wind up toy that you might see anywhere, but it actually has a little secret: It won’t fall off the edge of a table!
This is a nifty feature in a toy that costs just $3.49! The secret to this little toy is….well OK, we admit it we […]
Meet ‘Tim‘, sometimes known as TimBird. He is from France!
Tim is what is known as an Ornithopter. This is a flying machine that gets its lift not with airfoils, but by flapping its wings like an actual bird!
The idea of an Ornithopter was first sketched out by Leonardo da Vinci circa 1488. His design was […]
About 10 years ago, green laser pointers first appeared on the market. At the time, Red laser pointers had already hit rock bottom and had actually started to rise again. You could get a red laser pointer for under $10 without searching very hard (you still can!.
At that time, the very first Green Laser […]
One item Spectrum has had in its inventory since it opened its doors is the 40 Rocket Balloons and Pump kit. We didn’t think too much of it at the time; it was a neat idea and a decent price.
But after a while we noticed that we seemed to keep running out of this item. […]
