Now here is a versatile bit of solar education fun, its the 6-in-1 solar kit!
The kit comes with a solar panel and motorized gear box. As well has many parts to build 6 different solar powered models. You can build this propeller driven boat:
Or this nifty solar-powered car:
The popular propeller driven puppy!
Or the model we […]
Sun Photography? Cyanotypes? Sure we are familiar with them. After all we have carried Solar Photography kits pretty much ever since we opened! heck we have even done blog posts about them and they have been a consistent best-seller since we opened!
So why on Earth would we get excited about another Solar Photography kit…this time […]
Just minutes before this writing, the Solar Dynamics Observatory, also known as the SDO was launched and separated. This little space observatory will be examining our sun, especially its magnetic field to help understand how it affects our planet (and others in the solar system).
You can learn more about SDO and its mission at […]
….if you are on the opposite side if the world from where this is being written.
That right, if you haven’t heard there is a total eclipse taking place this evening at 8:50 EDT. Sadly for us, it is visible in India, China, and other nearby nations.
So for the rest of us, no Eclipse for […]
In the display windows of our store, about 1/2 dozen of these little guys sit whirling away in the sunlight:
These Radiometers, sometimes known as Crookes Radiometers are fascinating little toys, but most folks have at best a vague idea of how they work. Here’s a quick description: The Vanes in the Radiometer are black on […]
Tomorrow, March 20th, 2009 is Sun-Earth Day. Started in 200, it was a date set to popularize knowledge about the Sun. This year, as part of the International year of Astronomy NASA will have a podcast at 1PM on March 2oth discussing daytime astronomy, recent satellite work with the sun, and much more. You can […]
Sunprint Kits are perhaps the most popular items in the store. Its not surprising. The concept is simple and fun for both adults and children.
How it works is this: You take an object, like a leaf or a key. You place it on top of the photographic paper and under a sheet of acetate. […]
This may be a little old, but Nanosolar announced a solar panel printer that reduces costs of solar panels to incredibly low levels. Wheras cost per watt of solar panelling normally would cost about $5 to $10 per Watt, these new panels deliver for about $0.30 per Watt. Of course, that requires the setup of […]
