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Of all the worlds man has created, that of books is the most powerful. - Heinrich HeineAnyone who loves books will understand and probably agree w...

How great would it be to have a true-to-scale model of an X-wing? Or of an AT-AT? Or of Darth Vader's TIE fighter? And made of a long-lasting mater...

One thing is present in virtually every action movie, zombie game or gangster series: the good, old pumpgun! The satisfying click clack upon reload...

Don't we all dream of constructing our own robot? Unfortunately, pretty much anything beyond a fighting machine designed for Robot Wars can be pret...

While electronics certainly is a complex and fascinating field, many newcomers are put off by the sheer amount of complex information out there. Wh...

It’s no secret that space is a vacuum. Not a sound can be heard in it. Still, the heavenly bodies and music go together wonderfully. Just something...

What the heck is this?Good question! This is the ultimate illustration of the pointlessness of man's existence. Yes, that's what it is. T...

Want some Star Trek model ships made by your own clever hands...?All you need for a new spaceship are your own fingers, plus either small pliers or...

As we all know, Deadpool is often really careless in battle due to his speed-healing powers. But even a sarcastic pighead such as him has to realis...

Battery-powered clocks are definitely easier to use and more convenient in everyday life compared to their mechanical counterparts. However, automa...

In the list of the most famous vehicles from movies and TV series, the DeLorean from the amazing “Back to the Future” movies is bound to rank prett...

We're living in a time where everybody can take photos with their phone! But people don't care about framing, focusing and lighting the p...

As a doctor, you have to get to different places as quickly as possible in order to care for wounds, bandage limbs and give some bad guys a good th...

If you still think of colourful plastic slides when you hear the word “marble run”, you're not necessarily wrong – but you're not quite right eithe...

Although it is certainly the most popular and iconic spaceship in the entire Star Wars universe, don’t think too much about the way the Millennium ...

In recent decades, technology has changed faster than ever before. Sometimes our still stone-age brains just can't keep up. Who doesn't know the fe...

We associate cannons inevitably with castles and knights, don’t we? Although, they looked a little different from this model back then. The first t...

The invention of the telescope was quite the groundbreaker in human history. Actually invented by the Dutch optician Hans Lipperhey in 1608, it was...

What’s the one thing that stereotypical Donut Cops, Clint Eastwood and cowboys have in common? Exactly, they all carry around revolvers! According ...

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.George Bernard ShawWho would know that better than the gamers among ...

This Metal Earth Craft Kit space line contains 11 building kits of particularly fine achievements in engineering technology, including:[[Mars Rover...

The Zometool construction system is used for the recreation and visualisation of structures from chemistry, biology and physics. It is suitable for...

As fans of the indomitable Gauls, we don’t usually credit the Romans with much martial skill. And in fact, much of their knowledge originally came ...

Egyptian pyramids, burial places of powerful pharaohs of the various dynasties, have fascinated people for thousands of years. Still today, researc...

Even though our smartphones allow us to have access to a digital calendar basically 24/7, a “real” calendar on the desk or the wall still looks bet...

No matter whether it’s just a “simple” manufacturing unit or an interplanetary killer android from a science fiction movie, robots are cool. That’s...

If you only associate origami with small cranes, you’ve probably never heard of the "bug wars" that took place in the 1960s. Several folding profes...

In the Star Wars saga, there are several technically gifted hobbyists. Both Anakin and Luke are very successful at tinkering with droids or podrace...