Birthday gifts

Bored at the office, restless hand at coffee or tea time, or just feeling a bit nostalgic? No problem, that's what the getDigital Brick Mug is for....

Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured numerous stunning images from faraway parts of space: striking comets, undiscover...

Anyone who enjoys classic role-playing games knows how dependent you can sometimes feel on the luck of the dice. But you are not completely at the ...

If the Transformation lessons don't work out right and you don't happen to be an Animagus, there's basically only one way for a young wizard to tra...

Once you leave the EU or the Schengen area, you'll need a proper passport sooner rather than later. After all, national identity cards are generall...

As we all know, Schrödinger's cat is both dead and alive at the same time, at least as long you don't look in the box ;). Our Schrödinger's Cat Plu...

As Muggles, we have to do without some comforts. Although we have been able to compensate for many things with our technology, our lack of magic st...

Battles make you thirsty, even if they are only fought with cards. To maintain concentration and not get dehydrated during an important game, it ma...

Every adventure needs a spectacular escape, an exciting chase, or a dangerous hike through unknown lands – or maybe all three of them. But this is ...

Imagine the following situation: You’re on the steering lever of a train trolley that is rapidly racing down a set of train tracks. As you are appr...

In the mid-nineties, a dream came true and, thanks to graphic boards, virtual food looks a lot better and more tasty now! But it doesn't matte...

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...

Pluto isn't just chronically lonely - far away from the sun, the Earth, and the other celestial bodies of our solar system - the poor orb has even ...

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...

Summer means sun, beach, ice cream and balmy summer nights when the stars twinkle in the sky. With a bit of luck, we might even see a shooting star...

In 1958, the invention of instant ramen ushered in a new era of fast food: Hot water on top, wait, done! Nowadays, ramen is very popular all over t...

Depending on the particular area of the nerd and geek subculture, it can be hard to express one's hobbies in everyday life. Sure, fans of natural s...

This lamp brings together what belongs together: the iconic geometric lamp shape of the lava lamp, known to most kids from the 70s and 90s, and the...

No matter how great the graphics of today's games are, they will never be able to beat the nostalgia factor of their ancient predecessors. For many...

The best thing about the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM), the benign deity of the Pastafarians, is the fact that – unlike some other deities – it do...

As we all know, Hobbits like to celebrate every single thing you could imagine: eleventy-first birthdays, exceptionally good second breakfasts and ...

Imagine running, jumping and diving through hazardous levels while malicious turtles and devious mushrooms have it in for you. And now imagine the ...

Fed up with uneven, asymmetrical, randomly sliced pizzas? We are! You know what we mean, right? Short and wide, long and narrow slices? Grrrr... Th...

Sometimes it's the smallest, most inconspicuous things that have a big impact on our lives – like those little bags for keeping electronics, leathe...

The endless universe still awaits us? The moon is still the only celestial body we humans have set foot on, and even Mars will remain unexplored fo...

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

The kitchen can be a dangerous place - you handle acid, sharp blades and high heat and trigger chemical reactions. There should be a lot more warni...

If you’ve ever played a pen-and-paper RPG or a good fantasy video game, you’ll have developed a healthy distrust of chests. Because it’s impossible...

Remember back when you had a coin bank or a jar full of change? After all, comics had to be bought, snacks had to be purchased and the newest video...

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...

Of all the technological advancements shown in Star Trek, the transporter would without a doubt be most practical to have. Sure, phasers, replicato...

Only one egg is left on the breakfast table. You look to your left ... You look to your right. Your family is fixating their greedy eyes on the per...

Puzzles are fun, there’s no doubt about it. Especially the more challenging ones that make you look proudly at the finished image you put together ...

Patience is a virtue, they say. But they never tell you how to become patient and achieve a state of absolute relaxation. So it looks like we've go...

For some viewers of the Netflix series "Stranger Things", VHS tapes and the 80s are probably just as unreal as the parallel world into which Will d...