Neat!

[the_masked_squiggy]

Okay, you know those laser-etched crystals...where they use a variation on rapid-prototyping to etch the inside of a polymer cube? Someone started putting starmaps in them...and M13, and an approximation of the Milky Way, among other things.<br /><br />http://www.bathsheba.com/crystal/<br /><br />Spent like an hour goggling over them yesterday

 

[bonzelite]

those are pretty cool. <br />

 

[CalliArcale]

Hey, now I'm gonna waste time there too. How dare you post such an interesting and cool link. <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /><br /><br />(Actually, I think that'll solve some of my Christmas present dilemmas!) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[eosophobiac]

Those are very cool! And they'd make very unique and unusual gifts! <br /><br />*wonders of husband will read the link provided to him* <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p> </p> </div>