NEWS – This book is a pop-up book like I’ve never seen before.  Instead of pop-up pictures to illustrate a story, these pop-ups are tools.  The title, This Book is a Planetarium: And Other Extraordinary Pop-Up Contraptions, gives you a clue to one of the tools.

There’s a page that pops up into a dome that can project star patterns onto your wall.  Another page provides a perpetual calendar, and another is a working speaker for your mobile device.

There are a total of six pages with gadgets.  The other three are: a decoder ring, a spiralgraph, and a “musical instrument that produces sound when something physical vibrates the air surrounding it – whether that object is a string, vocal chords, or a speaker.” This Book is a Planetarium: And Other Extraordinary Pop-Up Contraptions is $33.79 at Amazon.

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This book is a planetarium, a decoder ring, a speaker, a perpetual calendar … originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on December 29, 2018 at 8:23 am.

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The Nookmark Bookmark is described as a reinvention of a traditional bookmark, but I’m not sure how they went from a piece of paper slipped between the pages of a book to this wooden triangular support.  The Nookmark “follows the shape of an open book”, and you lay an open book over the apex of the triangle to mark your place.

According to reviews on Amazon, this method prevents your book from getting something placed on it on the nightstand.  Another suggested use is to place the Nookmark on a coffee table to display an attractive book as part of the decor.

The Nookmark has an opening in the center that’s perfect for storing your reading glasses or a phone.  The stand is made of high-quality, rapidly-renewable bamboo with a clear coating.

For each Nookmark purchased, one dollar will be donated to United Through Reading, which connects military families facing physical separation by facilitating the bonding experience of reading aloud together.  You can purchase a Nookmark Bookmark for $38 at Amazon.

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Nookmark – for when a normal bookmark just won’t do originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on March 28, 2018 at 9:00 am.

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