Holiday Gifts 2009

Still don't know what to get for the geek who seems to have everything?

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Holiday Gifts 2009

 

present

 

From a digital concert grand piano to a high-tech yo-yo, from a build-it-yourself Theremin to a crystal radio kit, we have a holiday gift for every age and budget.

 

grand piano

 The Hundred-Grand Grand
The Yamaha Avant­Grand digital piano packs a concert piano experience into an upright's size and price
 

build it

 HANDS ON
If You Build It, Santa Will Come
Kits for building musical pencils, Theremins, crystal radios, and shortwave radios with your kids
 

yo-yo

 A New Spin on An Old Toy
The humble yo-yo gets a high-tech makeover
 

hydropower

 HANDS ON
Dam It!
A new science kit brings hydropower to the playroom
 

robogolf

 Robogolf
You don't have to putt like Tiger Woods to practice like him
    
WEB-ONLY REVIEWS
 

cimio

 MUSIC
Catch Scratch Fever
Digital DJs no longer lug dozens of vinyl discs to their gigs. Plus: How to get started DJing
 

t-minus

 BOOKS
T-Minus: The Race to the Moon
A behind-the-scenes look at the engineers and scientists who made the U.S./USSR space race happen
 

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