Best geographic globes according to redditors
We found 95 Reddit comments discussing the best geographic globes. We ranked the 55 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 95 Reddit comments discussing the best geographic globes. We ranked the 55 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
you can get a floating rotating globe on Amazon for almost 1/10th the price at your door in two days!
I mean the quality probably isn't as nice, but it's something. Something in stock!
You completely fucked up the link. Here it is for anyone wondering.
Wanna fork out 280 for it
6" Jupiter MOVA Globe https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K5V8UME/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_tCGCCbXF4RB4B
US version...
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008Y48DYY/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apa_i_hRHHDbNPNXSNH
For people who want to buy it:
I got it from the German amazon.com (I’m from the Netherlands).
I don’t know if it’s on the US Amazon.com
Link:
https://www.amazon.de/6-Jupiter-MOVA-Globe-Mova/dp/B00K5V8UME
I got curious about that Jupiter globe and this shit is expensive but looks cool: http://www.amazon.com/Mova-MG-45-JUPITER-Jupiter-MOVA-Globe/dp/B008Y48DYY
You could try the Mova mars globe that slowly spins on its own by solar power.
Their globe of earth with clouds on it is actually pretty cool.
Here's a amazon link.
How old is he? 15 year old me would have liked it. 25 year old me would have been okay with it. 35 year old me would rather have something like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008Y54G5I/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awd_x_lOM7xbGH6JP1Q
They used to sell them on ThinkGeek, I got one a few years ago. They also sell them on Amazon , or the company’s website
I'm a shill for Amazon even if they aren't actually paying me. There are a few globes up you could crack open and re-use the magnet for ~$20. Here's one:
https://www.amazon.com/Aukee-Magnetic-Levitation-Floating-Decoration/dp/B074GM91PL/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=levitating+globe&qid=1557013004&s=gateway&sr=8-4
edit: one caveat is that this version may require top and bottom magnets and may be more sensitive to weight and limits size. YMMV
2nd edit: If you don't already have a moon stl this guy seems to have a lot of possible options for size and whatnot
Some can
Here
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017VL0D2K/
They run $20-$30 compared to the pads, which are newer tech and cost usually ~$60 like OP mentioned.
It's much easier to stabilize an object between two opposed electromagnets above and below, than it is to stabilize it away from electromagnets only below it. Doesn't look quite as cool tho.
So I think it this
10 left here.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008Y48DYY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_aJtyybNAF84GC
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Too-bloody-expensive/dp/B008Y48DYY
https://www.amazon.com/Still-bloody-expensive/dp/B008Y48DYY/
MOVA Globes
[Idk this looks pretty much the same] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078N2TLSJ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_9EzWAb8PEAHXA)
Smile link
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B008Y48DYY/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apa_i_hRHHDbNPNXSNH
Magnetic Levitation display.
https://www.amazon.com/woodlev-Magnetic-Levitation-Levitron-Floating/dp/B018M8EL0Q
https://www.amazon.com/Mova-MG-45-JUPITER-Jupiter-MOVA-Globe/dp/B008Y48DYY
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GZJX2Y5/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_MXHnDbN970PAE
Ordered this one for her. Thanks for the encouragement, I guess that’s what it was. My plan is to just drop it off with an anonymous note since the won’t be back in school for 2 weeks and I’ll be done working here tomorrow.
Levetron?
https://www.amazon.com/Mova-MG-45-JUPITER-Jupiter-MOVA-Globe/dp/B008Y48DYY
Yep, here’s a link with a pic: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074GM91PL/ref=dp_cerb_1
Kind of looks like a floating globe base
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00NF4TTTG
Hello :-)
A while ago I looked into cheap projectors for a tiny in-class dome. The reviews are usually not that great.
The somewhat decent home-use ones (Sega Homestar, Pro Home Planetarium) already cost over $100 and are often also just rather simple disc projectors. :-(
The cheaper ones are often just pinhole projectors or have very simple projection discs & optics. And they often just project a random starfield without any actual constellations.
A cheap used projector or one of those "pocket projectors" for under $50, and a small computer (rPi, hdmi android stick) with Stellarium might even be a better choice.
Sadly the cheap projectors have a low native resolution usually 800x480 at best, some just640x480 or even 320x240. And they output only a few hundred lumen, meaning the room has to be completely dark. Some can't project larger than ~70". A few projectors with a bit more resolution, e.g. 800x600 exist. The cheap $30-$40 ones usually have 320x240 and 80-100 lumen or so.
What type of projection are you looking for? (small room... realistically moving constellation/stars)
Just to put it out there: How about a google cardboard viewer (e.g. one of the better plastic ones for $20 or so) and a last-gen smartphone with an app like Solar System VR, Cardboard Space, VR Planetarium, Startracker VR or VR/3D videos?
Does she have a telescope or binoculars? That could be another option (refurbished Skyscanner 100, Celestron Cometron binoculars, and a book such as "Turn left at Orion" or similar).
The Mova planet globes are also nice gifts but usually >$100. Maglev planets are nice too 1 2.
An Orrery is also very nice 1 2.
Darn, there are so many pretty things 1 2 that cost so much :-) Sorry for the link spam.
Clear skies!
It's a novelty that's been around for a while. Looks like these guys took this and threw a speaker in it. The only difference is theirs is going to be less convenient as the 'orb' will most certainly need to be recharged while normal bluetooth speakers can just plug in to the wall.
Novelties are hit and miss. And even if you get a hit, there's never a long term return.
If you're determined to dive into this, then establish a market and keep margins high. You don't want to be that guy with 10,000 levitating lamps he couldn't sell, collecting dust in storage.
I found the same Globe cheaper on Amazon for $17.45 instead of $35
Edu-Toys EDU36899A Desktop Political Globe, 11-Inch https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A7TSXWG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_0uieAbKR2NX7W
This floating globe.
Here's one. Search for "satellite view globe" and there seem to be a couple similar to that one.
*edit: just realized this is teeny, so maybe not what you wanted.
Does this look flat to you?
They're $25 w/o shipping on amazon
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078N2TLSJ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_9EzWAb8PEAHXA
The majority of your statements are false. First, remember that nobody claimed that the big bang definitely happened. Even those physicists who support that theory will tell you that we have proven very little about the origins of the universe. There is even a credible theory that the universe has no beginning at all! and just because we cannot rule out the possibility that time started with the big bang does not by any means make physics "quackery". Remember, the conventional "dimensions" of height, width, depth, time is a very simple way to think of the universe. Modern predictions of the number of existing dimensions ranges anywhere from 7 to 26(bosonic string theory)!
If the universe does have a beginning, we certainly do not "know" that time existed before it. Remember, time is all about perception. If you learn more about physics, you will learn that we don't really know all that much about time at all, and even less about things like "why does it move forwards", let alone how it came about.
With regards to the simulation theory, there is little beyond the words of a philosopher to support this. Several experiments have been conducted/are being conducted, but no supporting evidence has been found so far.
The reason that that people are so "resistant" to "alternate views" of the shape of the world is that the shape of the world is something we have proven to the fullest extent that we can observationally, experimentally, and mathematically. the basic shape of the earth is NOT in question by any credible scientist.
Also (there's no such thing as perfect approximation),2D maps CAN accurately represent the whole earth. Check out the AuthaGraph. they're impossible to read for use day-to-day though, so they're mostly a tool for researchers. Or, if you want the most accurate projection, get yourself one of these :P.
They aren't really.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B017VL0D2K/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1494738010&sr=8-3&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=magnetic+levitating+globe&dpPl=1&dpID=4141ASnK0LL&ref=plSrch
There is a levitron "anti-gravity" globe that doesn't have any physical support, but that also means you can't rotate it on all axis, only 1.
would this work? https://www.amazon.ca/Abbott-57-LATITUDE-02-Collection-Globe-Stand/dp/B07CNZ5B6X/
$239
Well it's obvious why they are all lying. They've been paid off by big globe.
Some people actually believe this.
I have a similar thing that's just a globe that floats and spins the same way. It's annoying as hell to actually get it on there properly though. Here it is: http://www.amazon.com/Fascinations-LEVG33-Levitron-Globe-Ion/dp/B002R600BY
http://www.amazon.com/KAILIMENG-Magnetic-Levitation-Floating-Inches/dp/B00NF4TTTG/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0
In case anyone was like me and immediately wanted to look this up
4.5" Jupiter MOVA Globe https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008Y48DYY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_AczyybYFB7MKG
Probably more for shipping. Does not qualify for amazon prime.
When I bought it around 10 years ago i believe it was around 20 euro.
Right now it costs 23$ on amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Senders-Floating-Levitation-Decoration-Black-Silver/dp/B0191DLEBU
https://www.amazon.com/Senders-Floating-Levitation-Decoration-Black-Silver/dp/B0191DLEBU
it gets better