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Most people express themselves by talking about whatever’s on their mind or by writing about it. Others create works of art and resort to painting or sculpting to make some sort of physical representation of what they’re feeling or thinking. Then there’s the more shallow means of self-expression: makeup, nail…

If you’ve seen the movie Inception,… then you probably already know about his spinning top. If you haven’t, then I’m not about to go spoil the movie for you.
However, I am going to talk about that top he keeps on spinning. I’ve spun my share of tops back in

This flying saucer-like apparatus from Bandai is a modern day take on a classic kids’ toy – the spinning top.

Just flip open the collapsing handle on the Bandai Luminodisc and give it a spin. As it goes round and round, a persistence-of-vision LED display tells you how many rotations…

Now that the year is almost done, I thought it might be nice to reflect on the biggest stories of the year in case you missed any of them. There are some really great tidbits in here, so be sure to check them out if you haven’t already done so.…

The guys from online shop MyVirtualZone just tipped me off to these little playthings. The appropriately named Laser Top has a little laser beam that projects out of the side as you spin it around.

While I actually think the effect of the LEDs and the laser are pretty cool…