Thursday, July 3, 2008

DNA Portraits

DNA 11 sells the ultimate personalized work of art: a portrait created from your very own DNA. All you do is order a DNA collection kit, swab your cheek, then send the sample to DNA 11. They amplify specific DNA sequences, separate the fragments on a gel, then photograph the results. Fabulous!

(via Eye on DNA)

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Tech Girl T-Shirt

The Smart Girls Rock Store has a cute pink "Tech Girl" logo that you can get printed on a t-shirt, hoodie, mug, or magnet.

Ethanol Champagne Glasses


These champagne glasses etched with a stylized ethanol molecule from molecularmuse would be perfect for a chemical wedding!

(These glasses frequently sell out, so check out Molecular Muse's glassware shop for additional items)

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Marie Curie Liberty Quote Clock


Philosophy Shop has a wall clock honoring the great Marie Curie, who won both the Nobel Prize in physics and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. In addition to her photo, it also quotes her:
 "All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child. ...It was like a new world opened to me, ...which I was at last permitted to know in all liberty."

Geek Soap


Etsy seller Swan Mountain Soaps makes a "geek soap" that's perfect for the geek who wants to get simply wants to get clean. Oddly, it's listed under the soaps "For Men" - don't they know that geek girls want to get clean too*? From the description:
At Swan Mountain Soaps, we know the time eventually comes when every geek must drag themself away from their computer and bathe. So we made a soap as smart as you are. No detergents, no fillers, and no questionable chemicals. No fancy fragrances. As a matter of fact, this soap is so smart it doesn't have to be pretty. We know your skin is delicate and fragile from all those hours spent indoors, so we made you something that will get you clean and still moisturize and pamper your stratified squamous epithelium.

while (!clean()) { lather(); rinse(); }


* And they say that "Anakin Skywalker loves" it - so that means their target customer is a petulant wooden-sounding teenager? or people in mobile iron lungs?