Inventables

I'm home sick, but still capable of posting, so I'm dangerous today. I just checked in on the list of folks speaking at the conference I'd most like to attend some day (TED), and the guys who created this concept are on the list. It's like a mail-order entertainment kit for creative adults with spare time. A single "issue" is only $399! (cough)

Inventables :: New Materials & Technology Resource for Innovative Design.

Now what about a cheap version for kids? They get a random kit of stuff to play with each month, and a little pullout with ideas to spark them and their parents onwards...