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Pocket Globes: The Whole World in Your Hand

52 points by Thevet 4y ago

carabiner 4y ago
About the author: Neely Tucker is a writer-editor in the Library’s Office of Communications. He manages the Library of Congress blog and writes for LCM, the Library’s magazine. Before joining the Library in 2019, he spent 17 years at The Washington Post, primarily as a roving national reporter based in the Style section. He was a foreign correspondent for the Detroit Free Press for most of the 1990s, working in more than 60 countries or territories in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. What a life!
divbzero 4y ago
I was wondering whether pocket globes like these are still available today. The closest I could find so far are 4.5" globes from MOVA: https://www.movaglobes.com/shop/?size=5452 https://www.movaglobes.com/shop/?size=5452
llsf 4y ago
I feel old :) Like many french kids in the early 80's I had one as a pencil sharpener: https://picclick.fr/rare-ancien-taille-crayon-1940-50-globe-terrestre-allemand-203062494815.html https://picclick.fr/rare-ancien-taille-crayon-1940-50-globe-...
stenl 4y ago
I have this glass sphere model of the universe [1] showing galaxies as tiny bubbles. It’s beautiful and humbling (it represents about 1/100 of the observable universe). [1] https://www.cinks-labs.de/products/the-universe-in-a-sphere?variant=31342821015607 https://www.cinks-labs.de/products/the-universe-in-a-sphere?...
- dtgriscom 4y ago
  So, it's clear glass containing a 3D model of the local universe? I'd love to know how they make them. (The website doesn't say much, although the linked Kickstarter says "Captured Into Glass With a High-Powered Laser".)
  - krisoft 4y ago
    > I'd love to know how they make them. The term you are looking for is is "sub-surface laser engraving" or "bubblegram". You can find more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubblegram https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubblegram Or here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOrby692Uag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOrby692Uag
singaporecode 4y ago
Brings back memories of my childhood (always wanted one in the late 90s)…time to get one! There are a lot of (physical) things that have faded away since smart phones became ubiquitous, I hope they make a come back and we move to a slower pace again

52 points by Thevet 4y ago

About the author: Neely Tucker is a writer-editor in the Library’s Office of Communications. He manages the Library of Congress blog and writes for LCM, the Library’s magazine. Before joining the Library in 2019, he spent 17 years at The Washington Post, primarily as a roving national reporter based in the Style section. He was a foreign correspondent for the Detroit Free Press for most of the 1990s, working in more than 60 countries or territories in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. What a life!

divbzero 4y ago

I was wondering whether pocket globes like these are still available today. The closest I could find so far are 4.5" globes from MOVA: https://www.movaglobes.com/shop/?size=5452 https://www.movaglobes.com/shop/?size=5452

llsf 4y ago

I feel old :) Like many french kids in the early 80's I had one as a pencil sharpener: https://picclick.fr/rare-ancien-taille-crayon-1940-50-globe-terrestre-allemand-203062494815.html https://picclick.fr/rare-ancien-taille-crayon-1940-50-globe-...

stenl 4y ago

I have this glass sphere model of the universe [1] showing galaxies as tiny bubbles. It’s beautiful and humbling (it represents about 1/100 of the observable universe). [1] https://www.cinks-labs.de/products/the-universe-in-a-sphere?variant=31342821015607 https://www.cinks-labs.de/products/the-universe-in-a-sphere?...

dtgriscom 4y ago
So, it's clear glass containing a 3D model of the local universe? I'd love to know how they make them. (The website doesn't say much, although the linked Kickstarter says "Captured Into Glass With a High-Powered Laser".)
- krisoft 4y ago
  > I'd love to know how they make them. The term you are looking for is is "sub-surface laser engraving" or "bubblegram". You can find more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubblegram https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubblegram Or here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOrby692Uag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOrby692Uag

singaporecode 4y ago

Brings back memories of my childhood (always wanted one in the late 90s)…time to get one! There are a lot of (physical) things that have faded away since smart phones became ubiquitous, I hope they make a come back and we move to a slower pace again