Kids of all ages should appreciate this kit to create a solar powered Lunar Car Solar Robot Kit. Made with pre-cut balsa wood pieces, you have the materials to put together a simple gearbox using a solar panel, battery, motor and a slide switch that toggles between the battery and solar power. You’ll need some basic tools – a screwdriver, some long nose pliers, a sharp knife, sandpaper and a AA battery – to assemble the more than 100 parts…

The Neat Company make a couple of dedicated digital scanners for turning tree-ware receipts into digital receipts. The NeatDesk unit looks like it’s got the goods with a very cool input tray that can handle 10 documents, 10 receipts and 10 business cards at once, or a 50 page document. And it scans both sides of the page. Click to enlarge You can create searchable pdf files, import the scanned images into the included NeatWorks software or export the data…