This toy jet engine is not going to fly you anywhere, but it'll sure demonstrate what goes on inside those fiery turbines. Your kid can learn how to be a jet engine mechanic, putting together the kit's 50 parts, and then adjusting thrust, speed and engine sounds with the battery-operated model's control panel.

Maybe by learning how today's noisy, fossil-fuel-guzzling jet engines work, the next generation of engineers will figure out a way to power those flying tin cans with a more efficient method we oldsters haven't thought of yet. Good reason to invest $29.95 in this brain-building model.

Discovery Store, via 7 Gadgets