Rotating Globe

What is it about globes that's so engaging? Is it that we look at them and think home? Or dream of all the places we'd like to go? Or remember those we've been to? Whatever it is that makes them so captivating, this desktop Rotating Globe is no exception. Unlike the huge ones that you've no real idea where to put, this diminutive version is the size of a pomelo or oversized grapefruit, and comes without a stand, because it doesn't need one. Somewhere deep in its nether, or Antarctic regions, lies a tiny little motor powering a revolving disc. You know this and we know this, but to the casual observer this brilliant little gem of a globe will sit on your desktop or mantelpiece, quietly and seemingly magically, rotating on its axis. Touch the top of the globe for a couple of seconds and it will start rotating the other way (this may play havoc with the North Atlantic Drift and throw the planet into a devastating spiral of chaos and ultimately annihilation, though probably not). Powered by a single AA battery that you insert somewhere in the region of the earth's core, the Rotating Globe will, as the name rather obviously suggests, rotate away delighting you, your friends, and all the tiny little inhabitants who live on it.