I don't know if it's geekier, but when my parents lived in Alaska way back when, they had a sorta bean-shaped coffee table made by casting samples of every type of rock that's indigenous to Alaska in some sort of plastic (including _tiny_ samples of gold, silver, and copper). Unfortunately, it's an idea that looked better on paper than it did in real life, though if the tabletop had been set in some sort of frame it might have worked better. As it is, the legs look like they'll snap off if you cough hard next to it. Needless to say, it doesn't see much use.

Purple Dave

@hakubak:
Penny's giving it up. She's giving it up hard. Cause she's with Captain Hammer, and these [raises fists], are not the hammer......[Walks off screen]
[Walks back on screen] The hammer is my penis.

Barry99705

@toastandlove: On the table?

Barry99705

Oh you guys, it isn't $9,500, it's $8,550 in the US. See? It says so right next to the UK price. That's taking off VAT, I imagine.

Hijakk

If I walked into a dude's place and he owned this piece of furniture, he would immediately receive a blowjob.

toastandlove

could have been a super industrial, white and uhh, not ugly.

robot-shmobot

Maybe I can get the CHEM. E. department to splurge for one of these things for the lounge. Educational value and all of that.

Flynn_is_my_user

I'm sure the harmful elements are in low enough quantities to not be dangerous.

fogel1492

Now wouldn't this have been the perfect "present" for that Chemistry teacher, before he killed your dreams of getting into medical school?

ANoel

I would have loved this as a kid.

eblingmis

I think this is a great idea, but the coffee table itself is kind of ugly. I don't know, perhaps it's of taste for the young male geek generation, but it lacks some aesthetic appeal. I mean, thinner and rounder would be nice, darker color on the wood, and a little taller.

shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog

@Geisrud: Same with Upsadaisyium.

@Illuminatus: Hah, he was the first comic that came to mind with that kind of style, I suppose you could do Demitri Martin as well.

Log1c

From TFA: Safety issues
By embedding all element samples in clear acrylic, they are beautifully presented and also protected from tarnishing. This format also helps to addresses health and safety issues, as all potentially toxic or corrosive substances are permanently encased in a thick layer of robust resin. Argon gas and mineral oil is further used to ampoule reactive samples and preserve their freshly cut appearance.

Geisrud

@Geisrud: Of course, there are the skeptics that would argue that Unobtanium isn't a real element.

Geisrud

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say there's no Unobtanium in there either.

Geisrud

How do they get all those high-proton exotic elements that only exist for a matter of nanoseconds in a particle accelerator?

moonphrogg

@Log1c: He's going to die right as he starts getting really funny?

Illuminatus

I'll only be really impressed when they can put an actual Francium sample in there.

Ubik2501

Where is the wonderflonium?

hakubak

@Gann: You win the Mitch Hedberg award.

Log1c

Gann FTW

Duc

To tip the geek scales, it could be made into a fold up table that is only truly a table sometimes, or periodically.

Gann

Who knew resin stopped radiation? Maybe they should cover Chernobyl in it.

Blakamin

The table actually looks pretty nice. But for $9,500 you can forget it. Drop the price to a couple hundred and we'll talk.

Aoi

I like this idea, count me as a fan of this idea in a mash up of dorky meets cool.

venomous_duck41

@unibrow4o9: Uncle Jim, have you seen the uranium and Indestrucablium blocks from the coffee table?

Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy

That is soooo geeky, the periodic table isn't even well designed

kyel57

Well, if we're not going to give the uranium and or plutonium to the terrorists, we might as well give it to the table makers.

Gilbert

Super-villians will need go no farther than their coffee tables to get that ultra rare element needed for their doom beam.

Dreadfish

Screw toxic, what about radioactive? Would hate to put my coffee on the radioactive ones and have it mutate.

Also, how do I REALLY know there's Helium or Oxygen in there?

Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy

The perfect Christmas gift for the mad scientist in YOUR family!

unibrow4o9

I'm sure it's on Dr. Horrible's Christmas list already

jeffred

I know coffee isn't on the Periodic Table, but what about toast and love?

ANoel

What, no Plutonium? My evil plans are foiled again!

pschroeter

While interesting, it lacks atomic mass information for a mole of each. If I'm looking at a PTE, I'm looking at it for mass. It's geek chic in decorative teak, but it's not terribly useful.

ninjagin

If you look closely at the pictures, the radioactive elements are represented only with little radiation symbols.

Other versions of this periodic table...table use yellow goo to represent the radioactive or highly reactive (@Ubik2501: Francium for instance).

maex

this one is the real deal [www.theodoregray.com]

dkoemans

UPDATE: the price is US $8,550 it's on their site. Probably VAT free savings.

fastm3driver

gallium (prolly the tiniest bit they could find) FTW

Human Bomb

@toastandlove: Mine's was just delivered...when should I expect you? ;0)

FiveLiters

@Aoi: Yeah, can I have it maybe without the actual samples for a couple hundred? I don't really need them to be there, I just think the glass etching on the surface is cool. And it's a fairly nice looking wood coffee table.

Petezah

That would go perfectly with my full electromagnetic spectrum living room illumination and frictionless parquets.

Bloodboiler

$9,500? Might as well be $Avogadro's# !

Stem_Sell

@hakubak: That's what I was thinking.

Intro24

Is there Bolognium?

Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy

What about all those elements that are only created inside of particle accelerators for minute amounts of time? Maybe they put a small li'l picture of it instead?

Iczer2

All together now...

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strider_mt2k

Naturally occurring plutonium and uranium ore isn't highly radioactive - you can actually handle it with your bare hands and not get sick. Just don't breathe or swallow any dust.

The nuclear reactors use U-235, which is an isotope of naturally occurring uranium, and the same exists for plutonium. What has to be done is it has to be refined enough so it's actually useful. But by themselves, it's not terribly interesting.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the periodic table table - a wooden table with each element in it... and if you dig down, there's links to places where you can buy element samples, too.

Worf

For that much money, each one of those compartments should be filled with Au.

kaptainchump

For $9500 it better include unobtainium.

Xander