The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab is a toy lab set designed to allow children to create and watch nuclear and chemical reactions using radioactive material. The Atomic Energy Lab was released by the A. C. Gilbert Company in 1950.

2024年5月10日 · Enter the Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab Kit, a truly extraordinary and daring educational toy that brought the wonders of nuclear science right into the hands of intrepid young explorers.

The A. C. Gilbert Company’s U-238 Atomic Energy Lab might not have been the first, but it was the most elaborate, “atomic” educational set ever produced for children. Its high price (ca. $50) and sophistication were the reasons Gilbert gave for the set's short lifespan: 1950 and 1951.

2025年1月24日 · In the early 1950s, an atomic energy lab kit for kids hit the toy store shelves. The thing was *actually radioactive*. The set had real uranium ore, and children could conduct real scientific experiments. Here's what they were like!

2024年12月11日 · The world’s most dangerous toy is up for sale. The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory was released in the early 1950s and comes complete with real uranium ore samples.

2018年1月23日 · The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab was released by the famous American toymaker Alfred Gilbert's company, the atomic energy lab was designed to teach kids about science by letting them observe real nuclear fission in the comfort of their homes.

2024年12月6日 · The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory, which was released in 1950, was dubbed one of 'the 10 most dangerous toys of all time' in 2006 by pop culture publication Radar Magazine. The kit...

The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab was an actual radioactive toy and learning set sold in the early 1950s. The $49.50 set came with four samples of uranium-bearing ores (autunite, torbernite, uraninite, and carnotite), as well as a Geiger-Mueller radiation counter and various other tools.

2020年1月31日 · But despite sometimes being called the “most dangerous toy in the world,” Gilbert’s U-238 Atomic Energy Lab was unlikely to have ever produced a glowing child.