GlowTouch | miniMINT | Science Kit

Touch it and it lights up, with no switch anywhere. The GlowTouch is a miniMINT kit from fischertechnik that lets a child build a small wooden lamp with a touch sensor, the same kind of sensor that lives in phone screens and bedside lights.

The build is step by step from the digital instructions, the wooden parts fitting together without glue. Once the circuit is complete, a fingertip is all it takes to turn the light on, and children quickly start experimenting with how and where it responds.

It is an easy way into electrical circuits and sensors, with careful handwork and a glowing result. The wooden housing can be painted afterwards, and the finished lamp tends to end up on the bedside table.

Suitable from 8 years. Takes two AA batteries, not included. A gift that gets used every evening.