This is too cool

Okay, yes, I admit that I'm a huge tool, but I'm pretty much overwhelmed by how much this interactive (click-and-drag) 3-D model of the solar system beats the hell out of the lame styrofoam solar system mobiles that we used to mess around with back in the elementary school days.

This is one of those times and places where innovation has indeed enriched our lives. My kids are gonna have a lot more tools at their disposal for learning about stuff than I did back in the dark ages of the 1980s--hopefully they'll use it wisely.

Click here for interactive graphic

(h/t Barry Ritholtz)