Since the clerks at work do me a lot of favors I wanted to something nice for them. Build a desktop flower, controlled either by the computer or sensors in the flower or flower pot. For this I looked into the Teensy 2.0, costing less than $15, it is with our companies restriction on gift prices ($25).
Basically the Teensy, is a tiny Arduino. Easy to program and wire into projects. Allowing for smart projects.