Schwinn brings back the 1970s Hurricane as a youth-focused ebike

Back in the early 1960s, veteran US bike maker Schwinn tapped into the spirit of chopper-style motorcycles for a kids bike called the Sting-Ray. More than a decade later, the company blew up another storm with the similarly-themed Hurricane. Now that m… Continue reading Schwinn brings back the 1970s Hurricane as a youth-focused ebike

Reaper ebike shrinks full-send trail-shredding power into mini size

Canadian ebike maker Rocky Mountain has launch an adventure model called the Reaper Powerplay that’s described as a “full-sized electric trail bike in a junior-sized package” and rides as the first mid-motor, full-suspension eMTB for kids.Continue Read… Continue reading Reaper ebike shrinks full-send trail-shredding power into mini size

Parental controls 2.0: AI guides kids onto the internet in a whole new way

AI offers a chance to do a lot of things much better – parental internet control is a great example. The Angel AI app introduces kids to the web in a way that’s tailored to their age and interests, with no ads, inappropriate content or privacy risks.Co… Continue reading Parental controls 2.0: AI guides kids onto the internet in a whole new way

Toy-like music maker gets future producers in the groove

A portable music production studio previewed at NAMM 2022 is now crowdfunding on Kickstarter. Playtime Engineering’s Blipblox myTracks is designed to give young creators all the tools they need to start making music.Continue ReadingCategory: Music, Tec… Continue reading Toy-like music maker gets future producers in the groove

For the adolescent who has it all: Bugatti rolls out Mistral kiddy car

Bugatti blew the Pebble Beach crowd away this summer with the all-new 1,600-hp W16 Mistral, an ostentatious swan song for its W16 engine. At the same time it debuted the car publicly, it made billionaire outsiders the world over extremely jealous by re… Continue reading For the adolescent who has it all: Bugatti rolls out Mistral kiddy car

Review: Turing Tumble lets kids build complex marble-powered computers

Minnesota company Upper Story has sent us its Turing Tumble, a fascinating educational toy that quietly tricks kids into inventing binary logic computers using nothing more than tiny marbles dropping through a series of clicky-clacky plastic pieces.Con… Continue reading Review: Turing Tumble lets kids build complex marble-powered computers