Collaborate Disseminate
We often hear it said that today’s kids don’t go out and play as much as they did in the past, but honestly, it’s hard to really blame them. Have you seen some of the games they have now? It’s going to take something a little more exciting than a …read more
Continue reading Keep the Kids Entertained with a Time Machine
The new World Health Organization guidelines for children under five recommend limiting screen time—only if it means kids are sedentary for more than an hour. Continue reading WHO Says the Problem With Child Screen Time Isn’t the Screens, It’s Being Sedentary
I was a little surprised to see a news report about Andreas Schleicher, the director of education and skills at OECD — the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Speaking at the World Innovation Summit for Education in Paris, Schleicher thinks that teaching kids to code is a waste of …read more
Attackers can boobytrap what should be access to only parent-vetted sites and can take over the webcam, speakers and microphone. Continue reading Kids’ VTech tablets vulnerable to eavesdropping hackers
Researchers describe breaking into the watches as “probably the simplest hack we have ever seen.” Continue reading Hacking MiSafes’ smartwatches for kids is child’s play
Minecraft is over and Red Dead Redemption II has barely even started yet. The biggest thing on the planet right now is Fortnite, and oh man, is it awesome. It’s the best game ever, and we wish every day was a Battle Royale. But what if Fortnite was real life? That’s exactly what [Giaco] and [David] did when they made an RC Fortnite Foam Rocket. It’s Fortnite, in the real world! If you don’t mind, we’re going to go T-pose in the corner.
The core of this build was done with the Maker Knife, first introduced as a Kickstarter …read more
Continue reading This RC Fortnite Rocket Is A Victory Royale
Term time is upon us once more, and soon the summer holidays will be a thing of the past. We offer up some handy hints and tips for better back to school cybersecurity, and link to numerous resources of our own to help parents and kids have a safe… Continue reading Back to school cybersecurity: hints, tips, and links for a safer school year
The Vote Hacking Village invited attendees – including kids as young as six – to hack the voting infrastructure, including ballot machines, a voter database and more. Continue reading DEF CON 2018: Voting Hacks Prompt Push Back from Election Officials, Vendors
We’ve often said that kids with hackers and makers for parents must be some of the luckiest kids in the world. While all the other children have to settle for some mass produced drivel from Toys“R”Us Amazon, they’ve got some of the most thoughtfully engineered and built toys and gadgets on the planet. After all, there’s no way any hacker worth their salt is going to give anything less than 110% for their own child.
A case in point is this RGB star nightlight that [Unexpected Maker] built for his children. The star itself is simple enough, just a basic …read more
Continue reading Custom ATTiny85 Board Powers Kids’ Light Show
Assuming you have a child and it’s no longer womb-bound, there’s a fairly high chance they’ve already had some experience with the glowing beauty that is the LCD display; babies of only a few months old are often given a tablet or smartphone to keep them occupied. But as the child gets to the age where they are capable of going outside or doing something more constructive, staring slack-jawed and wide-eyed at their tablet becomes a concern for many parents.
[Richard Garsthagen] is one such parent. He wanted a way to monitor and control how much time his children were …read more