Collaborate Disseminate
It is a shame that there are fewer and fewer “nerd stores” around. Fry’s is gone. Radio Shack is gone. But the best ones were always the places that had …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: Oh Boy! We’re Radio Engineers!
When you played with action figures as a kid, you probably tried picturing yourself having the same adventures that they were having. Well, doing so is about to become easier than ever, as Hasbro is offering to a put a 3D-printed miniature copy of your… Continue reading Hasbro will soon put your 3D-printed face on an action figure’s body
Back in 2013, California-based startup Shark Wheel hit Kickstarter with a very odd-looking cube-shaped skateboard wheel. Now the company has supersized the design for a pair of funky electric cars for kids – the Shark SUV and the Shark UTV.Continue Rea… Continue reading Shark Wheel proves it’s cool to be square with mini electric cars for kids
Ferrari plans to sell 299 scale replicas of its fabled 1950s Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa supercar at €93,000 (US$109,000) each, all built to Ferrari’s exacting standards with hand-beaten aluminum bodywork, high specification suspension, brakes and wheels, … Continue reading Ferrari to build 300 Testa Rossa 3/4 scale children’s cars at $110K each
Over past few years, Lego has been taking some steps toward more sustainable practices for its plastic toys, outlining plans for more eco-friendly playthings. The company has just revealed the first prototype of its classic brick element crafted from r… Continue reading Lego reveals first ever bricks made from recycled plastic bottles
Like so many consumer products these days, baby toys seem to get progressively more complex with each passing year. Despite the fact that the average toddler will more often than …read more Continue reading Teardown: Linkimals Musical Moose
Upon first seeing a dog-like quadruped robot for the first time, many people jokingly ask where they could buy one. Well, they can now get a fully functional miniature dog-bot of their very own via a Kickstarter campaign, for just US$195.Continue Readi… Continue reading Walking programmable sub-$200 robot dog hits Kickstarter
A couple of years ago, Playtime Engineering launched a colorful portable synthesizer on Indiegogo that allowed players young and old “to have fun without fully understanding how it all works.” Now the startup has reworked the hardware and software, and… Continue reading Blipblox After Dark synth invites kids over to the dark side
Craft and construction kits have been a blessing in our recent lockdown phases, and now there’s a new one that might appeal to those interested in tinkering with robots. ArmPal is a robot arm kit that you build yourself, then pit against other robot ar… Continue reading DIY robot arm construction kit makes pick-and-place competitive
To be a child in the 1970s and 1980s was to be of the first generations to benefit from electronic technologies in your toys. As those lucky kids battled blocky 8-bit digital foes, the adults used to fret that it would rot their brains. Kids didn’t play outside nearly as …read more