Collaborate Disseminate
We didn’t want to write about this, we really didn’t. I mean, it’s a battery-powered Barbie car for kids, those have been around forever. But one look at the product video and a flip through the photos and we were hooked…
Continue Reading … Continue reading McLaren makes a pint-sized 720S for the kids
Almost 50 years to the day since Neil Armstrong uttered the immortal words “the Eagle has landed” Lego will launch its Creator Expert set of the Eagle Lunar Module to celebrate the anniversary. Developed in cooperation with NASA, the set come… Continue reading Apollo 11 Lunar Lander Lego set marks 50th anniversary of the first men on the Moon
Mozilla slapped a “Meets Minimum Security Standards” badge on the IoT gadgets on its list that passed at least some muster. Continue reading Mozilla’s IoT gift guide ranks gadgets from secure to shoddy
The stuffed toys are stuffed with security problems that we’ve known about for over a year. Continue reading Hackable CloudPets pulled from Target, Walmart, Amazon and more
Many of us in the United States frequently browse the shelves of Toys R Us for things to hack on. Sadly that era will soon end with the chain’s closing. In the meantime, the entire store becomes the clearance shelf as they start liquidating inventory. Depending on store, the process may begin as soon as Thursday, March 22. (Warning: video ads on page.)
While not as close to hacker hearts as the dearly departed Radio Shack or Maplin, Toys R Us has provided the hacker community with a rich source of toys we’ve repurposed for our imagination. These toys served …read more
Continue reading Geoffrey the Giraffe’s Last Call of Toys for Hacking
The contract for vinyl dolls went viral a year after it was written. Continue reading I Talked to the Couple Who Made a Contract to Limit Funko Pop Spending
“Smart” toys are getting bigger, pricier and more complex, but are they secure? Continue reading Toys: they’re getting smarter, but are they secure?
Within the last few years, a lot of companies have started with the aim to disrupt the educational electronics industry using their LEGO-compatible sets. Now they’re ubiquitous, and fighting each other for their slice of space in your child’s box of bricks. What’s going on here?
The main reason for LEGO-compatibility is familiarity. Parents and children get LEGO. They have used it. They already have a bunch. When it comes to leveling up and learning about electronics, it makes sense to do that by adding on to a thing they already know and understand, and it means they …read more
Continue reading LEGO-compatible Electronics Kits Everywhere!
The lineage of the walkie-talkie reaches from World War II to the modern cell phone, and even inspired a major cell network. Continue reading Roger That: A Short History of the Walkie Talkie
Toys’R’Us, which just filed for bankruptcy, was once essential to the fortunes of the toy industry. But the secret to its rise was that it sold a whole lot of electronics—whether cheap gadgets, hot toys, or (of course) video games. Continue reading How Primitive Electronics and Expensive Video Games Turned Toys’R’Us Into a Consumer Juggernaut