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Putting technology and toys together makes for some fantastically fun and educational gadgets. This is the place to stay informed about the coolest and cleverest toys in the digital age.
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Rubber Band Minigun fires elastics at 200 rounds per minute
November 05, 2019Looking to take down a playtime target with a few rubber band bullets but can’t quite get them away quickly enough? Weaponized T-Rex is out to offer some rapid-fire capabilities with a motorized rubber band toy gun based on the Gatling machine gun. -
Latest version of PowerUp autopilots paper planes
September 06, 2019The first PowerUp kit added an electric propeller to paper planes. Well, the latest version reportedly allows all sorts of things to fly. -
Bosch gives parents a smart electric-assist stroller
September 02, 2019Bosch is aiming to give parents some electric assistance with its smart e-stroller system. -
Arduino and Google get middle schoolers kitted out for science
June 27, 2019Open source hardware and software company Arduino has teamed up with Google to develop and launch the Arduino Science Kit Physics Lab. Designed for students aged 11 to 14, the kit helps kids experiment with forces, motion, magnetism and conductivity. -
Children's night light projects their parents' live flight map
June 07, 2019Air travellers have become fairly used to onboard live flight maps, that show how far their plane is from its destination. Canadian airline WestJet is now introducing a device that projects such maps within children's bedrooms, letting them know how soon their parents will be home. -
Apollo 11 Lunar Lander Lego set marks 50th anniversary of the first men on the Moon
May 31, 2019Almost 50 years to the day since Neil Armstrong uttered the words "the Eagle has landed" Lego will launch its Eagle Lunar Module set to celebrate the anniversary. Developed in cooperation with NASA, the set will be available from June 1 at a price of just under US$100. -
Novus combines kids’ smartphone, watch and smart speaker in one modular system
May 16, 2019Smartphones and smartwatches for kids aren't exactly new, but China-based Abardeen has done things a little differently. The company has taken a modular approach with its latest offering – launched this week on Kickstarter – bringing considerable flexibility to the kids phone/watch space. -
Lego makes learning Braille fun and engaging
April 24, 2019Though sets of colorful building bricks made of plastic can usually keep the kids entertained for hours at home, Lego is also used in the classroom. The Lego Foundation and the Lego Group have now unveiled some special bricks aimed at helping blind kids to learn braille through play. -
Lego gives middle schoolers coding confidence
April 03, 2019Lego Education has launched a new STEAM learning package designed to give kids of all abilities more coding confidence. The Spike Prime set includes hundreds of Lego bricks, sensors and motors, a programmable multi-port Hub, and a companion app featuring a block-based coding environment. -
Innokind puts kids on the right track to learn coding
January 14, 2019Learning coding language basics can be as hard as learning a foreign language. There are many toys aimed at giving future coders a kickstart, and the latest is a trainset from consumer robotics startup Innokind. -
Robots, drones and AR: The best tech toys of 2018
December 14, 2018Toys today include robots, drones and AR, and if you’re lucky you can trick the kids into learning some useful skills along the way. New Atlas rounds up the best tech toys of 2018, which could make for some great last-minute gift ideas for the young’un in your life. -
Neck collar for kids deploys air bags to prevent drowning
December 10, 2018No matter how watchful of an eye parents may keep on their small children, it's still possible for those kids to fall into swimming pools, lakes or other bodies of water. The Buddy Life-Collar was designed for such incidents, as it automatically inflates to keep its wearer's head above the surface.
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