Magnetic spheres must be really becoming popular. There are at least three brands of them out on the market with Buckyballs, Neocube and Nanodots. I was received a set of Nanodots to play with. Nanodots look a lot like ball bearings. However, each of the 236 balls are very magnetic. I actually took one dot [...]
Tag Archives: Toys (Any Age)
These Solar Power Toys Look Like Great Fun
I always loved science toys when I was a kid. For me, the best part of going to the Boy Scout Jamboree in 1985 was the trip to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. Back then, the closest I could get to a solar powered device was a soalr powered calculator or a radiometer. [...]
Fun with magnetism: Nanodots
Back when I was my son’s age, I was a science nut. I loved learning all about our universe, electronics, magnetism and the world we live in. My favorite catalog from then was Edmund Scientifics. They had and still have science products and lots of toys similar to what Nano Magnetics Inc are announcing today [...]
Buckyball Recall Notice
Normally I like to be light and jokey for the news items, but recalls because of danger–particularly with toys–can be scary business. So rather than make jokes about Saturday Night Live or something, I’m just going to give it to y’all straight: Toy (or “sundries,” as they say) maker Maxfield and Oberton has issued a [...]
Zibits Minature Robots Will Keep You Entertained
Just what’s needed to brighten up a dreary cubicle and provide entertainment when your warden supervisor isn’t looking – Zibits, a new series of miniature remote controlled robots that are about 2″ tall, move in “several directions including a full 360º rotation”, and that are equipped with “robotic lights and sounds”. Zibits will show up [...]
Android Robot Army begins to take shape
Image courtesy of Dyzplastic I’m a die-hard Android fan since the launch of mobile OS, and even had a hand in converting a few of my friends over to it. But apparently not as hard-core as some who will be filling their desk space with new Android Robot collectibles. If you want to show your [...]
Parrot AR Drone Airfoil Demo’d At CES
The iPhone does almost everything, right? Dang right it does! It even controls flight! Check out this video of the Parrot G Drone that Judie, Dan and Larry filmed with their iPhone! An app on the iPhone actually is actually being used to control the Drone. Using augmented reality the device feeds live video to [...]
MyDeskFriend Pingo Review
I have a confession to make. I like penguins. Part of this is I am a Linux user and Tux, the Linux mascot, is a penguin. The other part is they are so darn cute. That’s why I decided to take a look when Arimaz offered to send a sample of MyDeskFriend AKA Pingo. Part [...]
Another Robotic Penguin Wants To Invade Your Desktop
My Tuxdroid keeps me company every Wednesday night as I do the Tech Show, and now Tuxdroid has a brand new buddycalled My Desk Friend. His real name is Pingo, and he will read your mail to you, update you on your friends’ Facebook status, dance around your desktop, as well as read RSS feeds. [...]
Think Geek has the H1N1 That You Want!
We’ve been spending most of the fall fighting the dreaded H1N1. People are lathering up with hand sanitizer, and the smell of Lysol is in the air whenever another person in the office is reported as out with Swine Flu. Well, Think Geek has the H1N1 that you don’t want to go away. It’s the [...]
Tuxdroid the Open Source Robot Review
I have often wanted to buy one of those Ambient Devices Judie blogged about a few weeks ago. I’ve also wanted a Nabaztag as well, since they are cute and can do some really cool stuff like play mp3 files or provide e-mail alerts. I don’t want either anymore, thanks to kysoh.com who sent me [...]
World’s First LED Stick Toy
Looks like the Light Brite toy I played with as a kid has gotten a major hi-tech overhaul. Sketch Art from Hi-Tech Art allows you to make your own art by sticking LEDs. You use the included background to stick LEDs into and watch them light up. The board has no circuitry, no soldering, no [...]
Pleo the Baby Dino is Back!
Remember Pleo that Judie and her kitty played with a while back? Well it appears to be coming out of extinction and is now for sale at the Pleoworld web site! So if you did not get a chance to order your own life-like dinosaur, then now is your chance! He’s currently $349.
Aquapod launches 2 liter bottles up to 100 feet in the air
My son and his Boy Scout council did something really cool at their Day Camp this year. They made water powered rockets from two liter bottles and launched them in the air. I don’t know what kind of launcher they used, but odds are it wasn’t the Aquapod. The Aquapod is a futuristic, one piece [...]
I don’t need no stinkin’ Legos, I have MicroRAX!
Legos are for the little ones, now MicroRAX are the Tim “The Toolman” Taylor version for us big guys(cue the grunt)! TwinTec, Inc.out of Washington has just announced the release of pre-cut MicroRAXkits that are compatible with Erector, Meccano and Eitech construction sets. MicroRAX are made from high-strength precision extruded aluminum, in other words MicroRAX is much [...]
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