by Kristen Chase | Tech Toys
If you’ve ever looked, then you know how hard it is to find examples of female role models in STEM, which is why these parents decided to create this new card game Women in Science for their daughter, and now, for all our kids. Yeah! Not surprisingly, the...
by Kristen Chase | Tech Toys
My kids got a huge kick out the original Makey Makey invention kit that we featured here on Cool Mom Tech a couple of years ago. And now they’ve launched a Kickstarter campaign for their new Makey Makey GO, which has killed its goal in a matter of days. But you...
by Christina Refford | Tech Toys
I’m usually hesitant about buying a big, expensive LEGO kit because, after my kids put it together once, then what? Sometimes kids keep playing with it, sometimes it ends up dissembled with random bricks I discover all over the house months later. Which is why...
by Liz Gumbinner | Tech Toys
Walking through the crowded, cacophonic aisles of International CES 2015 earlier this year, we were instantly drawn to one booth featuring adorable little robots gliding around the rug, and beeping and booping at our feet. It turned out to be the Dash Robot from...
by Liz Gumbinner | Tech Toys
After spending a fun afternoon at Makerbot’s NYC store last fall, my kids are now completely fascinated with 3D printing. It’s a pretty phenomenal way to get kids creating, designing, coding and building. But the big challenges remain the cost, the...
by Nicole Blades | Best Apps, Tech Toys
So rad. Honestly, those were the first words that popped out of my mouth when I saw this crazy-cool new drawing experience called Masterpiece. It is the latest offering from Osmo, the groundbreaking, iPad-powered gaming device built by two young dads out of Stanford...
by Kristen Chase | Tech Toys
With all these new LEGO sets coming out, like Scooby Doo LEGO and Doctor Who LEGO, I’ve got total LEGO envy. Why should the kids get all the cool stuff? Well, this new My Old Basement LEGO kit is all mine. Designed by artist Chris McVeigh (a.k.a. Power Pig) who...
by Liz Gumbinner | Tech Toys
When people ask me about any tech “wows” I might have caught at the NY International Toy Fair this week, honestly there were a few but not tons. However the first thing I’m excited about is the upcoming Anki OVERDRIVE, and it’s killing me that...
by Liz Gumbinner | Tech Toys
At Toy Fair this week, I was totally entranced by the Light Stax Electric Light Blocks, sort of a Lite Brite-LEGO mashup that you just can’t stop playing with. They stack on a USB or DC-powered base (or use batteries if you like needlessly spending money) which...
by Christina Refford | Tech Toys
I’m not alone in wanting my kids to learn the basics of coding and am thankful there are so many ways to get them interested in the subject. We’ve covered cool clubs and camps, lots of fun games, as well as apps and websites like ScratchJr and Hopscotch....
