18 of the coolest kids’ tech toys and gifts: Holiday Tech Gifts 2014
We’ve shared our favorite cool tech toys and gifts for younger kids, and now our Holiday Tech Gift guide series continues with the coolest tech toys and gifts for older kids. Whether you’ve got a grade-schooler who’s outgrown a learning tablet, or a...
Ozobot: A smart robot that gets your kids more intelligent too
The concept of intelligent robots taking over the planet used to be something you’d only see in sci-fi movies but I’m starting to wonder whether a robotic takeover may not be so far-off. Okay, maybe not in our immediate future, but highly-programmable...
Robot Turtles, the most backed board game in Kickstarter history, is ready for play
Back in September, I discovered a cool board game on Kickstarter with a lofty goal: To teach kids as young as four the basics of programming. And now that I have a final copy of Robot Turtles, I can say that you parents of preschoolers are about to have a lot of fun...
Anki Drive review: Racing video games get real
If you’ve not hear about the wildly hot new tech toy Anki DRIVE, it’s the brain-child of oh, just a few Carnegie Mellon scientists who combined robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning and slot car racing to create an entirely new breed of toy....
ROMO, the robotic pet, comes in peace. And, unlike a puppy, he won’t shed on the furniture
If your kids are no longer enchanted by SIRI, there’s a new robot in town that is ready to enter their iPhone and make things fun again. Known as ROMO, this programmable robotic pet is part educational, part adorable, and part little fun plaything to crawl after...
Holiday Tech Gifts 2013: The coolest tech gifts for kids
We’re so excited to launch our 2013 Holiday Tech Gift Guide with the very coolest tech gifts for kids. Boy, this was a tough year to pare down our very favorites, but pare down we did, leaving you with 16 tech gifts for kids of all ages that we think...
Piquing Our Geek: Augmented reality greeting cards
We’ve covered our fair share of greeting card apps, like Artogram, Red Stamp and Paperless Post, but sometimes, it’s nice to get an actual card in the mail. (Remember those days?) And getting a greeting card like this one will blow your mind. Campaigning...
A robot that’s ready for summer too
Poking around one of my favorite online shops, Fat Brain Toys, I was looking to see what’s new and geeky and cool for kids now that school is close to letting out around here. That’s when I came across this robot. But it’s no ordinary robot;...
Fun children’s books and videos starring: your child
You haven’t lived until you’ve seen a video of your head superimposed on the body of an elf, dancing in a winter wonderland. Such is the magic of Elf Yourself by the hilarious company JibJab, a.k.a. the Spiridelli brothers. Now that the brothers are also...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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