Now kids can build their own robot overlords with The Robot Factory app

by Julie | Best Apps, Educational Apps

Every time Tinybop releases a new app, I’m not sure who’s more excited — my kids or me. Their newest release, The Robot Factory, is just as awesome as all the others that we’ve adored, like The Human Body, Plants, and Homes. The creative...

18 of the coolest kids’ tech toys and gifts: Holiday Tech Gifts 2014

by Cool Mom Team | Holiday Tech Gifts

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

by Jeana | Tech Toys

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

by Christina Refford | Tech Toys

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

by Kristin | Tech Toys

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

by Christina Refford | Tech Toys

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

by Cool Mom Team | Holiday Tech Gifts

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...

A robot that’s ready for summer too

by Liz Gumbinner | Tech Toys

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

by Shari | Best Apps, Educational Apps

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...

What time is it? Half past Artoo.

by Cool Mom Team | Tech Toys

If you’ve got a kid with a big love for gadgets, Star Wars, and having cooler things than other kids in the class, we think we’ve found the perfect thing. The R2-D2 watch is no mere digital wristwatch, it’s got radio control powers too, that can be...