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Web Coolness: Facebook Reactions, a laundry-folding robot, and the world’s first smart menstrual cup.

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web this week. We hope you enjoy them too. Calling all Star Wars fans. Now this is one Halloween lawn decoration you need. Great news! HBO NOW is now on Roku. Whoo! Instead of the highly-anticipated dislike...

Wonder Workshop Dot and Dash Robots: 1 tech toy. 4 kids. 3 project ideas. And no fighting, mostly.

by Kristen Chase | Tech Toys and Random Fun

With four kids in the house ranging in age from five up to 11, it’s no small feat to find a tech toy that they can all play with, especially when it’s something educational. Darn those age limits. But as I recently learned, that’s not the case at all...

The Sphero BB-8 wins this #ForceFriday thing.

by Liz Gumbinner | Tech Toys and Random Fun

We’re as geeked out about Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens as anyone else, but let’s all step back for a minute and take a moment of reflection for today’s #ForceFriday national day that’s really a giant unboxing and marketing event designed...

9 awesomely cool coding projects for kids using the Dot and Dash robots from Wonder Workshop

by Liz Gumbinner | Tech Toys and Random Fun

Recently, I wrote about how totally in love I am with the Dot and Dash Robots from Wonder Workshop. So it makes me extra happy that they have joined us as as our newest Cool Mom Tech sponsor because, well, we all adore them! (Also, so does every kid who comes over and...

Society6 leggings: Be still my stylish geeky heart.

by Kristen Chase | Fashion + Accessories

If you’ve ever been to Society6, then you know it’s a veritable wormhole of super cool art work from artists from all around the world that they whip into really cool gifts, from fun t-shirts to awesome smart phone cases, many of which we’ve featured...

7 of the cutest Star Wars baby gifts for May the 4th

by Christina Refford | Geeky Baby Gifts

It’s never too early to introduce your baby to the wonders of Star Wars, even if they are way too young to sit through the movies with you. (Maybe.) So on today’s Star Wars Day, May the Fourth be with you while you check out these fantastic Star Wars baby...

Web Coolness: First female Minecraft character, big news from Instagram, and a selfie arm that’s freaking us out

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite links from around the web this week. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. We’re geeking out over this Star Wars coffee table that also happens to be a pinball machine. What?! Finally, the first female Minecraft character is...

Dot and Dash robots: The best of what coding toys for kids can be

by Liz Gumbinner | Tech Toys and Random Fun

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...

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

by Julie | Educational Apps For Kids

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...

Web Coolness: Big Instagram news, the ultimate Minecraft holiday gift, our new favorite YouTube channel for kids

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite tech links from around the web this week. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did. We’ve got lots of Minecraft gift ideas for kids you can still get before the holidays, like this cool shirt (above), or what we think might be...

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