I’m not a gun person, but I can’t help but be impressed by Jack Streat’s LEGO Heavy Weapons book from No Starch Press. First of all, he’s only 17 years old! Secondly, he offers plans for replicas of 4 guns: a Desert Eagle handgun, AKS-74U assault rifle, Lee Enfield sniper rifle and a SPAS combat shotgun. The plans don’t [...]
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The RC Toy Robot is a concept toy from designer Jaehong Eric Han. The robot can be controlled from smart devices or across the internet, and multiple robots will be able to interact with each other. Amongst other capabilities are the ability to be used as a baby monitor, to give you alerts from your [...]
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I’ve carried Swiss Army knives for years – I have two in my purse right now. My daughter has been fascinated by those little knives, especially the one with the translucent green covers on my keychain. She’s been asking for her own knife since she could talk, but she had to wait until her middle [...]
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A couple weeks ago, The Gadgeteer had a news post about Brick Brites, clear plastic LEGO-like building blocks. They’re different from regular LEGO blocks because they have motion-activated blinking lights built-in to add some excitement to your LEGO constructions. How do you improve upon the LEGO brick? I had to see what this was all about. [...]
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Is this the ultimate high tech baby capsule? The Carkoon is a child restraint seat made of Kevlar to protect from side impact. In the case of an accident, a Kevlar airbag deploys to protect the child from any flying debris. It also protects from smoke should there be a fire, and it has enough air [...]
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To prevent getting taken by one of their April Fool’s jokes again this year, I’ve stayed away from ThinkGeek for several days. (Dang it, I wanted light saber popsicles!) I was checking them out yesterday, and I found a product that they swear is a real product. The Star Trek Inflatable Captain’s Chair is an [...]
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You build with LEGOs and you build with Tinkertoys, but you can’t build with LEGOs and Tinkertoys – until now! F.A.T. Lab and Sy-Lab have created a set of 80 universal connectors that “enable complete interoperability between ten popular children’s construction toys.” (See the F.A.T. Lab site for a complete list.) You can’t buy the [...]
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Julie asked the Gadgeteer Kid and me if we would like to do a joint review of the Nintendo 3DS portable gaming system. As many of you may know, the 3DS is Nintendo‘s latest and greatest handheld gaming device. Not being a video game player at all, I agreed with a bit of hesitation hoping [...]
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The Sharper Image says “aspiring knights will learn plenty about ‘The Force’ as they build their own Lightsaber Room Light“. (Though not as much as Dave Rees and the Gadgeteer Kid learned building their sabers. ) This lightsaber runs on 5 AAA batteries (not included) and comes with a remote control. You can choose from [...]
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We’ve told you before about Kidz Gear volume-limiting headphones designed for kids, and now we have the Kidz Gear Volume Limit Headphones for Apple Products to tell you about. These headphones are designed to fit children’s smaller heads, and they have the KidZControl Volume Limiting Technology that keeps sound pressure levels between 80dB – 90dB [...]
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One of the hardest things about taking your young child with you when you do errands is dealing with the stroller. The Origami Stroller from 4Moms opens and folds itself at the touch of a button, so you don’t have to fight with it yourself. One of the wheels has a generator inside to keep [...]
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With a traditional baby monitor, you have a camera for the child’s room and a monitor that you carry around with you so you can see what’s happening with the baby. You’ll need a power source for the monitor, and that means finding an outlet in the room you’re in or keeping the monitor supplied [...]
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The PowerUp Electric Powered Paper Airplane Conversion Kit from TailorToys will turn a homemade folded paper airplane into an electric powered propeller driven plane. It comes with one propeller module and a charger module which runs on 3 AA batteries. You will need to supply your own paper to fold your plane. Once folded, clip [...]
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The MudWatt kit from KeegoTech is an educational DIY kit that can teach kids about soil chemistry, microbiology and electricity. By combining ordinary dirt from your yard, along with scraps from your refrigerator, kids can create a fuel cell that will light up an LED. The MudWatt set is priced at $44.95 and can be [...]
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