By www.coolthings.com Similar to the Harry Potter Wizard Training Wand, these wands from the Harry Potter Kano Coding Kit comes fitted with accelerometers and gyroscopes, allowing it to recognize any combination of movements you perform with the wand. Unlike them, you can program it to respond to any combo of your choosing, so you can design […]
Blue Raptor Is The Only Robot Pet You Need
By www.coolthings.com Do we have the technology to clone dinosaurs yet? We don’t know. Even if we do, though, we doubt it’s a good idea to manufacture gargantuan creatures that can mow down entire cities like a prehistoric Godzilla. As such, there’s no point hoping to be able to purchase your own dinosaurs someday. If […]
Augmented Reality Miniature Car Racing
By www.coolthings.com If Anki’s AI-powered vehicles taught us anything, it’s that racing miniature cars with augmented reality overlays can be a heck of a lot of fun, whether you’re battling trucks or racing vehicles from the Fast & Furious films. Which is why we’ve been wondering when other companies will get in on the action. Turns out, that’s happening now […]
Amazing SMART Chess Board Can Play Online
By www.coolthings.com It was about two years ago when we first saw that connected chess game on Kickstarter, which allowed you to play online using a real chessboard with real pieces as opposed to a video game interface. If you wanted one but decided to pass because of its crowdfunded nature, you might be interested to […]
Top 10 Tech Toys from Toy Fair This Year
by Jonathan Takiff At the New York Toy Fair, we found toys that spark curiosity, teach coding, construction and creative design, and can even make you an internet star. And, best of all, they don’t have to break the bank to do it. To shave costs, toys will work with the screens and smarts packed into smartphones […]