We’ve seen Arduino-based game controllers before, but the UnoJoy project wants to make it easy for you to plug them into a gaming console. The project is targeted at the Arduino UNO. Why only that ...

In an age of streaming media it’s easy to forget the audio CD, but they still remain as a physical format from the days when the “Play” button was not yet the “Pay” button. A CD player may no longer ...

Dan Shapiro’s Robot Turtles board game Kickstarter showed there is serious appetite for kids’ games that aren’t just fun to play with but also sneakily teach core coding principles. Instead of the $25 ...

Per Holmquist has always had a finely tuned ear for music. "When I hear a song for the first time I know, 'Okay it will be a hit,'" he says. But he never learned to play an instrument. Taking lessons ...

The μWave microwave plays YouTube clips perfectly matched to your cooking time using an Arduino and a TouchPad taped to the door. The μWave microwave plays YouTube clips perfectly matched to your ...

I’m not a fan of educational toys. They’re usually either too educational or too toy-like and, in the end, kids get little education and little fun. The Code Kit from LittleBits has changed my mind.