Earlier this month I wrote about a controversy brewing around toy firm Mattel’s plans to launch a ‘smart speaker’ for children called Aristotle. Now the company has cancelled those plans.
It’s 2017! It was only a matter of time before someone made an augmented-reality teddy bear...
Its name is Parker, and it’s just gone on sale exclusively through Apple stores, as that company continues to…
Getting children off the sofa and out for a bit of exercise remains one of the most talked-about parenting tasks. In fact, it has been since I was a child racking up 10,000 hours of football-management experience on my…
Mattel is under fire from a pair of US campaigning groups over its upcoming Aristotle gadget, which is a ‘smart speaker’ (like Amazon’s Echo) aimed at children, which will tell stories, answer questions and play…
Sphero has made some fab robots and tech-toys for children, from its original ball-shaped robot to fully-licensed Star Wars droids. They haven’t been cheap though: parents on a tight budget have looked on with envy, I suspect.
British company Kano has got plenty of press for its computer kit of the same name, which children build themselves and plug in to a monitor or TV. They can use it to learn programming, create music, make games and control other devices…
Even at 100 quid, the latest building kit from children’s tech company LittleBits will be a ‘take my money NOW’ moment for parents who are big Star Wars fans. The Droid Inventor Kit will enable kids to build their own…
