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iDevices dominate kids’ wish lists this holiday season

by Tyler Riggs on November 21, 2012 in Gadgets

Kids’ holiday wish lists used to be so simple. Furby. Tickle Me Elmo. Cup and Ball. Sure, when these items became mega popular parents had to scour the black toy market to fulfill the demands of their little snowflakes, but purchasing these items at retail was relatively inexpensive. Those days are gone, however, according to [...]

Tinkermite hopes to teach toddlers about the parts that make up a tablet.

by Joshua H. on September 4, 2012 in New Technology

Sweet Kickstarter projects seem to abound lately. One of my new favorites: The Tinker Tablet. An innovative children’s wooden toy tablet that teaches young kids about technology. Designed to inspire creative kids ages 3 and up. The Tinker Tablet from Tinkermite comes with Camera, Wi-Fi, CPU, Memory and Battery ‘modules’. Each of these little wooden [...]

MaKey MaKey turns anything into buttons to control your computer

by Tyler Riggs on May 17, 2012 in Gadgets

I remember in one of my middle school technology classes we would work on projects that involved using circuits and transistors, LEDs, and other electronics knickknacks to make objects that did stuff. The projects were a lot of fun, even if the results were things that were barely useful. Well, a recent KickStarter project (that [...]

Kids Spend More Time Watching TV Than They Do In School

by Josh A. on March 15, 2012 in News

By the year 1950, almost every American family owned a Television (TV) that had three different channels. Fifty years later, American families have over 100 channels to choose from… Every day, the average person spends over 225 minutes watching TV. That’s almost four hours! Many of us live 14 hour days and using 4 hours [...]

Privacy Pop is patent pending bedroom tent… like when you were a little kid.

by Joshua H. on March 2, 2012 in News, Upcoming Reviews, Wishful Thinking

I have absolutely no idea when I would have used this thus far in my life. I do realize that some people have to share a room with others, and would like to keep covered, and private nevertheless. If there ever is a time that I want privacy from other people in my room, I [...]

A Truly Protective iPhone Case for Toddlers and Parents – by @fisherprice

by Joshua H. on January 26, 2012 in Gadgets, New Technology

Babies love the iPhone. They can’t get enough of it. Apple put something in it that makes it the so absolutely desireable for them. They want to touch it, hold it, listen to it, and even eat it. Would you trust your spanking new iPhone with the most recent addition in your home that the [...]

Today’s Apple Announcement is all about Student Engagement

by Joshua H. on January 19, 2012 in Apps, New Technology, Social Media

“If you’re a HS student in the US, it’s not so easy. Not only social pressures. Stats show that if you enter as a freshman, you have a 70 percent chance of graduating in 4 years. Worse in worse-off areas. Technology can change this. It can make things better.” – Phil Schiller. Not just a [...]