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Todd and Don have some fun with Tobias Schoeler from French wireless specialists, BeeWi, and on show at CES are Bluetooth battle robots. Controlled from a smartphone app, the robots can fight against themselves or other BeeWi remote controlled toys including helicopters. Very cool and lots of fun. The robots will be available in the first half of 2014 priced
According to the packaging, the Syma S107G is an "alloy infrared remote control helicopter " with "3.5 channel gyro system" but all you need to know is that it's an easy-to-fly toy helicopter, tremendous fun and very inexpensive. Anything else is superfluous. In the box, there's a helicopter, a remote control unit, a USB charging cable and few spare blades to help
With the world going ga-ga (or goo-goo) over the Royal baby, it's inevitable that memorabilia and souvenirs will start appearing in short order. However I was somewhat surprised that my first promotional email, received just a scant two hours after the announcement, was not a medallion or plate but a toy from The Early Learning Centre, a children's store. Check
D-Redshop introduced their newest learning device for children, the My Learning Table. They took the idea of the old fashion learning table by Fisher Price and brought it into the twenty-first century. The table works in conjunction with the My Learning App available on the iPad which goes in the middle of the table. The My Learning App has different
GNC first saw Sphero at CES last year and it's a really cool toy: a rugged waterproof ball controlled from a smartphone or tablet. So what has Sphero been up to in the past year...Todd and Don find out from Ian Bernstein, CTO Founder. While the hardware is unchanged from last year, Sphero has grown the number and type of
Remote control vehicles are fun and remote control aircraft doubly so. Imagine then how much fun a remote control quadricopter is, especially when it's controlled by wifi from your smartphone. Todd takes flying lessons from Parrot's Julian. The Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 is an update of the original AR.Drone, with the main difference being an HD camera on the drone which
The mechanised carnage and wanton destruction of Battlebots and Robot Wars is great fun but you need some serious robotics chops to build that level of machine. The Attacknid is an affordable toy alternative from from Combat Creatures - Andy McCaskey finds out more. The Attacknid is a remote-controlled insect-like robot with a modular gun that fires discs or balls. The