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TikTeck are coming to market with the sole purpose of bringing affordable products direct to the consumer and cutting out the middleman. With only a few gadgets available, Daniel chats with Rex Chen, VP Product Development of TikTeck to find out what's in store. In the first wave of products, there's a Bluetooth-controlled smart LED bulb displaying 16 million colours for only US$9.99. You
My children love their Hexbug Nanos and I doubt a few days go past without the distinctive buzz and rattle of the bugs banging round their habitats. It's amazing what a fairly simple machine can get up to and the entertainment it brings. Their motion is surprisingly realistic too. Older children and grown-ups will enjoy Hexbug's more advanced robots, in
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
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
Geeks of a certain age will undoubtedly remember when the Rubik's Cube craze (or Magic Cube as it was originally known) spread through school playgrounds in the early 1980s. Building on the current popularity of all things retro, this Rubik's Cube Speaker will bring back memories of success or frustration depending on whether you were able to solve the puzzle or