We were doing our daily harvest of YouTube for fresh hacks when we stumbled on a video that eventually led us to this conversion of a 1980s Armatron robot to steam power. The video in question was of ...

The WALL · E line of robotic toys was developed in collaboration with Toronto-based Thinkway Toys. In addition to the Ultimate WALL·E and iDance WALL·E, Thinkway will bring to market additional WALL · ...

If you were a child of the 1980s whose fascination extended to the contents of your local Radio Shack store, you may remember the Armatron robot arm as a particular object of desire. It was a table ...

Folding something up tightly can save space. People who have lived in a tiny apartment know this. So do drone accessory designers, apparently. Designs inspired by the paper-folding tradition of ...

If the phrase ‘caveat emptor’ (aka buyer beware) applies to anything, it’s Kickstarter and other crowdfunded products. Wonderful things are promised by optimistic designers, inventors, and marketers, ...

FOR MILLIONS of mechanically inclined young tinkerers, the Erector set (known in Europe as Meccano) has been the ultimate kit. This collection of perforated metal beams and panels, held together with ...

Robots like The Iron Giant or 2001’s HAL 9000 get all the attention when you’re talking artificial life, but the truth is, there are robots everywhere. Sure, the smart ones and cute ones are often ...

Brite, Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots and many iconic board games has died at the age of 99 after a life of adventure and bringing ...

You remember the claw crane. It's that popular arcade game in which you try to grab a stuffed toy or other prize with a mechanical arm controlled via joystick. The game makes money because it's so ...

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