Local Inventor Introduces the New Craft of Craft Stick Bending at the Puget Sound Popsicle Stick Bridge Building ...
Brad Griffith owner of IMPACT Product Development & Marketing LLC has invented the new craft of Craft Stick Bending.com. This is the new art, craft & engineering of craft wood of all kinds for the purpose of making new crafts, toys, gifts and more. Griffith teaches these new skills on How-to DVDs for crafters of all ages. Griffith hopes to teach popsicle stick bridge builders, a new twist for ...
ShopRunner Announces Plans to Acquire ShopSanity
ShopRunner , a members-only online shopping program that offers exclusive benefits, including free 2-day shipping and free returns, announced today that it will acquire ShopSanity , an innovative service that helps keep consumers organized by tracking orders and aggregating receipts across retailers.
Lego League is about more than just toys
Children will being doing a lot more than just playing with Legos this weekend at the FIRST Lego League Championship this Saturday. They will be learning how to cooperate with others, how to present t
Diodes Incorporated Introduces Drop-in Replacements for Industry-Standard 555 Timer ICs
Diodes Incorporated , a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets, today announced a series of low-cost 555 timer ICs, continuing the expansion of its standard linear product portfolio.
Medina's RePlay fixes and adapts toys so everyone can play
Bill Memberg believes every child needs to play. As president of RePlay for Kids in Medina, His goal is to make sure they have that chance.
Portable device to detect pathogens in 30 minutes
The goal: A handheld device, described as a molecular-level Lego set, that will test for tuberculosis and similar bugs in 30 minutes.
Legos for Girls: Sexist or Good Idea?
Some controversy is building around a brand new line of Lego toys. The classic building blocks are getting a girly makeover, but it turns out not everyone is happy about the changes.
Nuremberg: Museum chronicles the history of toys
One of my favorite toys as a child was Castle Grayskull, a plastic playset for action figures from the 1980s cartoon “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.” I rediscovered it recently in Nuremberg’s Toy Museum, the first time I’d seen the playset in almost 20 years. It was smaller than I remember, and it seemed older, like a relic of the past.
Prisoners toy with library goods
Prisoners at Northland Regional Corrections Facility have been tasked with refurbishing well loved but worn out children's toys from Kerikeri's Toy Library.
Engineering: The abridged lesson
Students’ span-do attitude helps them learn about building bridges at local contest