In addition to littleBits (see previous post), another clever approach like to making STEM interesting for kids is the Ozobot Creative Robot. This appears so simple -- it's just a small pocket-size (1 1/4 inch) rolling robot, first released...
The key to constructing complex and interesting things is to take advantage of modularity -- as with walls and doors and windows in construction, objects and routines in programming, or dedicated circuits in electronic devices. For one example, Lego blocks...
The Interactive Toy iFLY VAMP described in the last post is an amazing creature -- a remote controlled bat with flapping wings that you can literally fly around and over a house. But for more constrained indoor flying, the Interactive...
Interactive Toy Concepts sells a variety of radio controlled (R/C) vehicles, especially helicopters and planes (more to come). Perhaps the most amazing is the iFLY VAMP, a radio controlled ornithopter -- which means an aircraft that flies by flapping its...
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