ARCKIT EDUCATION PROGRAMME FOR SCHOOLS

Posted on Arckit Blog,  ARCKIT EDUCATION PROGRAMME FOR SCHOOLS   We’re working with Teach Design to develop an Arckit Education Progamme for schools in the UK and US to teach hands-on architecture, design and CAD skills using Arckit models. It’s been a long time coming and we are delighted to announce that we are now … continue reading

Press Release – iWorld Introduces WowWee

IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE 23.09.16  WOW… iWorld Australia introduces WowWee, a new range of innovative App enabled toys. WowWee designs, develops, markets, and distributes innovative robotic toys and consumer entertainment products. Their astonishing imagination is what really sets them apart from other Toy manufacturers. Founded as an independent research, development and manufacturing company, focused on cutting-edge technologies.  In 2004 the introduction of WowWee’s Robosapien™ revolutionised the … continue reading

Decades-old machines turn used CDs into playable vinyl at Afropunk music fest

Posted on Digital Trends, September 1, 2016   Every year during the last weekend of August, every inch of the 10 acres of Brooklyn’s Commodore Barry Park — including the baseball field — is taken over by the annual Afropunk Music Festival and thousands of people who wear the creative core of their identity on … continue reading

Vintage-style audio: Crosley Nomad USB-enabled record player

Posted on RetrotoGo.com | 2nd September 2016 Crosley Nomad USB-enabled record player I thought we had covered pretty much all of the Crosley range in the past. Then I accidentally stumbled on this Crosley Nomad USB-enabled record player, which is definitely a new one on us. We like it too. In fact, we like it a lot. … continue reading

Fusing fun with learning, new ‘STEM’ toys debut

Posted on USA Today, August 20, 2016 Tech columnist Marc Saltzman breaks out his favorite toys that stimulate interest in science, tech, engineering and math learning. Now that summer is winding down, parents may be looking for ways to keep the kids entertained after school or on weekends. The good news: many of today’s toys reinforce … continue reading

CHECK OUT THESE INGENIOUSLY DESIGNED RECORD PLAYERS

Sounding good and looking great, these are some of the more special portable record players you will ever see. If playing vinyl didn’t already make you look really really good, these portable record players will give you that extra touch of pizzazz when throwing on your favorite 12″. Fumihito Taguchi’s beautiful and elegantly simple designs … continue reading

The 10 Most Over-the-Top Turntables in the World

Posted on robbreport.com, JULY 17, 2016 VIEW SLIDESHOW Known as phonographs, gramophones, record players, or turntables, the altar of the dark vinyl disc has enjoyed a popular revival in recent years. However, for audiophiles, vinyl records have remained a constant presence. Over the years, a small handful of companies have been quietly toiling away to … continue reading

Does music sound better on vinyl records than on CDs?

Posted on now.tufts.edu, July 11, 2016 Paul D. Lehrman, a lecturer in music and director of the music engineering minor program, weighs in on the debate Vinyl is back, no doubt about it. Sales of vinyl records have been soaring, although they still represent only a tiny fraction of the music industry’s revenues: about 2 … continue reading

Chinese start-up Makeblock aims to help students learn programming for robots

Posted On scmp.com – Friday, 08 July, 2016 Chinese hardware start-up Makeblock aims to help students build robots and learn to write computer programs in a fun and educational way as the trend of incorporating robotics into education becomes a global. The Shenzhen-based company, which has an open source construction platform that allows users to easily put … continue reading

Chinese start-up Makeblock aims to help students learn programming for robots

Posted On scmp.com – Friday, 08 July, 2016 Chinese hardware start-up Makeblock aims to help students build robots and learn to write computer programs in a fun and educational way as the trend of incorporating robotics into education becomes a global. The Shenzhen-based company, which has an open source construction platform that allows users to easily put … continue reading