Tag: educational toys
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
Arckit GO Colours enters finals for Best Toy for Kids Award
Posted on toynews-online, June 16 2016 ‘We’re all keeping our fingers crossed here, as we have serious competition’, says Arckit’s Damien Murtagh. Arckit’s architectural kits GO Colours has entered the finals for the ASTRA Best Toys for Kids Award, in the Constructive Play eight plus years category. The Best Toys for Kids Award has been designed to … continue reading
Swedish creative toy start up Strawbees continues US growth by signing Barnes & Noble
Posted on mynewsdesk.com, 1st June 2016 Strawbees is a Gothenburg creative toy and edtech start up that follow up a triple digit growth in 2015 by signing Barnes & Noble, the largest book store chain in the United States. Strawbees expects to triple sales in 2016. ”United States is one of our key markets, and signing … continue reading
Arckit: 3 Steps to Creating a Professional Architectural Model
Posted on Engeneering.com, May 11, 2016 Despite all the wonders of computer-generated imagery, with its photorealistic renderings and virtual reality, sometimes there’s nothing like an actual physical model. In such cases, the typical approach for architects is to construct a one-time-use scale model. These can be very difficult to adapt when a client requests changes—but what … continue reading
Marbotic Smart Letters
Posted on Wired, 1st May 2016 JOSH VALCARCEL/WIRED IT’S NO EASY thing to teach the alphabet. The target audience is easily distracted, upper and lower case don’t follow any logic you’d call consistent, and honestly who has the time when there are tickle monsters afoot? Marbotic, a learning system that blends physical blocks and iPad apps, may … continue reading
Codybot: Smart Robot Teaches Kids & Adults to Code
Posted On PRnewswire – March 29, 2016 Makeblock launches the smart robot that makes coding fun and accessible to all Codeybot is an exciting two-wheel self-balancing robot that teaches the fundamentals of coding in a fun and playful way, and has been created by the robotics experts at Makeblock. The small robot packs in plenty of features, … continue reading
Strawbees on the Forbes list of Toys To Watch in 2016
We are happy to announce that Forbes named Strawbees “Toys to Watch in 2016”, with the likes of LEGO and Plus-Plus. “Parents nowadays wants their kids to leave the computer and use smart toys and be creative. The trend on the fairs has clearly been more hands on creative toys, and that is why we see great results from … continue reading
