Apple's Swift Playgrounds educational coding app for iPad will soon connect with third-party devices like Lego Mindstorms Education EV3, Sphero SPRK+ robotic ball, and Parrot drones. I'm PCMag's ...

It’s been roughly two years since Sphero — the folks behind 2016’s adorable BB-8 robot — announced Sprk+, a plastic, programmable, app-enabled robot ball that teaches coding. In the intervening months ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Sixth-grader Audrey Krajewski and her classmates rush into East Grand Rapids Middle School’s Innovation Lab with unbridled enthusiasm and energy to learn, problem-solve and ...

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My five- and seven-year-old constantly fight over who gets the iPad first. We have one, and they get to use it in tiny doses, usually when I'm at my wit's end. Their favorite app? ScratchJr, MIT's ...

We've previously looked at some of the tech toys which are expected to be big hits this Christmas. But what if you want those gifts from Santa to come with a bit more educational value than an ...

Toy robots are nothing new. In the 1980s, the R2D2-like Tomy Verbot or the clunky Milton Bradley Big Trak let kids program their movements or actions using voice commands or a keypad. The marketing ...

We have seen some truly amazing things in the field of robotics, like a dog that can walk itself and a stickman robot that can perform acrobatics. Those are nifty, though not exactly practical for ...