One of the best things about the iPad is its ability to become an entirely new gadget every time you open a new app, or even connect it to an accessory. We've seen arcade-style cabinet docks that turn ...

Even those of us who live for new technology and the wonders it brings cannot escape the power of nostalgia. Being reminded of a toy that fascinated us as children can snap us back to those heady days ...

This Kickstarter project for the iPad isn't your usual digital-only app re-creation of a phenomenon from yesteryear. It's a remarkable facsimile. Ed is a many-year veteran of the writing and editing ...

Much as we love new technologies, there’s something about nostalgia that is so persuasive that it can cross time and new ideas. This is why we expect the Etcher Kickstarter project to do well. You’re ...

We get to see all sorts of Kickstarter projects here at TUAW. There are the incredibly successful and "why didn't I think of that" projects like the Pebble e-paper watch (now at well above US$10 ...

Etcher is an innovative accessory and app for the iPad that is designed to transform your iPad into a modern-day Etch A Sketch. This ingenious add-on case allows the app to function exactly like the ...

[Photo: Ari Krupnik] Before tablets, MS Paint, computers, or heck, even paper (ok, that last part is a flat-out lie), the only cool way to draw a picture was with an Etch-a-Sketch. Now, the minds ...

Etcher is an iPad case and app that turn the tablet into a digital Etch a Sketch. At first glance the Etcher is nearly indistinguishable from an old-school Etch A Sketch, but you can obviously do a ...