Growing up in the relatively remote countryside of Ontario, Canada, my childhood was dominated by an analogue world: rock piles, horses and a rotary phone with a cord long enough to pull into my room ...

THE Internet of Things (IoT) promises to change the way we live, work and learn. The giant network of smart objects controlled by software, and ultimately people, paves the way for cutting-edge smart ...

Made by Many’s Hackaball,which was the result of a successful kickstarter campaign By the time you read this, a hardware project we incubated here at Made by Many will be landing with its 2,300 ...

This week, Kickstarter hosted a special STEM event at its headquarters in Brooklyn, showing off a variety of products intended to teach kids programming skills. If the prevailing wisdom is "hook 'em ...

In today’s computer age, programming is slowly transitioning from a specialist skill to a general skill applicable in some way to the majority of professions. And when it comes to learning, it may ...

The ShowStoppers event at this year's CES was expectedly crowded with new gear from both startups and stalwart industry players, but two products stood out from the crowd: Hackaball and the Fasetto ...

After launching on Kickstarter last year, Hackaball, a programmable toy for kids, is almost ready for prime time. It's already sold out its initial pre-order run, but you'll soon be able to snag ...

Computing has always been a youngster's game. The founders of Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft were in their teens or 20s when they started the businesses that made their fortunes. But even by ...

COMPUTING has always been a youngster’s game. The founders of Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft were in their teens or 20s when they started the businesses that made their fortunes. But even by ...

Lessons from Silicon Roundabout in managing the ultimate side project and chasing trends The ball is alive. At least, it looks and sounds alive. It responds to touch by lighting up, changing colors, ...