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DIY Laptop Etch-A-Sketch – Dadvine

Laptop etchasketch – Gizmodo.   Anything that combines retro-toys with tech gets my stamp of approval. And – especially because the Etch-A-Sketch hasn’t change the main font of their name since forever ago – I have a soft spot for that analog wonder. Arduino + Etch-A-Sketch makes me wish that I completed more than three [...]

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Hello Kitty Computer

Hello Kitty computer. I know someone who would really like this and she’s over twenty. Hello Kitty Violates The Minew A10 PC – Minew a10 – Gizmodo.

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Honey, I broke your Kindle.

Honey, I broke your Kindle.

What are the five words you don’t want to hear the day before Father’s Day? Good thing I took out the $65 insurance police that included one “accidental breakage”. I figured with two kids that I would need it. Instead, I had to use up my one “accidental breakage” because of my adorably clumsy wife. [...]

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Twittering From the Womb

For an NYU ITP project, Corey Menscher rigged up this tummy sensor to a Twitter account that tweets him every time his unborn child kicks the mother. Here an upgrade I hope he never develops: the “sympathy” belt that rigged to follow the tweets and kick the dad’s belly with every new posting using force feedback technology.  

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Making Paper Houses and Painting Circuits – Bare Conductive

Making Paper Houses and Painting Circuits – Bare Conductive. I came across this safe, non-toxic paint at this year’s NYC [...]

littleBits: EZ Electronics for Kids

littleBits: EZ Electronics for Kids

This electronics kit requires no soldiering and is a perfect way to introduce kids to electronics. The components are designed [...]

Reality is Magical Too! Take That Unicorns!

Reality is Magical Too! Take That Unicorns!

Leave it to an evolutionary biologist to pen a children’s book that describes the “magic of reality”. In the video [...]

Susie Brings Books: 6 Space Books for Aspiring Astronauts

Susie Brings Books: 6 Space Books for Aspiring Astronauts

This is the second in a series of videos with children’s librarian extraordinaire Susie Heimbach, from the Mulberry St. branch [...]