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Little Tikes Cozy Coup outsells any other car.

  457,000 of these little suckers were sold in 2008. That’s a whole lot of molded plastic being churned out at a rate of one car per minute. At least it gets good mileage. Earlier this month, the toy car was inducted into  the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum in Cleveland.  Little Tikes Cozy Coupe via the Chicago Tribune

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Robotic baby mover arounder.

The perfect movable command chair for your little Dr. Evil. It’s supposed to avoid obstacles automatically. Suuure, it does. From what I can tell that steering wheel works. But where’s the brake daddy? Look how much from that kid is having as he plots global domination. Red Ferret via The Daily What via Gizmodo

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Strollerbike for rapid sidewalk transit.

Good news! Just because you are the father of small children, you DON’T have to give up your gig as a Manhattan bike messenger – just bring the kids as you weave through the busy streets. Just watch out for those treacherous potholes. The good folks at Taga tell me that this stroller trike for [...]

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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 [...]