Some of the toy tech that has shown up at CES this week just makes me wish I was a kid again so that I had an excuse to play with it all day. Leading the pack was definitely the chirruping and highly ...

One of the most fun events at CES is the annual Last Gadget Standing competition, and this year's contest was no exception. There were a lot of engaging demonstrations, such as: Lenovo using a fork to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (PIX11)– So, what is Meccanoid? Built by ...

Meccano is one of those toys with a very strong nostalgia element, involving memories of hours spent bolting together a toy wheelbarrow or a coffee table-size Forth Bridge. But 21st century kids ...

The Auckland public has the chance to interact with Meccano’s award-winning personal child-size robot, Meccanoid, at the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) until the end of Queen’s Birthday ...

If you were a child of the ’80s, at some point in your life you saw the movie Short Circuit and realized that a sass-talking robot would be far superior to the friends you had at school. And with its ...

I've been a tech journalist for almost 25 years and started Pocket-lint in 2003. Over the years I've questioned or interviewed leading tech industry figures from Steve Jobs, Steve Ballmer, Mark ...

FOR MILLIONS of mechanically inclined young tinkerers, the Erector set (known in Europe as Meccano) has been the ultimate kit. This collection of perforated metal beams and panels, held together with ...

"Why did the chicken cross the road?" The Meccanoid can tell jokes and even wish you a happy birthday For more than a century, children have been building trains, cars and cranes with Meccano. Now the ...

Canadian toy company Spin Master unveiled the Meccanoid G15 KS robot at CES this year, and it's been attracting quite the crowd. At four feet tall and walking and talking, you can't miss it. Built ...