kids

3D Accessory Coming for iPhone

Remember the View-Master? Imagine replacing those little round plastic disks with an iPhone and you’ve basically nailed down what Hasbro’s trying to do with the My3D iPhone accessory.

Due out next spring, the My3D kit will pair an iPhone-mountable viewing apparatus that costs $30 with—you guessed it—apps available from the …

Checking in on the Next Generation of Inventors

The Lemelson-MIT Program was established in 1994 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The program “recognizes outstanding inventors, encourages sustainable new solutions to real-world problems, and enables and inspires young people to pursue creative lives and careers through invention.” Several grants are given out every year, …

Electron Boy Is Our Hero

When I read Erik Martin’s story this morning I started to cry a little. I don’t know why but I just did. Erik lives in the Seattle area and he’s 13 years old. And he’s always wanted to be a superhero. I mean, what kid doesn’t want to a superhero? (Hell. I still want to be a superhero when I grow up.) Erik has liver cancer and …

Bayer DIDGET blood glucose meter connects to Nintendo DS

Kids love games and diabetic kids hate testing their blood sugars. Bayer hopes its new DIDGET meter, which connects to Nintendo DS and DS Lite systems, will convince diabetic kids to test their blood sugars more often.

The $75 system comes with a DS game called Knock ‘Em Downs: World’s Fair featuring “a full length adventure game

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