9 Best Articles in 2022
Y Combinator
Why Toys?
Y Combinator
4 min read · From 2018 · Some of the biggest technology companies look like toys in the beginning. From a classical business building perspective, this shouldn't happen. Toys are for fun. Businesses, especially huge ones, are for making money. Toys are small and of limited use. Large companies contain multitudes and perform
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The Conversation
Robots, AI and drones: when did toys turn into rocket science?
The Conversation
4 min read · From 2019 · At Christmas shopping, you may have noticed toys are becoming very complex. They fly, hop, jump and follow you around – some even need to be 'connected'. But why are we seeing such technical advances?
Reader View · Shared by 60, including Shelly Kramer, Faik Ersoy, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Oliver Ewinger, Chris Isak , Kirk Borne, Lluís Codina, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer
CNBC
Future AI toys could be smarter than parents, but a lot less protective
CNBC
6 min read · 2021-07-11 · As AI toys enter the market, they can be helpful, educational tools for kids but can also pose risks to data privacy.
Reader View · Shared by 55, including Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe & Carpe Diem, Terence Mills, Carla Gentry, Gerd Leonhard, Harold Sinnott 📱📲 #SAPSapphireOrlando, Nige Willson, Iain Brown, PhD, Sarah-Jayne Gratton, Cyril Coste 🥇#DigitalTransformation, Nicolas Babin #AmazonPartner, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻
The New York Times
The Best Toys That Teach Kids How to Code
The New York Times
7 min read · From 2017 · There are dozens of coding toys on the market. Here are 10 of the best, and how our test kids responded.
Reader View · Shared by 34, including Dominik Grolimund, Matthias Lampe, Martina Grolimund, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙
Fast Company
How Lego Became The Apple Of Toys
Fast Company
20+ min read · From 2016 · After a decade-long slump, Lego has rebuilt itself into a global juggernaut. An exclusive look inside the company's top-secret Future Lab.
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 253, including Leslie D, Helmi, Stephen C Sanders, Simon 🚀, Twitty, Clemens M. Schuster, Dominik Grolimund, ̗̀ ̗̀Manuel Marquina, Dave Esbin, Daniel Jörg, Brad Brooks, Martina Grolimund, Pat Kua
medium.com
Redesigning Pinterest, block by block — Medium
medium.com
7 min read · From 2016 · When I was a kid growing up in Sweden, my room was filled with classic BRIO-designed wooden toys. I remember being fascinated with the…
Reader View · Shared by 135, including Jacob Jarnvall, Stephanie A Kowalski, Chris Messina, Sarah Tavel, Yann “shalf@mastodon.social” Heurtaux 不停, Jean Decherf, Thomas Power, Florian Hanke 🍎, Adrian🇨🇭, Andreas Spiegler, Stowe Boyd, Nick Wignall, Niklaus Gerber, Faizal Ardiansyah, Parin Vachhani, ᴄʟᴀᴜᴅɪᴏ sᴄʜᴡᴀʀᴢ, Patrick Walsh, Malik El Bay 🕊, Rodrigo Prior, Dominik Grolimund
primotoys.com
Primo Toys
primotoys.com
4 min read · From 2016 · Cubetto the playful wooden robot that helps young children learn to code before they can read - no screen required!
Reader View · Shared by 102, including Florian Hanke 🍎, Dominik Grolimund, Martina Grolimund, Paddy Zab, yawniek, Ryan Hulland, Myke Näf, Maja Grolimund-Kurth, Christophe Jean, Mathias Böhm, Otti, Luzius Meisser, René Stalder, Joe Lencioni, Boris Périsset, Diego Paladino, Jakub Albert Ferenc, Nils Hitze, ᴄʟᴀᴜᴅɪᴏ sᴄʜᴡᴀʀᴢ
The Verge
Here are a bunch of free music apps and sample packs while we’re all stuck inside
The Verge
1 min read · From 2020 · Hunker down with some new digital toys.
Reader View · Shared by 103, including Liv 😷, Aamir Raz, Michael Schär, Merkstatt, Helena Gaudêncio, Neil Hart 💙
The New York Times
The Boy King of YouTube
The New York Times
~14 min read · Jan 5th · Ten-year-old Ryan Kaji and his family have turned videos of him playing with toys into a multimillion-dollar empire. Why do so many other kids want to watch?
Reader View · Shared by 85, including Mathew Ingram, Ernie Smith, Matt Navarra, Rex Woodbury, Merkstatt
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Real Life
Kids’ Stuff — Real Life
Real Life
10 min read · May 5th · How toys stopped being about play and became mainly about collecting
Guardian US
Harmful chemicals found in toys and canned food at US discount stores
Guardian US
2 min read · Apr 12th · Among the products that tested positive for chemicals were colorful baby toys, as well as canned foods and non-stick cookware
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news.lee.net
Mattel releases its first carbon-neutral toys, including a Matchbox Tesla
news.lee.net
~20 min read · Apr 9th · In addition to being carbon neutral, the Green Town toys are also created mostly from plant-based materials, rather than plastic derived from fossil fuels.
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Prof Photography
Optical illusion! Bring your toys to life with forced perspective photography
Prof Photography
5 min read · Mar 27th · Learn how to use forced perspective photography to make toys appear larger than life
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The New York Times
Whisky Knows Her Toys
The New York Times
4 min read · From 2020 · A Border collie in Norway learned the names and categories of her many, many toys, just by playing a game with her owners.
Reader View · Shared by 28, including Emily Badger, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Nigel Warburton 🧡 #RejoinEU 🇺🇦, Katie Benner
The Verge
Road-tripping with the Amazon nomads
The Verge
~16 min read · From 2019 · To stock Amazon’s shelves, merchants travel the backroads of America in search of rare soap and coveted toys.
Reader View · Shared by 75, including Anon Anon, Cory Doctorow, Liliane Ferrari ™, Jane, Michael Gisiger, Shanna Peeples she/her 🏳️🌈, Mathew Ingram
4dtoys.com
4D Toys. An interactive toy for 4D children.
4dtoys.com
3 min read · From 2017 · What if you received a box filled with mysterious toys from a fourth spatial dimension? Playfully explore and marvel at beautiful shapes powered by a groundbreaking 4D+time physics system. Poke,…
Reader View · Shared by 38, including Danielle 👩🏻💻, Cameron Yick, hardmaru, Adriano Latorre, Vincent Boucher 💎
The Guardian
Lego to remove gender bias from its toys after findings of child survey
The Guardian
3 min read · 2021-10-11 · Exclusive: research reveals harmful stereotypes still hindering girls, boys and their parents
Reader View · Shared by 112, including Erik Hauth, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., dunschtig, Timothy Caulfield, Stefan Plattner, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Eileen Burbidge, Dr Catherine Breslin
WIRED
The 5 Best Toys of All Time
WIRED
8 min read · From 2016 · Here at GeekDad we review a lot of products — books, toys, gadgets, software — and I know it’s impossible for most parents to actually afford all of the cool stuff that gets written up. Heck, most of us can’t afford it either, and we’re envious of the person who scored a review copy of…
Shared by 22, including Merkstatt, David Bauer, Stephanie Booth, Jeff Atwood
BBC Future
The gender biases that shape our brains
BBC Future
~11 min read · 2021-05-25 · The toys we give to children and the traits they are assigned can have lasting impacts on their lives, writes Melissa Hogenboom.
Reader View · Shared by 66, including Nicolas Babin #AmazonPartner, Carly, Gisele Navarro
Mozilla
*Privacy Not Included: A Buyer’s Guide for Connected Products
Mozilla
2 min read · From 2020 · Smart home gadgets, fitness trackers, toys and more, rated for their privacy & security
Reader View · Shared by 77, including Preshit, Thomas Power, Matthew Turland, Katja Evertz
VANITY FAIR
“He Can’t Make Any Big Decisions”: As the Crisis Escalates, Trump Experiments With a Pivot
VANITY FAIR
2 min read · From 2020 · With his “wartime president” posture failing to stop the slide and his presidency in the balance, Trump toys with reopening the economy early.
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Internet Archive
Novelties Johnson Smith and Co. 1951 Catalog
Internet Archive
~18 min read · Feb 16th · Founded in 1914, the Johnson Smith & Co. catalog of novelties marketed toys, gags, instruments, magic kits, costumes and other clothing, jewelry, trophies,...
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