Rare postwar robot toy car sells for $233.7k at auction

The rare Japanese toy with a robot driver and a robot passenger seems to have been influenced by American convertibles of the ...

AI toys for kids talk about sex and issue Chinese Communist Party talking points, tests show

New research from Public Interest Research Group and tests conducted by NBC News found that a wide range of AI toys have ...

Chatbot-powered toys rebuked for discussing sexual, dangerous topics with kids

The rise of generative AI has brought intense debate over how much responsibility chatbot companies bear for the impact of ...
Chicago Tribune

Toy inventor Burt Meyer, who dreamed up Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, dies age 99

Burt Meyer, who invented toys like Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, Lite-Brite and MouseTrap in the 1960s that delighted generations of children, has died. He was 99. Meyer’s creations arrived in the postwar ...
Wall Street Journal

Burt Meyer, Inventor of Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots and Other Hit Toys, Dies at 99

What does it take to keep kids amused? Before the invention of electronic games and smartphones, that was a more complicated question for parents. Burt Meyer provided many of the answers. Meyer, who ...