Hasta La Gadget!

I’m sure that you have seen action figures and collectables of some sort that are packaged in a way so that you have no idea what you are buying. The mystery and anxiety over what character is inside is a big part of the fun. ThinkGeek has some cool new Walking Dead Mystery Mini figures from Funko that are packaged this way.

These figures are vinyl minis that are cartoon-like versions of walkers from the show as well as some of the main characters. You have no idea what you are getting and once the outer box is opened, they are not returnable. That means you can’t buy a bunch to find the one you are missing from your collection and then return the others.

The rarest figures are rare blood-spattered survivors as well as glow in the dark zombies. Pricing for the vinyl figures ranges from $6.99(USD) each to $69.99 for an entire case of 12 figures.

 Roam And Wander, a toy and children’s entertainment studio that is currently participating in 500 Startups’ accelerator program, is now raising funds for its latest stuffed animal on Kickstarter. Called DiDi, the classic brown teddy bear is twice as large as Roam and Wander’s last toy, a bunny named TuTu, and comes to life with the aid of an iPad. Read More

Deciding that the lowly building block was due for an upgrade, researchers at MIT have created something amazing. The simple-looking M-Blocks are made from an aluminum frame filled with electronics, an electric motor that can spin up to 20,000 rpm, and a flywheel. And they can perform some amazing feats without any human intervention.

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I know that we are a society that is obsessed with mobile devices these days, and Generation Z grew up in a digital environment, so much so that anything analog is looked upon in disdain, as they wonder how we, their parents, were able to live with knobs, dials, and the idea of sending snail mail to one another across time. Still, there are some things that digital cannot beat – such as reading a newspaper or a book which do not require any batteries, not to mention the fact that newspaper can be used for many other functions once you’re done reading it. Well, games on mobile devices have exploded too, but it might be good if one enjoys something old school while on the move, such as the $19.99 Quoridor Pocket Maze-Forming Travel Game.

The Quoridor Pocket Maze-Forming Travel Game will basically require you to get from one side of the maze to the other, without bumping into any of the walls, of course. It is somewhat like the Light Cycles game in Tron, where this easily portable travel game will sport integrated drawers in the board itself so that you can stash away all of the parts without having a piece go missing by accident. The average play time is 15 minutes, and best of all is, there is no need for batteries to recharge since it doesn’t use any in the first place!
[ Quoridor Pocket Maze-Forming Travel Game helps you exercise your brain on the move copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Earlier this year a fellow by the name Shubham Banerjee created a LEGO project that went viral. Banerjee is a 12-year-old inventor – he created the “BRAIGO”, a Braille printer … Continue reading