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Pitch Your Toy or Game Idea to Argos at This Year's Inventors Workshop

Aug 25, 2016

This year's Inventors Workshop will be at held at Whittlebury Hall in Northamptonshire on Tuesday, September 20th, 2016. Argos has signed up as the headline sponsor for this year's Inventors Workshop. The retailer will be involved in ...

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Prices for Handset Peripheral Chips Falling

Aug 25, 2016

Prices for handset peripheral chips have started to fall, squeezing further profits generated from phones, according to industry sources. Peripheral ICs for handsets include power management ICs, radio-frequency (RF) chips, modem chips, ...

Tags: Handset Peripheral Chips, LCD driver

US Researchers Work on Developing Packaging Film Made of Milk Proteins

Aug 25, 2016

Researchers from the US Department of Agriculture are developing a packaging film made of milk proteins. The researchers presented their work at the 252nd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS). Researchers ...

Tags: US Department of Agriculture, packaging film, milk proteins

Cards Against Humanity Live Blends 'badult' Gaming with Improv Comedy

Aug 25, 2016

The audience pitch card ideas to the creators of the game, and the best suggestions are acted out live by comedy troupe, The Nerdologues. Cards Against Humanity has debuted a monthly live show in Chicago, naturally titled Cards Against ...

Tags: Cards Against Humanity, comedy show

Leaving The EU Spells Uncertainty for Toy Innovators

Aug 25, 2016

Harbottle and Lewis's Jeremy Morton takes a look at what Brexit is likely to mean for toy businesses when it comes to their intellectual property protection. Whether it’s safety regulation or data protection laws, the EU has had a ...

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Pitch Your Toy Idea to Character Options at This Year's Inventors Workshop

Aug 25, 2016

"Character Options has a strong inventors network and this event gives us the opportunity to grow our community further," said Jon Elliott, R&D operations manager. Character Options has signed up as pitch partner for this year's Inventors ...

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Nominations Now Open for 2016 TAGIE Awards

Aug 25, 2016

Finalists for this year's Toy & Game Inventor of the Year awards will be announced on September 15th, 2016. Nominations are now open for the 2016 Toy & Game Inventor of the Year Awards. The event, held during Chicago Toy & Game Week, ...

Tags: Toy&Game Inventor, TAGIE Award, CHITAG

Moorebot, The Robotic Entertainer, Smashes Indiegogo Goal

Aug 25, 2016

The personal assisstant robot is being pitched to parents as a source of entertainment for kids. Moorebot, a robotic personal assistant, has smashed its crowdfunding goal on Kickstarter. The campaign aimed to raise $30,000 by ...

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Listen to Leslie Scott Reveal How She Came up with Jenga on The Latest Inventors Podcast

Aug 24, 2016

And it's a family affair this month, as we are also joined by her daughter - and fellow game design star - Freddie Scott Vollrath. Billy Langsworthy and Robert Hutchins are joined by game royalty in this month's ToyNews Inventors Podcast ...

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Clementoni to Launch University of Oxford Games and Puzzles This Autumn

Aug 24, 2016

''2016 has been a momentous year for Oxford with new licensees signed around the world,''said Chris Evans, MD at Oxford Limited. Clementoni is launching a line of University of Oxford game and puzzles in the UK this autumn. The range ...

Tags: Clementoni, University of Oxford Games and Puzzles

Green America Urges Disney to Improve Conditions of Its Chinese Toy Factories

Aug 24, 2016

The campaign is calling on Disney to ensure living wages for workers and improved working and living conditions. Green America is calling for Disney to improve the conditions for workers in its Chinese toy factories. The campaign wants ...

Tags: Green America, Toy

Survey Finds Half of UK Parents Let Children Drink Alcohol at Home

Aug 24, 2016

A survey from Churchill Home Insurance has found out that half of UK parents allow children aged under 14 to drink alcohol at home. The survey also found that 34% of parents bribe their children to encourage good behavior in exchange of ...

Tags: survey, alcohol drinking, Churchill Home Insurance

Esdevium Celebrates First Fantasy Flight Games Nationals Success

Aug 24, 2016

500 gamers flocked to Birmingham's International Convention Centre for a three-day event featuring Star Wars X-Wing, Android: Netrunner and A Game of Thrones the Card Game. Esdevium Games is toasting the success of its first own Fantasy ...

Tags: Esdevium Games, Star Wars

Infrared LED Revenue Growing Faster Than Overall IR Components

Aug 23, 2016

Increased adoption of biometrics security in mobile phones, close-circuit television and other consumer applications spurred revenue growth in the global market for infrared LEDs from $201.5m in 2014 to $241.4m in 2015, according to Jamie ...

Tags: Infrared LEDs, LED market

Latin American Corn Demand Spearheads US Gulf Supramax Rebound

Aug 23, 2016

An increase in eastbound long-haul grain and petcoke cargoes from the US Gulf Coast has triggered a rebound in Handysize and Supramax freight rates in this key loading area this week. Also, inquiries in the region remains spearheaded by ...

Tags: Corn Demand, US Gulf Coast

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