John Bowers, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and of materials at University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), has been selected to receive the 2017 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Photonics ...
Tags: Integrated Photonics, PICs
"We are well-equipped to significantly grow Swimways' brands both domestically and internationally through our strong retail relationships and global sales network’, says Spin Master’s Ben Gadbois. Spin Master is set to enter ...
Tags: Spin Master, Swimways Corporation
Called Made on Kickstarter, the platform hosts successful Kickstarter projects such as Cards Against Humanity, Exploding Kittens and Roominate for consumers to purchase. Amazon has teamed with the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter to ...
Tags: Kickstarter, Amazon Launchpad
“With 25 years of experience in the gift industry and a passion for art and craft products, Cuckoo is the most natural and perfect fit for Skinny Sketcher,” said founder and director Gillian Logan. Skinny Sketcher has ...
Tags: Cuckoo Toys, Skinny Sketcher
"Crowdfunding has helped to democratise the toy industry, meaning toy designers can now get their innovations to market despite limited contacts and knowledge." Heather Delaney, one of the world’s most influential crowdfunding PR ...
Tags: toy designers, crowdfunding
At the IEEE Honors Ceremony in New York City on 18 June, Dr David F. Welch - co-founder & president of Infinera Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, a vertically integrated manufacturer of digital optical transport networking systems incorporating ...
Tags: Infinera, PICs, digital optical transport networking systems
Karen Kilpatrick will focus on boosting JazWings' innovation in the toy and entertainment space. Jazwares has revealed that it is bolstering is marketing team with the appointment of Karen Kilpatrick as VP of marketing for JazWings. The ...
Tags: entertainment space, toy company
Hannah Sage's toy lion that helps military or seperated families stay in touch is in the running to win a share of £1 million to develop the project. Inventors Workshop alumni Hannah Sage is competing in a race to win a share of ...
Tags: Inventors Workshop, Milo, Virgin Media Business VOOM, Hannah sage
Sage's creation, Milo, was given a Highly Commended Award at the event's British Inventors Project Inventors Workshop alumni Hannah Sage has scooped an award at The Gadget Show Live's British Inventors Project. Sage took home a ...
Tags: Gadget Show Live, Milo, Hannah Sage, Inventors Workshop
Created by Steve Robinson, Jobstacles promises a 'hilarious take on the job interview scenario'. Having launched to Kickstarter last week, the title is already on track to securing its $7.5k goal. Robinson takes us through how he made it... ...
Tags: Kickstarter, Inventors, Jobstacles
This week, Billy Langsworthy looks at why the toy space should be excited at some of the new VR tech being showcased at this year's Game Developers Conference. Oh, and there's a bit about a vagina speaker. You've been warned. This week, ...
Tags: Inventors, Virtual reality
Radio One presenter Matt Edmondson was on hand to showcase his latest gaming title, still currently in development among a crowd of game inventors and toy industry bods. Yoga, Cookies and cake topped the bill of last week’s Board ...
Tags: Coiledspring, Board Game Club, Yoga Spinner
'This is a fantastic opportunity for indie games publishers, and new and established inventors to get their games in front of the people that matter: the customers,' says Rules of Play. Game retailer Rules of Play is planning on ...
Tags: Event, Cardiff, Retailer, Rules of playInternational tabletop day
Japanese UV LED manufacturer Nikkiso is collaborating with Formosa Plastics Group to build the world’s largest UV LED factory in Taiwan, reported Japanese media Nikkei. The UV LED factory will be entering mass volume production ...
Tags: UV LED, fluorescent UV lamps
New technology developed by UC Berkeley bioengineers promises to make a workhorse lab tool cheaper, more portable and many times faster by accelerating the heating and cooling of genetic samples with the switch of a light. ...
Tags: PCR, LED Lights