"The Workshop will allow us to access brand new talent all under one roof" says firm's director. Sambro has become the sixth toy supplier to pledge support to ToyNews' upcoming Toy & Game Inventors Workshop. The firm - which has a ...
Creator of the Big Yellow Teapot and founder of Bluebird Toys joins September's event. Sir Torquil Norman, the inventor of the Big Yellow Teapot and founder of Bluebird Toys, has been confirmed as a speaker at the Toy & Game Inventors ...
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This month, we take an in-depth look at how Minecraft is making a splash in the toy space. The August issue of ToyNews is now available to read online, and on your iPad, here. This month, we take an in-depth look at how Minecraft is ...
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'Pleased to meet with new inventors who would not normally cross our paths' says firm's development director. GP Flair has become the latest supplier to give the Toy & Game Inventors Workshop its full backing. The firm joins Hasbro, ...
The barcode was invented at Westinghouse in 1930 by John Kermode, Douglas Young and Harry Sparkes. The first patent for a barcode, US Patent #2,612,994, was issued to inventors Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver on 7 October, 1952. The ...
The Tire Industry Association (TIA) announced that through July 7, 2014, it is accepting nominations for the 2014 Tire Industry Hall of Fame. The TIA Hall of Fame is open to individuals in the tire industry, including manufacturers, ...
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Jyrobike uses gyroscopic technology to 'teach kids to ride in one afternoon.' Jyrobike, the inventors of 'the world's first auto balance bike' designed to teach children to ride a bike in one afternoon, has secured $100,000 in Kickstarter ...
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Intel, the chipmaker that got caught napping the afternoon the mobile revolution happened, is going to great lengths to make sure it doesn't miss the boat when wearables reach critical mass, as everyone seems certain they will. “We ...
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Shaped like a lopsided headband, Google Glass is an unassuming piece of technology when you're holding it in your hands. You feel as if you can almost break it, testing its flexibility. Putting it on, though, is another story. Once you ...
News that Sydney has overtaken Melbourne as Australia’s largest manufacturing centre speaks to the success of its many niche manufacturers, says Anthony Reed, Exhibition Director of National Manufacturing Week 2014 (NMW), in Sydney on ...
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With the growing age, the usage of Stainless steel bolts and nuts is moving faster for many purposes either for manufacturing or for water related projects. Merging of at least a ten percent compound of chromium with other metals, ...
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Smart Glass - technology globally popular enough. Such glasses have a number of advantages over conventional windows. "Smart" glass does not transmit infrared radiation, it will delay the heat in the room in winter and not let the hot ...
(Phys.org) —Porous films, which use similar properties to those seen in moth eyes in combination with nanoparticles, are being developed into robust, self-cleaning antireflective coatings for use on both plastic and glass. Details ...
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A monument to Thomas Edison, one of the inventors of the incandescent lamp, is to be lit with LEDs when it reopens after two years of renovations this summer. The 14-foot-tall glass replica incandescent lamp which sits atop the 118-foot ...
Grammy winner cuts the ribbon; over 30,000 visitors expected across four days. Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys officially opened the 111th American International Toy Fair on Sunday, February 16th. More than 30,000 play professionals ...