A new toy seeking funding on Kickstarter is about as simple an idea as it gets, with massive imaginative potential. Simple toy lets you build anything you can imagine out of drinking straws - CNET X ...

The mysterious Antikythera Mechanism may not have been a cryptic celestial measuring device, but just a toy prone to constant jamming. And the secret to its true purpose, according to new research ...

Sticklers for the definition of “robot” should simply avert your gaze for the opening title of the video. [Randofo] has posted this beautifully simple inch worm mechanism using only a ruler ...

And that may be part of the reason this deceptively simple toy far exceeded its $15,000 Kickstarter goal. And by far exceeded, we mean raised over $5 million. Read More ...

The ‘train’ is actually just a AAA battery with a couple of stacks of small magnets attached to either end, and when placed inside the entrance of a tight coil of copper wire, they’re pulled ...