Gadgets Consumer groups' labs advise parents not to buy connected toys, claim risk of strangers listening and talking to kids over the internet Cory Doctorow

mistakes Makers of bizarrely long-legged teddy bear respond Rob Beschizza

Gadgets The Animation Dome Michael Borys

toys Unicorn turns evil with a squeeze Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Kids' smart watches are a security/privacy dumpster-fire Cory Doctorow

toys Watch an incredible demonstration of Slinky tricks David Pescovitz

Weird You think Captain America being a Nazi is bad? Try Spider-Man as a stripper Heather Johanssen

happy mutants Four anatomical models you assemble from 132 anatomically correct sub-components Cory Doctorow

gift guide Handicorn is the ultimate vinyl unicorn finger puppet Rob Beschizza

Kids Teen solves Rubik's Cube in world record 4.69 seconds Andrea James

toys Cardboard skull Rob Beschizza

toys Haruki Nakamura's kinetic paper toys Rob Beschizza

Kids Terrific longread on the origins of Wham-O Andrea James

toys This storytelling chart explains nothing about season 7 of Thrones Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Watch wireless dominoes topple without touching each other Andrea James

Gadgets Blocks modular synth sounds almost as good as it looks Rob Beschizza

Kids The lollipopter puts the helicone to shame Andrea James

art Make abstract paintings with this Pocket (Jackson) Pollock toy Rusty Blazenhoff

toys The best inflatable unicorn Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Spirited Away's No-Face as a mechanical piggy bank Cory Doctorow