Ron Czapala
02-23-2012, 02:09 PM
http://shopping.yahoo.com/articles/yshoppingarticles/816/cool-new-toys-for-2012/
The starter littleBits kit ($89 each, ages 6 and up) contains everything budding engineers need to set up their own circuits; kids can connect the battery to any number of switches from buttons to dimmers to pressure sensors to create reactions. A project can be as simple as setting a LED to pulse while more creative efforts can involve rigging up any sort of contraption (a sample device involved a motion sensor and a light inside a piggy bank that lit up when money was deposited). Sets are available now and add-ons range from $10-$40.
The starter littleBits kit ($89 each, ages 6 and up) contains everything budding engineers need to set up their own circuits; kids can connect the battery to any number of switches from buttons to dimmers to pressure sensors to create reactions. A project can be as simple as setting a LED to pulse while more creative efforts can involve rigging up any sort of contraption (a sample device involved a motion sensor and a light inside a piggy bank that lit up when money was deposited). Sets are available now and add-ons range from $10-$40.