Kids

AMK is Lego-Like Digital Instrument For Your Kids, Ear-Ache For You

The AMK (that's Alle Meine Klänge) looks something like the bastard offspring of Lego and a Guitar-Hero controller, with a few extra digital sprinklings thrown in. The idea is that its different modules can be plugged together in many ways to produce music: some have sound effects, others record incoming sounds and replay them and another unit is the amp/loudspeaker. Then the whole thing is played with simple twist controls and buttons. Confused? Watch the video of the concept toy in action at designers PKNTS Studio's website, and you'll have perfect comprehension: if this toy is made real and your kids get one, you'll never get a lie-in again. [PKNTS via Yanko Design]

10:00 AM on Tue Jul 1 2008
By Kit Eaton
1,178 views, 9 comments

Latest by BlueRSX: Earache my eye! more »

headphones

Loud Enough Earphones: Ultimate Ears For Your Kids

It's been a while since we brought you some news from Ultimate Ears (the cat eating through the cable to my UE Super.Fi's doesn't count, sadly). But now UE has released its newest offering, and it's for the kids: the Loud Enough earphones. "They've gone barking mad!" you might say, citing expense and the potential damage that might be done to young ears by a max-volume burst of Noddy. Well, you'd be wrong: these earbud 'phones have special volume-limiting tech built in. Plus they're $40. They've got silicon buds down to extra-small size... so I guess the only danger is what inventive kids will get up to with those. [Crave via Gizmodiva]

7:38 AM on Tue Jul 1 2008
By Kit Eaton
1,808 views, 13 comments

Latest by Mrrix32: I have never listened to music at high volumes (I'm currently 16). If you had my taste in music, you wouldn't want anyone else to hear it either :P more »

kids

Konepan Bread Maker Turns Your Loaves into Bunnies

Going one better than the Jesus model (the original, not Giz's resident LEGO freak and sexy boy Diaz) is the Konepan, a bread maker from japanese toy manufacturer Megahouse. The kitchen gizmo, aimed at kids and recently-retired Giz writers, can turn your dough into 14 different shapes, most of them crazy, all of them fabulous. Teddy bears, elephants, ~~hemmorhoids~~ a bunch of grapes, snails, and what looks like an angry squirrel, take just 13 minutes to cook once you've followed the instructions of how to make them. No clue as to how much the Komepan costs, however. [Megahouse via TOKYOMANGO]

4:00 PM on Sat Jun 28 2008
By AddyDugdale
3,628 views, 14 comments

Latest by n/a: I guess the bread will be "protein enriched",judging from the Freudian slip Addy made in the last sentence...! more »

hdtv

"HD for Kids!" Coloring Book: Now You Really Have to Stay Inside the Lines

This great "HD for Kids!" coloring book by Non-Toxic Reviews teaches tykes all about the joys—and pitfalls—of High-Def TV through activities like tracing burn-in on a plasma screen and the borderline-autistic "draw 1,080 dots inside this HDTV". The book is too funny not to be a little tongue-in-cheek, but the lessons are real and helpful for people of all ages. I can definitely relate to the part that gets the young 'uns disappointed early in life when they realize they have four HDMI devices, but only one input to plug them into. Check out our favorite pages in the gallery, and get the full book for free by hitting the link. [Non-Toxic Reviews via BBG]

7:29 PM on Thu Jun 19 2008
By Benny Goldman
2,735 views, 13 comments

Latest by Killjoy: @Channing: ^_^ more »

japan

Shocking Sick Puppy is "Operation" for a New Generation

Japanese game manufacturer Mega House has come up with a winner. Biri Biri Kaze Hiki Wanko (which, translated, means Shocking Sick Puppy) is a cross between seminal kids' game Operation, where you had to remove various parts of a patient's anatomy with a pair of wired-up tweezers, without ~~letting on to your parents that you'd swallowed the best part of a bottle of bourbon the night before~~ touching the sides, and that equally seminal '70s plaything, Slime. A fearsome mess of green snot and drool emerges from the dog's mouth and nose, and you have to pick out plastic "germs" embedded in the ectoplasm. Trouble is, if the metal tweezers touch the slime, you get an electric shock. Out in Japan this August, Shocking Sick Puppy needs a worldwide release if it is to realize its full genius potential. [Trends in Japan]

4:55 AM on Thu Jun 19 2008
By AddyDugdale
5,502 views, 17 comments

Latest by Red Right Hand: @shiftyeyedgoat: you so nasty more »

jesusphone saves

The iPhone Is Truly the JesusPhone, Helps Kids Avoid Sedatives

And the Lord came to Dr. Daniel Low and told him: "Praise the iPhone, for it can make your calls, get your mail, play your music, browse the web, and now help kids go to surgery without having to use sedatives to calm them down!" And the Lord—who looked remarkably like this guy— gave him one, and then he took it to the kids at the Seattle Children's Hospital, where he raised it up on high, saying: "first, shalt thou watch the videos. Then shalt thou calm the hell down, no more, no less." And the children calmed down, and he saw it was good. So good, in fact, that he has used it for six months with 450 children, reducing the use of drugs by 85%. But how does it work? More »

3:00 PM on Thu May 1 2008
By jesusdiaz
12,833 views, 48 comments

Latest by VENAT0R: just give em w33d.. that will calm them down muy bueno w/o having to soil your fingers with iShit more »

stitch

Oh Joy! Stitch CD Player Rocks My Tiny, Childlike Brain

Fans of kitsch plastic gewgaws might find this Stitch radio and CD player from Runat so far up their street it's parked in their garage. Modelled on the Disney alien from the 2002 movie Lilo and Stitch, and most probably a tie-in for the upcoming anime series Stitch! it looks awesome with its mouth open—as you can see below. More »

5:55 AM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By AddyDugdale
3,424 views, 12 comments

where's darwin

Moron Kid Gets Trapped Inside a Crane Game, Still Doesn't Get a Prize

I'm pretty sure when I was young, kids this dumb were sent out into the wild and only allowed back into society after they'd done battle with rabid wolves and survived, to ensure accordance with Darwin's law. Anyways, look kid, the crappy, Chinese-made stuffed toys inside, they're not actually worth it—not the quarter you conned out of your parents to play, and not the years of therapy you're going to have undergo to get over this. If it had been one of the ones where you can win like a Wii, okay, 'cause they can still be kind of hard to come by. But it totally wasn't. [YouTube via Geekologie]

7:30 PM on Thu Apr 17 2008
By matt buchanan
8,254 views, 47 comments

Latest by ldsdj: Advice from a parent: #1: Watch your d*mn kid. #2: If you did #1, and he still ends up sneaking away and getting himself stuck in the "Lucky Dip," this is not an acceptable excuse to get out of having his @$$ more »

nasa

German Schoolboy Corrects NASA's Math - We're All Doomed

NASA has been forced to check its math after a 13-year-old German boy wrote to tell them their calculations for the probability of an asteroid hitting earth were incorrect. Agency bosses had predicted a one-in-45,000 chance of an interstellar object bringing an end to life as we know it; that was until teen Nico Marquardt told them that the figure was closer to one in 450. More »

8:30 AM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By Chris Magor
38,030 views, 115 comments

mr. t

I Bring Little Boy Out of a Coma With Nothing But My Presence

Mr. T doesn't need no science or no brain pressure reliever. Mr. T can bring children out of comas by just going to their rooms. See exhibit T, a boy who was unlucky enough to fall into a coma some time in the mid-1980s. All I had to do is go to his hotel room, say some words, close the curtains, and by the time I was walking out of the hospital the kid was out of his coma! How did they know this kid was a fan of Mr. Me? Because whenever my name came up, his arm twitched! That's how! What did you think? Don't ask questions you already know the answer to. I'm Mr. T, and I bring kids out of comas! *Grunt* [Yahoo]

3:00 AM on Tue Apr 1 2008
By Jason Chen
5,850 views, 30 comments

Latest by Evangelion: @martini1179: I lol'd!!! more »

kids

Mobius Climbers Are Totally Awesome, Dangerous Playground Equipment

These Mobius Climbers are super-sweet playground equipment inspired by Mobius strips, bending and curving all over the place with grips and bars for climbing. It's the type of thing I would have killed to play on as a kid but would be forbidden to by my reasonable parents, who would see these things for what they are: high-concept kid manglers, inviting slippery-fingered first graders to take a head-first spill into a piece of sheet metal with grips protruding from its concave surface. Awesome. [Product Page via Neatorama and BornRich]

11:15 AM on Fri Feb 29 2008
By Adam Frucci
8,920 views, 89 comments

Latest by Fatty: thats why kids r pussy these days because people call climbing 5 feet high "dangerous" more »

kids cellphone

Zeki Cellphone Is Walkie-Talkie with SMS and MP3 for Kids

A company called YoungToys is bringing out a cellphone aimed at kids and toddlers in Korea. The Zeki is a digital walkie-talkie, enabling conversations and short messages exchange between two handsets up to 260 feet apart, as well as MP3 playback and audio/video recording (presumably useful if you're the snooping parent type).
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11:40 AM on Mon Feb 25 2008
By Kit Eaton
2,006 views, 11 comments

phone

Cute Voice-Changing Telephone is for Kidnappers, Not Kids

This landline phone with an adorable unknown animal on it seems perfect for the phone-calling tyke in your life, but what's on the inside is truly scary. Its guts contain a voice-changing module with high- or low-pitch options, allowing you to choose between your inner Barry White and your inner Jared Wiley. Or your, you know, every kidnapper ever. It comes from world-famous shlock wholesaler Chinavision, so pick up one or five...hundred, starting at $10.27. [Chinavision via Crave]

10:54 AM on Fri Feb 22 2008
By Benny Goldman
2,483 views, 15 comments

Latest by Gizmog: I'm sure the "technology" in this phone is fairly basic, but I actually wouldn't mind a more advanced version of this phone. I have a fairly high-pitched voice, and for some reason it seems even higher-pitched on the phone. more »

terror toys

Scan-It X-Ray Machine the Ugly Face of 21st-Century Toys

Billed as a way of acclimatizing kids with airport security checks, the Scan-It X-Ray machine detects the presence of metal in objects and is, let's face it, a scary addition to your child's toy box. Stick Barbie on the conveyor belt, pass her through the Scan-It and you will be able to see if her IUD is in place or not. It costs $29.95, but I'm going to hang on for the Crazy CIA Waterboarding Kit. Seriously. [OhGizmo] More »

7:22 AM on Wed Feb 20 2008
By AddyDugdale
5,335 views, 21 comments

Latest by n/a: Stupid idea, now somebody thinks we should expose the children to the current paranoia. more »

mini surface

ToyQuest Touch Table Turns Your Little Treasure into a Baby Bill Gates

Given how delicious we all think Microsoft's touchscreen table, the Surface, is (apart from the $10,000 price tag) here's a more basic version from ToyQuest. The Touch Table EES (that stands for electronic education system) boasts a 21-inch touchscreen from which you can play games and DVDs (hmm, very educational). It does redeem itself somewhat, though. Find out how after the gallery.
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4:41 AM on Wed Feb 20 2008
By AddyDugdale
3,999 views, 10 comments

weird

Idiot Kid Looks for Narnia in Washing Machine, Overly Sympathetic Firefighters Save Him with Jaws of Life

Okay, so I tried to put myself in this kid's shoes. I'm looking at a steel hole. Not very exciting! I'd rather go play with a bright, flashing object instead. Apparently, we don't have the same thought process, 'cause this kid decided to dig deeper. Guess what he found? A whole bunch of OMGI'mStuck. Enter brave firefighters, who have to rip the defenseless washing machine apart with the jaws of life to free the kid. Me? I'd have just gotten a new washing machine on the spot. [WKYC via Fark]

6:30 PM on Wed Feb 6 2008
By matt buchanan
11,086 views, 58 comments

Latest by SeventhExile: They saved him? ... Eh he coulda won the Darwin Awards had they not helped him.. prob would have been better off that way anyways.. more »

i'm stunned

Guy Who Uses Stun Gun on Son to Toughen Him Up Jailed, Unsurprisingly

The father of an 18-month-old child is off to jail for four years after being found guilty of using a stun gun on the boy. His reason for using the 100,000-volt Dragonfire, which resulted in muscle damage to the kid's heart, was because he wanted his son to be "the toughest cage fighter ever." Yeah, the toughest heart-damaged, cage-fighting 18-month-old ever. More »

8:40 AM on Wed Jan 30 2008
By Kit Eaton
12,761 views, 77 comments

cellphones

DoCoMo's Child-Friendly 3G Phone Comes With RC Bracelet

DoCoMo, purveyor of multi-colored phones to Pantone fans in Japan has come up with a 3G phone aimed at kids. As well as having many safety features and a keyboard designed for small fingers, the F801i, which goes on sale in Japan December 20, comes with a bright yellow "amulet." Not to ward off evil phone spirits, but as a remote control and lost phone locator you wear round the wrist. See it, and a gallery with more info, below. More »

8:15 AM on Mon Dec 10 2007
By AddyDugdale
1,817 views, 5 comments

Latest by Klitaka: That is a pretty phone. I might actually choose that sort of phone over the OpenMoko--just because it's such a fetching design. more »

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