This past weekend a bunch of us from GeekDad attended the Bay Area Maker Faire. It was my first time, and I had a great time. I thought it would be a good place to demonstrate my Etch-a-Sketch art (particularly how I make them permanent), so I brought supplies. Unfortunately, ...

The ’80’s and early ’90’s were a magical decade for gadgets for kids. Computing power and display technology were evolving and cost effective enough to penetrate the toy market in a big way. Purely mechanical toys evolved into electromechanical toys and gave birth to the digital toy revolution. For example, ...