I was a Hot Wheels kid, but secretly, I pined for slot cars. Buzzing with current and fast as hell, slot car sets made by companies like Tyco and Aurora made my manually powered die-cast trinkets look ...

With the toys-to-life genre, the model has usually been one way. If you look at Skylanders orDisney Infinity, players have figurines and they put them on a reader of some sort and that instantly ...

Sorry folks, but chances are you’ll have close to none ideas of what your kid will be playing with, in about ten years' time. Things evolve so fast today; technology is getting that smart that you ...

Anki Overdrive might have been my favorite toy of 2015. The newfangled racing system, which lets you drive and battle real-world vehicles on slick, modular tracks using a smartphone or tablet, is ...

Anki today announced a sequel to its innovative iOS-compatible Anki Drive slot car racing game. Called "Anki Overdrive" and set for launch in September, it will include brand new cars, a customizable ...

Two years ago, Anki introduced itself to the world at the Apple WWDC keynote with robotic race cars that could maneuver around the track all on their own. The company has grown substantially since ...

Casey Newton is a contributing editor who has been writing about tech for over 10 years. He founded Platformer, a newsletter about Big Tech and democracy. Anki, whose racing game powered by artificial ...

Richard loves technology, namely Android flagships, as well as depreciated German cars that can be picked up for next to nothing on Craigslist. In other words, he enjoys throwing money away. Send him ...

Before its adorable little robot Cozmo arrived on the scene, Anki was in the business of making smart toy cars. The hardware startup’s robotic race car line Overdrive is getting a pretty high profile ...