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The famous Japanese kitten who was responsible for us learning the Japanese word "kawaii" for describing her, is set for a new digital path that should boost her revival. Keep your eyes peeled because Hello Kitty is getting ready to land in the metaverse and have her face on NFTs. She's 48 years old. She sports a little red bow above her ear. And she is the most famous Japanese cat on the planet. Love her or hate her, everyone knows Hello Kitty. If you haven't heard or seen much about her lately (don't forget that the story is that she's actually a little girl born in the south of England), y...
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Chinese company Xpeng has just offered a first look at its robot-unicorn project, a future mobility device designed for children to ride. But what is getting a lot of attention is the attempt of the makers to create a high-level smart mobility ecosystem with the toy since, according to the first images posted online, it has the ability to interact emotionally with its young owners. After the dog-bots and the lizard-bots, now it's time for the unicorn-bots! Xpeng Robotics, a Chinese manufacturer of electric vehicles, has given a preview of its next project, which, for the Chinese group, represe...
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With the use of dialects on the wane in Greece according to linguists, a new card game called Dopiolalia (meaning patois in Greek) now aims to boost interest in dialects, both living and extinct. Whenever Marilena returns to Crete, it only takes a short spell with friends before her native island dialect kicks back in. But the 44-year-old mother of two knows that her young son and baby daughter will likely never fully learn the distinctive oral tradition of her ancestors that dates back centuries. "I lived in Crete until the age of 18, while they will grow up in Athens. They won't have the opp...
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Whether by using plant-based plastics, recycled materials, or collecting old items from consumers, the toy industry is making efforts to go green. In recent years, major brands in the sector -- such as LEGO, Hasbro and Mattel -- have launched various initiatives as part of a wider move towards environmental responsibility. On May 11, toy-maker Mattel announced the launch of a vast circular economy program across five countries, by which consumers can return old toys from Mattel's Barbie, Matchbox and MEGA brands to the manufacturer. These will then be cleaned and transformed into plastic gran...
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From April 1, Lego will be selling a new, exceptional construction kit of NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery, accompanied by the Hubble Space Telescope. Created in collaboration with NASA, the kit includes over 2,300 pieces for enthusiasts to assemble. Lego's new construction kit of the Space Shuttle Discovery has been created in collaboration with the US space agency NASA. It features two elements: the Discovery shuttle itself and the Hubble telescope. Everything has been carefully reproduced, and in great detail, from the landing gear to the flight deck and crew seating. The shuttle's payload ba...
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A young Lego fan in the Netherlands, with a love of cycling and a concern for road safety, has shared an idea for a new Lego City cycle path. If the idea gets 10,000 votes on the Lego Ideas online platform, the project could be submitted to the famous plastic brick-maker, which may then choose to release it as a new construction set. The initiative aims to turn Lego City into a truly modern, bike friendly kind of place. This creation could, moreover, easily add on to the Road Plates and Shopping Streets sets recently introduced by Lego. The proposed two-way cycle paths are wide enough for use ...
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Researchers at NeU, a joint venture between Tohoku University and Hitachi, have developed a prototype toy robot controlled directly by the mind, in collaboration with toy giant Bandai.This robot, called Zeonic Technics, is a toy designed to help teach science and technology to children. The NeU scientists created a way to interact with the toy by linking the user's brain to a mobile application dedicated to the robot.The solution consists of a sort of headband placed around the head of the user. It integrates a brain activity sensor capable of measuring blood flow to the front of the brain. Th...
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