Geek Speak: Sai Sujan and Sanjay

  “My name is Sai Sujan. I am studying in Modern Senior Secondary School . . .” says the Kid with rejoice as the camera rolls. He is here to record a clip as a part of promotions for the world record event. He gets it right after 4 takes and he is quite upbeat about it in the final take....

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Google launches Project Bloks, a new open hardware platform for teaching kids to code

Google today announced Project Bloks, a new open hardware platform that allows developers, designers and educators to build physical programming experiences that can help kids (5+) learn to code. While Google worked together with design firm IDEO to build a reference kit, the idea...

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11th hour rush: Registration, Robots and Reassembly.

With the deadline for the registrations closing today, it was rather rush hour at Kidobotikz. The evening saw kids and parents make a beeline to the help desk to get their robots registered for Sunday’s world record event. The fact that it was a rainy evening and a weekday seemed to...

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Record frenzy at Kidobotikz

It’s the week of the most awaited event at Kidobotikz and the place is a beehive of activity. With less than 5 days to go for the world record event, the evenings have usually witnessed a mass influx of student coming here with their robots to get them ready and record-worthy. It’s 10 past 6 and...

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Fancy footwear enables amputees to take part in gamin

When Gyorgy (George) Levay lost both hands to a meningitis infection five years ago, many people might have assumed that his gaming days were over. That's far from being the case, however. Working with two other Johns Hopkins University grad students, he's developed a prototype system that lets...

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Pebble Core Review: It isn't your average wearable

The Pebble Core is a first from the company as a non-wrist wearable, officially ushering forward Pebble's push into fitness. The little device was designed for people who don't want to be tethered to a phone but still want to be connected to the internet for music. While it sounds...

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Rolls-Royce predicts robotic ships will be on the water by 2020

In 2014, Rolls-Royce unveiled its vision of the robotic cargo ship of the future that it believes will become a reality by 2020. This week at the Autonomous Ship Technology Symposium 2016 in Amsterdam, the Rolls-Royce-led Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications initiative (AAWA)...

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Geek Speak: Navin Arul

“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” said Margaret Mead. By the looks of it, the team at Kidobotikz seems to have espoused this belief quite well. Meet Navin Arul, one of the star students of Kidobotikz and a robotics prodigy. He has contested in several national level...

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Its CHENNAI setting a world record !! Cheer for these 101 kids !

Whenever the word Chennai is used in parlance, people usually talk about it’s Temples, Tiffins and Temperature. An often neglected “T” related with Chennai is Technology. Engineers from Chennai have often dazzled the global scenario with their innovation. Chennaiites are also known for their sense...

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Exam bells at Kidobotikz ! !

A brightly light hall. As silent as the seabed. The invigilator has been keeping track of the dials of his watch for over a couple of minutes now. At the strike of 11:30 AM, he goes “You have one and a half hours remaining”. A bespectacled youngster tries to pick up pace of his writing by scribbling...

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The right knowledge ingredients for your child

  For every child - parents are their first teacher, a teacher of spirit. With this responsibility, you should provide them with the right knowledge for the betterment of their future!  Your child is an explorer who faces a future in unknown territory. As a parent you should be doing everything...

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