Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Rather than pinning their hopes on Santa, kids will soon be printing their own favourite toys as ...

Mattel has long held a place in childhood play. An upgrade to its 1960s hit, ThingMaker, hopes to continue the tradition in a very modern way. Related: Navies could harness 3D-printing to build ...

Had you been a child in the 1960s, you might remember something called the ThingMaker, a do-it-yourself toy creation kit from Mattel that came out decades before 3D printing would itself become a ...

After successfully reimagining the classic View-Master into the new View-Master Virtual Reality viewer, Mattel has its sights set on bringing affordable home 3D printing to families by reimagining the ...

Toymaker Mattel has announced that it is throwing its lot in with the maker movement, launching an aggressively-priced 3D printer targeting younger users. Mattel is no stranger to homebrew devices: ...

I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and future/emerging trends in our changing world. Other obsessions include magic, immersive theater, ...

Mattel has announced that it's bringing back ThingMaker, its toy making kits which launched in the 1960s. But this time around ThingMaker will get a modern make-over and consist of a fully functioning ...

NEW YORK — 3D printing was still decades away when Mattel debuted ThingMaker in the 1960s. As a primitive "at-home maker device," it let kids produce bug-like Creepy Crawlers, mini-dragons, flowers ...