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Here's where you'll find all the latest news about technology for children. We love to follow cool new inventions on Kickstarter and we hunt out all the latest announcements about tech toys and gadgets for the coming Christmas holidays. You'll also get our take on children's technology stories in the media.

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Our kids technology product reviews are intended to help you work out whether a toy, gadget or kit is a good fit for your child or family. There's lots of cool stuff available, but is it the right choice for the child or teenager that you are buying for? We'll help you make the right choices and get the best value for money.

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Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and friends assemble. We create gift lists to help you make good choices for kids technology which helps them develop the right skills for the future. We research the best in Coding Toys and Games, Making / Craft Tools and Kits, STEM/STEAM related gifts, Programmable Robots, Electronics Kits and Gadgets for Tech Age Kids and Teens.

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Get crafty with technology. Here we'll post all our ideas and projects using technology to get creative and making with kids. You'll find anything from making a lemon battery to a glow-in-the-dark Minecraft sword. Our projects are tried and tested on our own kids or at events we run, so we are sure you can have a go at home with your kids. Some of our projects use specific tech gadgets which we provide links for you to purchase.

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STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. In recent years there is an increased focus in these areas of study. We like to include Art and Design too, so we often talk about STEAM (A stands for Art). At Tech Age Kids we believe Coding is a new literacy and children need to understand how technology works, practice making skills and grow in their curiosity to make a better future for us all.

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Coding is increasingly being recognised as an important skill for children to learn. Some will learn to code at school or at a coding club, but it's brilliant if they get support at home too.

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We think it's really important for kids to get hands-on with electronics and learn how to make circuits and write code to control hardware. Younger kids can start with conductive playdough. For kids who like to combine craft and tech, littleBits are fab. And we love SAM Labs wireless electronics components for making it easy for kids to make Internet of Things inventions. Lots of electronics kits for kids have support for the Arduino microprocessor environment. The DuinoKit Jr is one of our favourites. Arduino is a fab skill for older kids and teens to develop.

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We love robots at Tech Age Kids, especially programmable ones. We've got lots of them and write reviews and projects that use them. Our programmable robots for kids buying guide is a good place to start if you're not sure what's available. Roby the mBot Meccano robot dog is one of our popular projects and has been with us to lots of events. Our Ozobot LEGO trailer is fab for kids who love LEGO and robots.

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We're advocates of the creative use of technology, but this needs to be balanced with developing physical skills such as papercraft, woodwork, clay modelling, technical drawing and soldering. If children don't develop these skills as they grow up then physical making projects can become frustrating rather than fun. The Maker Community uses the term 'making' as a broad term to include all sorts of artisan skills or craft activities. Being able to make things can lead to life-long hobbies or even careers. It's a great feeling to be able to take a project from an idea in your head to a real object that does something. We're particularly interested to explore products that combine maker skills with tech skills such as electronics but others focus purely on the physical making skills that are still important to modern making.

UK Kid Tech (STEM) Products and Companies


Our readers are all over the world but Tech Age Kids is actually based in the UK. It's a pretty awesome place to be for Kid Tech. This week we're off to the UK Toy Fair and the BETT Educational Technology conference. There will be lots of international exhibitors, but it's also a chance to catch up with some of our local industry friends and hopefully meet some new ones.

We thought it was a good time to write a round up of UK-developed products that help kids learn about and make stuff with technology, or use the latest cool technology and robotics. Our focus is on tech for use outside school in homes, maker spaces, libraries, clubs and camps rather than edtech for schools. The list isn't exhaustive. If there are more products you think should be featured here then do let us know.


  1. Raspberry Pi

    The Raspberry Pi is a small affordable computer that kids can use to learn coding, electronics and digital making. There are loads of resources, accessories and kits that can help families get started with the Raspberry Pi.

    The success of the Raspberry Pi has lead to lots of companies that build on the Pi including many UK ones such as FUZE and Pi-Top
  2. BBC micro:bit

    The BBC micro:bit is a small programmable device that can be used to create gadgets and wearables. It can be programmed using visual drag and drop languages or text-based Python. The micro:bit is packed with sensors and has an LED matrix and input buttons so it doesn't need any extras to make a cool project, but there's loads of scope for extensibility too. See our micro:bit Egg Hatcher for an example of the kind of projects you can make with a BBC micro:bit.
  3. Tech Will Save Us

    Tech Will Save Us make fantastic technology kits for children. Their kits are self-contained and are great for families that want to get hands-on with tech but don't want to have to source a set of compatible parts for projects.
    Tech Will Save Us kits cover a wide age rather from preschoolers through to teens ready to solder and code with Arduino.

    We've previously reviewed their DIY Gamer Kit, DIY Synth Kit, Electro Dough Kit and Mover Kit.
  4. Sam Labs

    Sam Labs is a range of small wireless rechargeable electronics components that can be used to make awesome inventions. We made a fun Minecraft Sword and a simple Light-Up Colour Changing Balloon. But honestly, my eight year old has the most fun when you just charge up the SAM Labs and give him a pile of junk. He makes things that have absolutely no practical purpose, but he's learning useful stuff and feels completely comfortable with using tech in his play.
  5. Hackaball

    Hackaball is a programmable, throwable toy from Made by Many. It's awesome. Hackaball lights up and plays sounds and has movement sensors. It's really popular with my 8 year old son. He's loving creating his own games. My 10 year old loves it too. He's a stickler for games having well-defined rules and Hackaball is on his side. Check out our Hackaball review for more details. Unfortunately you can't buy a Hackaball at the moment but hopefully there will be another production run soon.
  6. OhBot

    OhBot is a fantastic robot head with lots of sensors for movement. OhBot is programmed using a block based application and uses a camera (which can be the one on your computer) to detect faces. OhBot also makes use of speech synthesis and voice recognition. OhBot is fab for getting kids thinking about the human interaction side of robotics. And ours makes a fantastic assistant when we're at events.
  7. Primo Cubetto

    The Cubetto robot from London-based Primo enables screenless coding for young children. Cubetto is a wooden floor robot with a programming board. Kids place shaped tiles on the board in a sequence to create code that controls Cubetto. It's a beautifully designed product that parents will enjoy sharing with their kids. Check out our Primo review and free downloadable Cubetto costume templates - Cubetto is just asking to be dressed up!
  8. Marty from Robotical

    Marty is a programmable walking robot from Robotical, based in Edinburgh. Marty's parts can be 3D printed and the robot will be programmable in Scratch as well as languages like Python and C++. Marty had a successful Indiegogo campaign and is now in production.
  9. Data Harvest & K'Nex Robotics

    UK-based Data Harvest make educational technology products and recently they have provided the tech for the new K'Nex Education Robotics kit which allows you to build and program lots of very cool robots. Check out our review of K'Nex Robotics for more details.
  10. Simbrix

    Simbrix are small building blocks that can be used to make pixel art models that stay together. Simbrix are a really useful construction toy for makers to have around and they are brilliant for using in stop motion animation. We used Simbrix for our pixel art advent calendar.
  11. Mardles

    Mardles created products for kids using augmented reality technology. They have a range of AR stickers and colouring books that come to life when used with the Mardles app on a smart device. And Mardles have just announced a new Mardles 3D books with pages that come to life with AR technology so kids can interact with the content.
  12. Bare Conductive

    Bare Conductive make electric paint and the fab Touch Board which allows you to create interactive art that uses touch and sound. You can also use their electric paint in kits to make cards, cardboard houses and other projects. We first came across the company at a Brighton Maker Faire several years ago.
  13. Pimoroni Flotilla

    Pimoroni make and sell lots of cool electronic stuff, we backed their Flotilla electronics for the Raspberry Pi kit on Kickstarter and to a beautifully designed box of gorgeous components and projects. A great way for kids to get started with electronics on the Pi. We used Flotilla in our realworld Minecraft furnace project
  14. Reach Robotics MekaMon

    Reach Robotics are based in Bristol and are developing very cool robots that can be used in AR games. Reach Robotics demoed their new MekaMon gaming battle bots at CES this year. We think they're on the right track - gaming is increasingly heading into the physical world. 
  15. KANO

    The KANO Kit is a Raspberry Pi-based computer kit that kids can assemble themselves. There's also the free KANO operating system which has lots of kid-friendly software to teach kids coding and electronics. KANO are also launching Pixel Kit, Camera Kit and Speaker Kit add-ons to get kids (and beginners) started with physical computing.
  16. Code Kingdoms

    Code Kingdoms is now focussing on subscription based Minecraft-modding courses for kids. Their courses include video content and use an online graphical editor which maps to real Java code. Kids get to learn real coding concepts without having to worry about syntax errors. 
  17. Erase All Kittens

    Erase All Kittens is an online game that teaches kids about HTML & CSS, the languages used to write web pages. It's weird in a good way. We've been using and recommending the EAK demo for a while so we're pleased to see that Drum Roll HQ  have released a paid version with lots more content. 
  18. Bladez Toyz

    Bladez Toyz design lots of entertaining kid tech just down the road from us in Portsmouth. They're know for their awesome remote control inflatables (including BB-8 from Star Wars) and their range of quadcopters. Congrats to Bladez for winning a Toy Fair Best New Toys award for their Hot Wheels Bladez Quad Racerz toys (yep, Hot Wheels plus Quadcopters.)
  19. Beasts of Balance

    Beasts of Balance is a rather awesome new family game from Sensible Object. Our kids really took to this game. You balance physical game pieces including gorgeous animals on an electronic plinth to build a fabulous world in the accompanying app. It's a great mix of the physical and virtual. Quirky and very well designed. Check out our Beasts of Balance review.
  20. Lightseekers

    Lightseekers is a new toys to life and trading card game from Cambridge based PlayFusion. The Lightseekers game is a story led action and adventure RPG can be played on mobile devices and PCs. The connected toys have 2-way digital-physical interaction and the collectible cards offer AR experiences and in game rewards. Lightseekers is set to launch in 2017 and we're looking forward to it. 
  21. The Crafty Robot

    The Crafty Robot is powered by the Fizzbit, a rechargeable module that can be used in paper and 3D printed crafts. They provide templates you can print on paper or even a 3D printer to which you add the Fizzbit. The idea is that you can get creative and crafty with technology. The Fizzbit doesn't need a battery, and is simply charged through the USB port on your computer. The fun only lasts a minute or so, but it's still a really inexpensive way to create with tech. We love that you can see the circuit board too. Check out our Fizzbit Spider for Halloween.
  22. Curious Chip

    Curious Chip, previously known as This is Ada, is developing an interesting device for kids learning about programming and electronics. We first met the team behind Curious Chip at the Brighton Maker Faire. Their last product wasn't quite right and they have pivoted to something we think you're going to like very much. More news coming soon.
Wow. That's a pretty impressive bunch of kid tech from the UK. Lots of awesome design, maker mentality, quirkiness and cutting edge tech. (Note for international readers: Us Brits aren't known for our enthusiastic praise, so you may need to add superlatives.)


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