02-10-2007, 12:25 PM
Quote:The robotic Dragonfly will take flight again at the American International Toy Fair, the largest toy trade show in the Western Hemisphere, which begins Sunday in New York. But it will hardly be alone there in its use of technologies that are giving a new generation of toys extraordinary capabilities to fly, float, walk and roll almost always inexpensively in ways unimaginable just a few years ago.
Is there a revolution? asked Gene Khasminsky, the design director for Interactive Toy Concepts, the Canadian maker of the Micro Mosquito, a palm-size, radio-controlled helicopter that was in demand among holiday shoppers at about $70.
I think, right now, that there is a push back from our industry to get kids off the couch where theyre playing video games, Mr. Khasminsky said ...Were moving into an age where toys are becoming more high-tech to stay competitive with gaming....
full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/08/techno...1328590800&en=26e03ccbf2d22481&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss