We were doing our daily harvest of YouTube for fresh hacks when we stumbled on a video that eventually led us to this conversion of a 1980s Armatron robot to steam power. The video in question was of ...

Many 1980s toy robots, in lieu of the intelligence afforded by an onboard computer, were simply remote control devices. Likewise, the Z-707 allowed kids to steer its tank-like body over rough terrain ...

Stranger Thingsseason four has rocked our world, and it still has two episodes left to go. But we will always have a special place in our hearts for that miraculous first season. Back when Dustin, ...

‘As a collector of all the early 1980s robot toys I broke playing with as a child it’s interesting to see how many of these ‘toys’ are now in general everyday use. My voice command robot, mapping ...

In the 1980s, home computers had rubber keys, 98 per cent of all music was composed on a single synthesiser in a dingy London studio, and there were only four UK TV channels. But the toys were ...