October 5, 2006 According to toy industry analysts, traditional doll sales have taken a recent dip, in large part due to the fact that young girls are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their play ...

Around the same time we reported that Nickelodeon were teaming up with Mattel to produce an older, "tweenage" version of the Dora the Explorer, an explosion of outrage erupted from parents concerned ...

PHOENIX — A Phoenix woman invented an interactive doll to encourage underrepresented kids to learn more about computer science and inspire them to join the field. Bukola Somide has been a software ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If the new season of Peppa Pig has been on loop in your house since it debuted on Netflix in May, then ...

In the new movie M3GAN, an orphaned 8-year-old girl is given a lifelike interactive doll. The doll in question was designed by roboticist Gemma (Allison Williams) and is programmed with artificial ...

If you thought Barbie's vacant eyes and physically impossible chest were what made her creepy, you might have to add a few new features to that list soon — ones that have nothing to do with what she ...

PITTSBURGH, March 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create an interactive doll that children can play with and talk to, as well as access educational content and songs," said an inventor, from ...

Bukola Somide is a Nigerian woman who has invented “Somi,” the very first Computer Science Interactive Doll. The goal of this 14-inch doll is to not only be fun to play with but educational as well.

Could the toys under your Christmas tree be spying on you? Consumer groups point to an interactive doll they say encourages children to give up personal data, in violation of the law. One tech toy ...