Following the recent deaths of British architects Nicholas Grimshaw and Terry Farrell, Catherine Slessor reflects on their intertwined but highly distinct careers. The recent deaths of Nicholas ...

It is a rare event for a tinkerer to contrive a new solution to an existing problem that had never occurred to anyone previously, and it is even more exceptional in this era of electronics for a new ...

This guide outlines the process of interfacing the Meccanoid robot with Microsoft Kinect. The guide can be used, however, simply for interfacing the Kinect with the Arduino, or the Arduino with the ...

Britain’s toy shop, The Entertainer, has opened pre-orders for its brand-new and exclusive Meccano range, available now via TheToyShop.com, ahead of the official in-store and online launch in ...

Meccano Martian Mission is a recreation of the 1979 Atari game Lunar Lander but without any screens. It’s an entirely mechanical creation with levers and dials used to control the thrust of a landing ...

If William Gibson and Bruce Sterling had written an arcade scene into “The Difference Engine”, it probably would have looked a lot like [Pete Wood]’s Meccano Martian Mission, as illustrated in the ...

This is the story of a great British icon, which, despite being full of holes, conquered the world. It is also the story of why that icon is no longer British but French; why the icon is about to ...

Amersham-based toy brand Addo Play has agreed a multi-year global licensing agreement with children’s entertainment company Spin Master to carry forward the iconic heritage brand Meccano. Originally ...

Dr Shelley Wickham (left) and Dr Minh Luu review an image from the T12 transmission electron microscope of the University of Sydney Microscopy and Microanalysis facility. Researchers at the University ...

14-15 September. Entry free. Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life, Coatbridge, ML5 1QD. Relive your childhood and head along to see the single largest display of Meccano in Scotland at ...