This document provides a preview of the 8th annual "Toys for Techies" event, which will discuss trends in toys and the toy industry. It lists several topics that will be covered, including the history of toys, popular toys for the 2014 holiday season, STEM education initiatives, and emerging technologies that may influence future toys like 3D printing, holograms, and brain-computer interfaces. The event organizer encourages attendees to email or tweet their questions.

1. Toys for Techies – 2014
8th Annual Event (Special Preview)
Not to be confused with Toys for Tots,
No need to shop-til-you drop,
Including the Trends and History of Toys,
Batteries – get electric,
Lots of assembly required,
How to deal with Black Friday and other
special events,
Know all the hard-to-get toys NOW,
And a lot out trends in our industry.
Tech is always IN
Email me with questions:frabuck@att.net

2. A Personal Perspective on Toys and Children

3. Our Industry, Our Future, Our Children
STEM – SOHA and the MAKER Movement

4. “I’ve always been struck how selling
a million copies of a song lands you
a platinum record and the cover of
Rolling Stone and how a million
books sold gets you on The New
York Times Best-Seller list, but if
you have the idea for Play-Doh (or
one of many other popular toy or
games), which sells over 95 million
cans every year, no one knows who
you are. That’s 95 x platinum, every
single year.”
Tim Walsh

5. Toy Play from the Dr. Toy Perspective

6. Maker Mag
- The Manual That Techies Actually Read

7. PowerUp 3.0

8. Disney Infinity 2.0

9. Snowshoe Stamp
http://beta.snowshoestamp.com/

10. The Robot Report – Frank Tobe
2014 Holiday Gift List
http://www.everything-robotic.com/2014/10/the-robot-reports-2014-holiday-gift-list.html

11. HexBug AquaBots

12. OZOBOT – Preorder Now!

13. Tiggly – Simply Fun,
Lasting App-cessory

14. Crayola 3D Sidewalk Chalk

15. Faux Glass
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/faux-glass-a-20-knockoff-that-s-better-than-real

16. Book of The Year for Techies

17. The Board Game –
That Teaches Programming
http://www.robotturtles.com/

19. Intel – Galileo/Edison

20. If you’ve got the Beer Holster, You need …
http://www.drinkstuff.com/products/drinking-gadgets.asp

21. Future of HCI – Brain Control
OpenBCI (EEG) + Tobii
See this at the London Barbican Museum
http://www.notimpossiblelabs.com/#!eyewriter/c107s

22. Add more coming…
• 3D Printing – Toys?
• Holographic Images
• Video Games with Kinect
• Wearables – including Kid Stuff
• Girl Todays – What's up with
Barbie this year
• Letters to Santa
• Classic Toys
• And more –
Tune-in for the Webcast

23. Thank You…
What’s your favorite Toy?
Email: frabuck@att.net
Twitter: @frabuck