Sphero started with a smartphone-controlled ball that could roll around and glow and play a few basic games, but its really picking up speed with its latest toy: a smartphone-controlled cylinder called the Ollie. That may not sound that much more exciting, but the new form makes a huge difference. The Ollie has treads wrapping around either […]

When it launches this fall, the Sphero 2B will be a $100 smartphone accessory/toy/robot that will let users wirelessly control the device from inside an app installed on an iOS or Android device. Cheaper than its Sphero 2.0 predecessor, the Sphero 2B was unveiled at CES 2014, and it’s  going to offer “high-speed tricks and jumps,” […]