It’s quite easy to marvel at the sight of a World Rally Championship car darting through narrow asphalt lanes, sliding between snow banks and surviving some of the world’s toughest rocky terrains. But ...

It's always cool when the big motorcycle manufacturers shake hands with toy makers and deliver spectacular items that please the eyes and the minds of both kids and adults. The latest to do so is ...

FOR MILLIONS of mechanically inclined young tinkerers, the Erector set (known in Europe as Meccano) has been the ultimate kit. This collection of perforated metal beams and panels, held together with ...

Acquiring a genuine Ducati motorcycle will surely make the kid in you go berserk, but so will a Meccano version. Ducati teamed up with Spin Master Corp – known for its children entertainment sector – ...

It was the stuff from which engineering dreams are made – no matter how young or old that engineer happened to be. One of the UK's biggest exhibitions of Meccano came to Ironbridge Gorge's Enginuity ...

Classic toy brand Meccano has created a make-your-own robot kit by combining its building pieces with programmable software. The Standard was given a sneak peek at its latest “Meccanoid” at the CES ...

Most of us are accustomed to, and very comfortable with, building furniture using an instruction manual. But what about when that safety net is gone and you’re forced to construct tables, chairs, and ...

I've been a tech journalist for almost 25 years and started Pocket-lint in 2003. Over the years I've questioned or interviewed leading tech industry figures from Steve Jobs, Steve Ballmer, Mark ...

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 ...

A multi-coloured footbridge has been built over a canal bed - and it's made out of giant-sized pieces of Meccano. The six-ton steel bridge in the Little Lever area of Bolton cost £90,000 to construct, ...