For some of us, the Speak ‘n Spell evokes pleasant memories of childhood as our first computer, along with one of those Merlin things. For others, it’s the ultimate circuit bending victim.

Before it became the darling of circuit benders the world over, the Speak & Spell was a marvel of modern technology. Complete with a microprocessor and voice synthesizer, the Speak & Spell was ...

Though nostalgia has no price tag, the difference between sentimental value and vintage appreciation could be quite the ...

The toy was originally developed as a learning tool to help young children learn to spell and pronounce over 200 words. Antonella owned these games as a child, but lost them over time. She wanted ...

Dan Budden - Sound Engineer More info at www.myspace.com/speakandspellband. Read more about Speak And Spell on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the ...

Rewiring audio toys to make new sounds. It involves exposing the circuit board in a device such as a Texas Instruments "Speak & Spell" toy and short circuiting leads until an unusual sound is ...

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Technologies developed to protect soldiers in war are being incorporated into everyday objects of childhood school days.

If you find yourself doing a little KonMari house clean-up and looking to get rid of old items, you may want to not only “keep only those things that speak to your heart,” but also some electronics as ...

Texas Instruments Speak & Spell toys, My First Words, and ALphabet Apples. “We tell people to look for plastic, battery-powered children’s playthings that make sounds, that sing happy little ...

And why is language “prejudice” harmful? If we speak a very ‘standard’ variety of English (even linguists have trouble defining exactly what ‘standard’ means), it might be harder for ...

a booth displaying backpacks with removable ballistic shields — riddled with bullet marks from testing — was set between booths for the textbook company McGraw Hill and the learning toy Speak ...