October 5, 2006 According to toy industry analysts, traditional doll sales have taken a recent dip, in large part due to the fact that young girls are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their play ...

PITTSBURGH, March 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create an interactive doll that children can play with and talk to, as well as access educational content and songs," said an inventor, from ...

Around the same time we reported that Nickelodeon were teaming up with Mattel to produce an older, "tweenage" version of the Dora the Explorer, an explosion of outrage erupted from parents concerned ...

In the new movie M3GAN, an orphaned 8-year-old girl is given a lifelike interactive doll. The doll in question was designed by roboticist Gemma (Allison Williams) and is programmed with artificial ...

Bukola Somide is a Nigerian woman who has invented “Somi,” the very first Computer Science Interactive Doll. The goal of this 14-inch doll is to not only be fun to play with but educational as well.

PHOENIX — A Phoenix woman invented an interactive doll to encourage underrepresented kids to learn more about computer science and inspire them to join the field. Bukola Somide has been a software ...

Caption: Hello Barbie is displayed at the Mattel showroom at the North American International Toy Fair in February. The doll's ability to record conversat ...

If you thought Barbie's vacant eyes and physically impossible chest were what made her creepy, you might have to add a few new features to that list soon — ones that have nothing to do with what she ...

Ask Amy (Mattel) is a talking interactive doll for kids ages 3 and older. Amy is easy to set up and requires 6 AA batteries. Amy will respond to 12 phrases, but sometimes mixes up the phrases if ...