K’Nex has been around for less than 30 years but has already become the building toy of choice for elaborate creations that are impossible to build with Lego. Tyler Bower just demonstrated the ...

I fondly remember a wasted youth cozying up to glass-topped boxes of flashing lights, strange sounds and steel balls flying around an angled assault course. But, apart from helpful nudges from mates, ...

You’d probably assume the first Star Wars pinball machine came out of the United States, and fair enough. The film was ...

For their final project in [Bruce Land]’s class on designing with PIC32 microcontrollers, [Sujith], [Julia] and [Andrew] wanted to do something fun. And what could be more fun than bending to the ...

Before video games, there were pinball machines. Not that they don’t exist today, but a modern pinball machine will likely have microprocessors and other fancy things that traditional pinball machine ...

If you like to tinker with your tech and have a penchant for pinball, the DIY “Makerball” kit is something of a no-brainer. Described by its Swiss creator as an “affordable, stable, mutable, pure, and ...

The history of pinball has a long and storied past. The first commercially successful pinball machine was introduced in 1931 by Gottlieb and it didn't even have the now-ubiquitous flippers. In fact, ...

The non-profit, Project Pinball, places pinball machines in children’s hospitals and Ronald McDonald houses. Dr. Chuck Ells from the 45 TV Institute of Laughter is on a mission to get a machine to M ...

Five pinball machines, including the first licensed Star Wars unit, have been saved from the scrap heap and will eventually ...

Las Vegas arcade operator Tim Arnold doesn’t claim to be much of a businessman. The 62-year-old used to install pinball machines at bars and restaurants but, he says, is “too stupid to stop.” He doesn ...