A young entrepreneur turned his hobby into Makeblock, a booming business that’s helping students around the world learn by building robots. Jianjun “Jasen” Wang wasn’t exposed to technology as a kid.

Remember when kids could simply play with their toys? They still can. But parents are increasingly spending on toys that are chockablock with tech components, and that promise to turn their kids into ...

Makeblocks, a company known for kid-friendly robotics and DIY hovercraft-drones, is launching a new gadget-building platform called Neuron. It's like Lego meets Littlebits-- you get over 30 blocks ...