Sphero’s Star Wars BB8 droid is one of the coolest smartphone accessories out there and it’s about to get a whole lot cooler thanks to a new wearable that mimics the force and allows you to control ...

The much-loved BB8 robot from the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens film that isn't out yet will be released as a proper remote-controlled toy Fat Brain Toys and Sphero The latest Star Wars film – Star ...

Like Sphero's other toys, the BB-8 connects to iOS or Android devices (Sphero tweeted that it's working on Windows Phone support), though there's no need if all you want to do is keep it safe in the ...

There are two types of people in the world: those who love Star Wars and those heathens who’ve never shed a tear for Alderaan, or the prequel trilogy. Still, there’s hope yet for the unconverted. Star ...

Sphero's smartphone-controlled BB-8 droid (from the new Star Wars film, of course) is one of the cooler toys we've seen. The company's looking to add an extra level of interactivity to the droid by ...

Sphero's new battle-weathered BB-8 and a new wearable remote to control it are here at last and pretty darn fun. Scott Stein Editor at Large I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I ...

Usually, when you fall in love with a cool gadget depicted in the latest science fiction blockbuster, the best you can hope for is that maybe, maybe, some gifted entrepreneur will be inspired to bring ...

We all know the breakout star of Star Wars The Force Awakens was the little round orange droid. As soon as the film came out last year, the Sphero BB-8, an app-enabled mini-version of the droid which ...

Among the inevitable avalanche of merchandise that accompanied the release of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens last year, Sphero's little app-controlled BB-8 was a clear standout. An instant ...

Sphero’s BB-8 was arguably the most compelling bit of merchandising, which is, naturally, saying a lot. The latest Star Wars film was, as anticipated, a merch juggernaut, but there was no better bit ...