There is an undeniable joy found in taking part in the same activities we enjoyed as kids, but as an adult—and with a bit of an adult twist. In the latest iteration of this nostalgia-driven trend, ...

Shrinky Dinks are a type of plastic that you can use to color on and cut into shapes. Then, you put it in the oven and watch it shrink. Invented in 1973, these little crafts are a classic and can seem ...

The basic idea behind Shrinky Dinks hasn’t really changed in the 38 years they’ve been around: The flexible sheets of shrinkable plastic can still be cut, colored and popped into an oven to shrink one ...

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The basic idea behind Shrinky Dinks hasn't really changed in the 38 years they've been around: The flexible sheets of shrinkable plastic can still be cut, colored and popped into an oven to shrink one ...

Scientists have discovered a way to fold origami — without physically touching it. By shining different colors of light on a sheet of Shrinky Dink plastic, researchers remotely bent it into various 3D ...

A young professor has used her favorite childhood toy, a laser printer, and a toaster oven to make microfluidic devices - tiny computer chips with plumbing that are usually fabricated in multimillion ...

First Slinky, now Shrinky Dinks. What will toy and games investment firm Alex Brands buy next? Shrinky Dinks — an iconic plastic toy and craft — has been sold to Alex Brands, less than three years ...

Electronic circuits are not the only objects that engineers are scaling down to ever smaller sizes these days. They're also creating devices to work with fluid samples of just a few nanoliters (a ...