When William Brown, director of the Eli Whitney Museum in New Haven, Conn., thinks about Alfred Carlton Gilbert, he sees how one man’s vision can change lives. “The lesson I see is that if you give ...

Before video games and robotics competitions, toys were much simpler: girls got dolls; boys got model trains and bicycles. Toys that promoted learning and experimentation were rare until one inventor, ...

Christmas may be a few months away, but there is one man in Gilbert working to build handmade, wooden toys by the holidays. “I still believe there is a place for heirloom toys,” said John Shepard, a ...

Before video games and robotics competitions, toys were much simpler: girls got dolls; boys got model trains and bicycles. Toys that promoted learning and experimentation were rare until one inventor, ...