At James Enoch’s High School in California, students gather around a sleek machine sitting on a desk. Presently, an image appears on the computer screen next to the instrument. It is a grain of sand ...

It’s not a normal weekend activity for most high school students, learning to treat an orange. But at the Scrubs, Gloves and Microscopes program it was just one of the activities inspiring students to ...

Is it possible for a toy to do too much and not enough? That question occurred to me after my family tried out three of a new generation of high-tech playthings marketed jointly by Intel and Mattel.