High tech has officially arrived in Toyland – and with it the end of physical toys dominating holiday wish lists.

Tickle Me Elmo’s sweet voice and vibrating laugh had parents fighting in the aisles. The hottest toy of 1996 was, without question, Tickle Me Elmo. Who could resist the motorized, stuffed ...

(Spoiler alert: You can still find these toys today!) Elmo almost was a monkey. Townsend writes inventor Ron Dubren wanted to create a stuffed animal that would laugh when tickled, after observing ...

The Elf-gineers — mechanical and electrical engineers from GE Appliances — came together and transformed the air-conditioning ...

According to a Tickle Me Elmo oral history from Mental Floss, a Walmart worker in New Brunswick, Canada, ended up in the ER ...