Sphero last summer acquired a company called Specdrums, which made finger-worn rings that are designed to turn colors into music. Specdrums are now being sold under the Sphero brand, and are now ...

When we last met with Sphero at the end of 2018, the company was keen to tell us how it would be moving away from licensed toys such as BB-8 and Lightning McQueen and back to its roots as an ...

At this point, Sphero has nearly become synonymous with Star Wars. The Boulder, Colorado-based company initially made a name for itself with a medley of rolling, remote-controlled robots, namely a ...

It’s been quite the journey for Sphero, the Colorado company best known for its app-enabled balls that teach coding, perform tricks, and make for great cat toys. In the roughly eight years since it ...

Sphero recently announced the end of its licensing partnership with Disney, resulting in the company’s Star Wars-themed toys like BB-8 and R2-D2 being discontinued. As a result, Sphero claims that it ...

Jenna Palensky is an ethnomusicology PhD student studying musical tourism in the Republic of Georgia. In one way or another, music has always been a part of her life. But she never thought it would ...

Sphero, the company behind the now-discountinued Star Wars droid toys, has launched a device called "Specdrums," a wearable ring that plays different music based on the color you tap it against. The ...

Sphero, the robotics company that pivoted back from Disney-licensed toys to its roots in education earlier this year amid some steep cuts to its workforce, is branching out yet again—buying Specdrums, ...

When Sphero dismissed 45 employees in January and refocused on education, it was in uncharted waters. It didn't mark a complete divergence from Sphero's robotic roots, but it empowered the company to ...

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Back in June 2018, Sphero acquired Specdrums, a startup that found Kickstarter success with music-making rings. As part of that deal, we knew Sphero would be working on its own version of the product, ...