You can build these marble runs and connect them to your smart home over Wi-Fi

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2011, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Marble run toys typically rely on just gravity to send a marble careening through a complex maze of obstacles, but the creator of Marblelous thinks they can be improved through technology. These new marble run building sets feature powered Wi-Fi-connected components that can keep balls rolling continuously and a marble-detecting sensor that can incorporate your smart home devices into your elaborate Rube Goldberg-inspired courses. Marblelous is being made available through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign that has already surpassed its $10,952 funding goal. The most basic starter set, which is available at a discounted price of about $87, comes with 10 meters of track and an assortment of obstacles. If you’d rather jump in with both feet, you can spend around $547 on a heavily-discounted Mega Geek Pack that includes two starter sets ... Read full article.