Having an early warning system for nearby orcs and goblins is undoubtedly handy, but how about unsecured wi-fi? A group of enterprising programmers over at Spark.io have taken a toy version of Bilbo’s ...

Whilst the original Sting glowed blue as a defensive alert, Spark’s “WarSting” is all about aggression. The project hacks a toy Hobbit sword and teaches it to glow blue when vulnerable WiFi is ...

In The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, the legendary sword Sting first helps Bilbo and then Frodo detect the presence of orcs by glowing blue whenever evil is near. "Orc detection" isn't exactly ...