It’s a modern fact that we spend too much time playing with tech and not enough time spending time in the real, physical world, bonding through shared experience, touch, and the tactile.

This time it’s a bit more physical of a creation: a self-playing foosball table. We’re not sure of the impetus for this idea, but we’re delighted to see the engineering it took to make it work.

Moore’s lightning fast shots added up to ten quick goals to my nil. But like many table games, foosball has had to put up with the rapid rise of online gaming. But Moore doesn’t mind the ...