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Once upon a time, the world of talking dinosaurs was restricted to largely forgotten sitcom ‘Dinosaurs’ and irritating purple pal to preschoolers Barney. CogniToys, a new line of toys developed by Elemental Path, is changing that with its first release – a dino whose brain is powered by IBM’s Watson technology. The company is launching the dinosaur on Kickstarter with pre-orders starting at $99.99 and says the toy’s best suited for children aged four to seven. As ever, it’s worth applying some caution when it comes to crowdfunding but Elemental Path does have fairly polished prototypes and videos to show off. It’s set a target of…

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