BUILDING BLOCKS: LEGO Education storms the "Block-stille" with the release of the third generation of the MINDSTORMS education platform, designed for students to build robots in 45 minutes. The ...

LEGO is one of the most popular building systems out there for geeks who like to tinker with robotics and DIY construction. The LEGO EV3 kit has a control system brain that allows the projects to be ...

Lego's new Mindstorms EV3 kit isn't all just gun-firing robots and killer scorpions. Unfortunately, there's also some learning to be done, with the new Mindstorm EV3 kit ready to land in schools this ...

Lego's Mindstorms kits were born into a world where the PC reigned supreme for control; the company is ushering in 2013 with an acknowledgment that its build-it-yourself toy is part of a much wider ...

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The fantastical robotic creations you design and build with Lego Mindstorms are free to explore the world you release them into, so why should you be stuck behind a computer when it comes to ...

Playing with Lego bricks and toys has gotten a lot more sophisticated for students and teachers at Hopkins and Sycamore elementary schools. In years past, the bricks were dumped out of plastic ...

Did you know that Lego Mindstorms is now 15 years old? When it was introduced, we were almost able to claim to be children and the whole of kids' toys looked completely different. Imagine a world ...

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