Lego has announced it's updating its Lego Mindstorms set this year, 3 years after the last version graced robot clubs around the world. Perhaps shunning the estimated 400,000 Mindstorm enthusiasts ...

We got a look at the new Mindstorms NXT robotics kits from Lego. And a new sensor for the 2.0 version can, amazingly, detect the difference between colors. Cool. Robotics nuts can do amazing things ...

As Ken pointed out the other day, GeekDad has been fortunate enough to land some early LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 kits. At our house, we’re big LEGO supporters, but we’re NXT noobs; our kids have been ...

In Lego’s darkest days during the late 1990s, Mindstorms was a bright light that helped reinvigorate the brand. It’s been much quieter of late; but after seven years of silence, Mindstorms is blasting ...

When there are so many single board computers and other products aimed at providing children with the means to learn about programming and other skills, it is easy to forget at time before the Arduino ...

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Are you a robot-building geek? If you answered "yes" to that question, chances are you've played with a LEGO Mindstorms kit at some point in the last decade. The current NXT set is almost three years ...

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 ...

LAS VEGAS--Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, start your programming engines: Lego Mindstorms EV3 is here. The third full generation of Lego's programmable robotics platform, EV3 is aimed at both ...

This LEGO synth made by [Rare Beasts] had us grinning from ear to ear. It combines elements from LEGO Mindstorms with regular blocks in order to make music with color. A different music sample is ...