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 ...

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 ...

The EV3 Programmer App consists of the 11 most popular programming blocks in the LEGO MINDSTORMS software, including action blocks, flow blocks and comment blocks. After writing and saving a program ...

I never had much of an opportunity as a kid to play with mechanical engineering toys or anything remotely to do with robots. As a girl, the world steered me towards toys that fostered imaginary play: ...

Lego Mindstorms EV3 is the latest in a line of kits designed to bring basic programming and robotics to kids. Launched by Lego originally with the intent to help younger Lego fans get even more ...

Today, Lego announces the third generation of its Mindstorms robotics system, Lego Mindstorms EV3. The kit, which includes cables, Lego Technic elements, motors, sensors, and a programmable brick, or ...

At CES 2013, which is running this week from January 8th – 11th, Lego has unveiled their new line of Lego Mindstorms EV3 programmable building kits. These kits have been designed to provide Lego ...

Many tech-savvy kids can operate a smartphone before they can swim or make their own meals. If the folks behind Lego Mindstorms have their way, they'll be creating robots before doing those other ...

My inner 9-year-old is blown away, but my outer 35-year-old balks at the $349 price. It's been a long time—probably 20 years, at least—since I sat down with a giant bunch of Lego bricks in front of me ...

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