7 Reasons to Give LEGO Gifts
This holiday season (or any time, really), it’s important to know why you’re giving any particular gift to your geek. With this guide, identify great LEGO gifts for your geek.
Continue ReadingThis holiday season (or any time, really), it’s important to know why you’re giving any particular gift to your geek. With this guide, identify great LEGO gifts for your geek.
Continue ReadingGet your BattleBot on with Lego Mindstorms’ SumoBots. GeekMom Maryann walks you through the equipment and strategies necessary to win the battle!
Continue ReadingToday’s gift guide is full of books: Historical books, storybooks, reference books, baby books, comic books, and more. There is something for everyone on this list!
Continue ReadingThe Lego Mindstorms EV3 robot isn’t just a useful tool for teaching children about robotics. Read about how scientists are using it to explore artificial intelligence using the nematode worm connectome.
Continue ReadingYou won’t want to miss the innovative designs and brilliant pictures in The Lego Mindstorms EV3 Idea Book.
Continue ReadingThe Lego Mindstorms EV3 Discovery Book: A Programmer’s Guide to Building and Programming Robots will help you get the most out of your robot.
Continue ReadingThe winners of the 2014 MoonBots Challenge were just announced, and the all of the finalists exhibited outstanding STEM knowledge and skills. Read on to find out who won the competition and where the grand prize winners will be going very soon…
Continue ReadingRegistration for the 2014 MoonBots competition is coming to a close. It’s a great way for kids to get involved in robotics… and it doesn’t cost anything. Sign up today!
Continue ReadingRegistration for the fourth edition of the MoonBots challenge is now open. Red more about this year’s competition and prizes.
Continue ReadingEducators can expand the capabilities of their core EV3 sets with a new expansion set, packed with gears, structural elements, and more than 800 bricks to help students really explore robotics.
Continue ReadingThis is a toy that teaches kids (age 10+) programming and engineering skills. It allows exploration of robotics concepts without needing to understand electrical engineering or advanced programming, but it isn’t dumbed down to the point that it becomes boring for older kids or even adults. In fact, the GeekMoms and GeekDads can’t resist a good Lego robot building challenge.
Continue ReadingA hands-on review of the education version of Mindstorms EV3 kit shows that educators have a lot to look forward to, thanks to powerful software that drives both curriculum and learning.
Continue ReadingThe third version of Lego robotics, Lego Mindstorms EV3, has been announced with a special software application that was developed especially for classroom use.
Continue ReadingXPrize announces a robotics challenge for kids that ties in to the upcoming movie, After Earth.
Continue ReadingLego Education announces a release date for the Mindstorms EV3 robotics kit.
Continue ReadingLego Mindstorms NXT is a sophisticated and fun educational robotics set that teaches kids and adults engineering and programming skills. As versatile as it is, however, wouldn’t it be cool to enhance those cool Lego robots with Arduino boards and …
Continue ReadingGet hands-on with the new Lego EV3.
Continue ReadingWinners of the 2012 MoonBots Challenge were announced this week. The competition for students uses Lego Mindstorms robots to replicate tasks of the Google Lunar X Prize.
Continue ReadingFIRST stands for “For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology” and is part of Dean Kamen’s mission to promote his own love of science and technology. One of his most well-known efforts is FIRST Lego League, which reaches kids as young as six years old.
Continue ReadingRegistration for the 2012 MoonBots competition closed last Friday, July 18th. A total of 147 teams from 22 countries around the world submitted entries and are waiting to find out if they’ve made it to the second round. …
Continue ReadingThis week I’m joined by two members of the First Lego League team Moderately Confused which recently won the Global Innovation Award. Arjun Kumar and Jacob Hoylman talk about how they got involved in First Lego League and the process that led to their team winning the $250,000 award to bring the team’s product to market.
Continue ReadingLast Fall, First Lego League teams of kids ages 9-16 were challenged to research the problem of food contamination and develop solutions that would make food safer. Teams from over 60 countries then submitted their ideas which received nearly a million votes that narrowed it down to just four finalists.
Continue ReadingAre your kids interested in robotics, science, or space exploration? Or maybe they’d just like the chance to win a free trip to Hawaii? All are on the table in this year’s version of the incredibly popular (and fun) MoonBots …
Continue ReadingThe MoonBots Competition is back and it’s better than ever this year. The contest challenges teams of kids from around the world to think about the moon and answer questions about space exploration. A second phase of the competition challenges …
Continue ReadingI have a daughter who wants to design robots. She used to want to be an astronaut, and now she thinks that maybe she’d still like to go into space, but “only for a year or so,” since she’s discovered …
Continue ReadingLegoland Florida officially opens Saturday, October 15, 2011, but I was lucky enough to get a recent behind-the-scenes tour. Prediction: Lego fans: Prepare to go crazy at Legoland Florida. First, the park is beautiful. Amazingly detailed giant Lego sculptures are everywhere. Secondly, the rides and attractions are highly interactive. We cannot wait to try out […]
Continue ReadingWinners are officially announced for the 2nd Google Lunar X-Prize LEGO Mindstorms Robot Challenge.
Continue ReadingWhat a cool way to spend the summer! Google has partnered with First Robotics and Wired Magazine to create an X Prize challenge just for kids. In this competition, kids build and program Lego Mindstorms robots while learning what it takes to win the Google Lunar X Prize. Although there’s bound to be some incredibly […]
Continue ReadingThe 2011 MoonBots competition is now open for registration. The challenge, which pits teams of three to five team members, ranging in age from 9 to 17, gives kids the opportunity to achieve some requirements inspired by the Lunar X …
Continue ReadingFor four days last week, some of the smartest, most creative and innovative kids got together in St. Louis for camaraderie, competition and more than just a little fun during the annual FIRST Championship. The competition, which attracted more than …
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