Mindstorms Archives

MoonBots 2015 Challenge Begins with Call for Explorers, Adventurers and Dreamers

April 23, 2015December 16, 2017Dave Banks

The 2015 MOONBOTS Challenge launches today and its a great way for kids to learn about space, robotics, and pick up some STEM skills at the same time.

MoonBots Competition Announces Finalists, Enters Second Phase

July 1, 2014November 23, 2017Dave Banks

The MoonBots competition enters its second phase, as kids build robots to replicate lunar exploration.

Registration for the 2014 MoonBots Challenge is Now Open

March 16, 2014December 13, 2017Dave Banks

Registration for the fourth edition of the MoonBots challenge is now open. Red more about this year’s competition and prizes.

Mindstorms EV3 Education Gets a Big Boost Thanks to Its Powerful Software

August 14, 2013December 13, 2017Dave Banks24

A 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.

Mindstorms Will Be Going Back-to-School Later This Year

April 29, 2013December 13, 2017Dave Banks

The third version of Lego robotics, Lego Mindstorms EV3, has been announced with a special software application that was developed especially for classroom use.

Enhancing Lego Mindstorms with Arduino

February 4, 2013December 13, 2017Matt Blum

Lego 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 …

YouTube Musician Pixietea Covers Marry You With a Lego Mindstorms Back-up Band

January 25, 2013Ken Denmead

Fabulous use of a LEGO Mindstorms NXT set as the actuator for a variety of instruments in this fun cover of Bruno Mars’ Marry You. I especially love the bass “guitar.”

Playing With Lego Mindstorms at FIRST Place Robotics Camp

July 30, 2012December 13, 2017Nicole Wakelin

FIRST 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.

This Week With The GeekMoms

March 16, 2012December 16, 2017Ruth Suehle

Brigid is blogging about balancing her artistic time between commercial work that feeds her tummy and personal work that feeds her soul. Ariane started watching the first season of Game Of Thrones on DVD. She is consequently highly disturbed. She’s also fretting about a forecast of rain this weekend after a relatively dry California winter. […]

A Lego Mindstorms Jack-o-Lantern

November 4, 2011Ken Denmead

Geeky dad Michael Schenck and his son Alex did something awesome for Halloween: they built a jack-o-lantern with Lego Mindstorms NXT components inside to give it a robotic twist. From Michael’s description: What – do you say – is a …

Don’t Blink: Lego NXTs and an Android Smartphone Just Solved Your Rubik’s Cube

October 20, 2011December 16, 2017Russ Neumeier

What do you get when you combine four Lego Mindstorms NXTs, a Samsung Galaxy SII, a Rubik’s Cube, and two creative minds? You get a robot that can solve the Rubik’s Cube faster than a human.

Learning Through Lego: S.T.E.M. and Back Again

August 29, 2011Natania Barron

Legos are internationally cherished small plastic interlocking building blocks and minifigures that can be taken apart and used to build other objects. Over the years, Lego has expanded its creations to include products like gears and pulleys and even electronic …

Learning Through Legos: S.T.E.M. and Back Again

August 29, 2011Gina Clifford1

MoonBots Challenge Winners Visit Lego HQ

October 6, 2010Ken Denmead

Bringing the whole wonderful experience that has been our involvement in the MoonBots Challenge to a close, we’re happy to deliver this video of the winning team visiting Lego Headquarters in Billund, Denmark (hence the Danish voiceover) and showing off …