Invasion of the DIY Robots
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| Mindstorm and the Playful Invention Company hope to hook kids on the joys
| of creative play with robot-assembly kits
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| In August, Lego, the Danish toy company, launched a second generation of
| its best-selling Mindstorms Robotics Invention Kit.
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http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/sep2006/id20060907_525435.htm?campaign_id=bier_inns.g3a.rssd5
Lego is keen on Open Source and Linux. These are perceived as preferable
approaches to education. There were many article about this earlier this
year. Their recent project reflect on this strategy. DIY contradicts the
'out of the box' approach. From "can't look" or "look, but don't touch",
it's gearing up towards "look and touch". (Young) Engineers can only be
trained by tinkering.
Also see:
Lego Mindstorm with Linux Mini-HOWTO
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Lego/index.html
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