tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-08-13:437422 Gabor Szabo Gabor Szabo 2009-08-19T02:58:53Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-08-13:437422:657 2009-08-19T02:58:53Z 2009-08-19T02:58:53Z public 2 A few weeks ago my son attended a summer day-camp where they played with various kinds of robots. If I understood him the most interesting was the <a href="http://mindstorms.lego.com/">LEGO Mindstorms</a> and of course he wants me to buy one for him. The problem is that it is very expensive (280 USD in the US + shipping)<br />or I might be able to buy in a local store but then I am sure it will be around 400-500 USD.<br /><br />Besides the programming environment runs only on Windows and on Mac and we run Linux at home and only have Windows in a VirtualBox.<br /><br />So I was wondering if there are cheaper alternatives, at least till I see that he is serious in playing with those robots.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=szabgab&ditemid=657" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments