http://szabgab.dreamwidth.org/ Gabor Szabo - Dreamwidth Studios Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:58:53 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios szabgab personal http://www.dreamwidth.org/userpic/330143/437422 http://szabgab.dreamwidth.org/ 64 64 http://szabgab.dreamwidth.org/657.html Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:58:53 GMT http://szabgab.dreamwidth.org/657.html 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 http://szabgab.dreamwidth.org/657.html robots lego children mindstorms kids programming public 2