On Aug. 28, National Instruments announced the release of software upgrade 1.1 for its LEGO Mindstorms NXT robotics invention system. In addition to improved compatibility, NI has improved the NXT ...

Students, hobbyists and tech-savvy parents who use–or plan to use–the LEGO Mindstorms kits with the NXT computer module usually program the device through a graphical language such as a subset of ...

For background, LEGO Mindstorms is an incredible robotics kit that combines a programmable "brick" into which you can plug myriad motors, sensors, and other widgets with a graphical programming ...