link to del.icio.us digg Facebook Reddit Stumbleupon Technorati Twitter Google Bookmark E-mail to a friend!

LEGO 8527 Mindstorms NXT

Price $249.99

LEGO 8527 Mindstorms NXT | Gifts For A Geek and Toys

(#LG8527)

  • Create humanoid, vehicle, and animal robots that obey your command!
  • It's the next generation of intuitive robotics.
  • Responds to lights, colors, sounds, touch, and movement.
  • Control your robot from your mobile phone!
  • And you thought LEGOs were just for kids!
Meet the next generation of robots! Create the smartest, strongest, and most advanced LEGO robot ever... in as little as 30 minutes. This unbelievable NXT Intelligent Brick (your robot's "brain") features a powerful 32-bit microprocessor and more memory, plus support for USB 2.0, Bluetooth, and more! A highly versatile palette of LEGO Technic elements combines with state-of-the-art ultrasonic, sound, light, and touch sensors in this next generation of intuitive robotics. With included quick-start guide, easy-to-use software, and step-by-step building instructions, beginners and experts alike can create humanoid, vehicle, and animal robots that obey your every command! Programming software is now available for both PC and Macintosh, plus with Bluetooth support, you can even control your robot from your mobile phone. You've got to have one of these! 577 pieces. Ages 10 and up.

Check out these mind-blowing features and the pictures below:

  • All-new NXT Intelligent Brick with 32-bit microprocessor, more memory, and Flash.
  • 3 interactive servo motors feature built-in rotation sensors to align speed for precise control.
  • Sound sensor reacts to sound commands, patterns, and tones.
  • Ultrasonic visual sensor responds to movement.
  • Improved touch sensor reacts to touch and release.
  • Improved light sensor detects different colors and light intensities.
  • 4 input ports, 3 output ports, and 7 six-wire cords.
  • USB 2.0 and Bluetooth support.
  • Easy-to-use PC and Mac compatible interface.
  • Intuitive, icon-based, drag-and-drop program "building" environment.