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.Net On Lego Mindstorm

Posted by timothy on from the send-miguel-a-set dept.

troop23 writes "A blog posting by Benjamin J. J. Voigt says this "The University of Potsdam has a project to develop a .NET VM for the Lego Mindstorms system. Lego Mindstorms just got a higher priority on my shopping list!" While the thought of using .Net to program Lego Mindstorms may not be palatable, having a mainstream dev environment sure is." Perhaps Mono would work just as well.

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  1. Parrot? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'd rather see someone getting parrot to run on it. =)

  2. Cool but beware... by xelph · · Score: 4, Funny

    of that blue brick fo death!

  3. Yes. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Evil robots with minds built by the Microsoft corporation all over the world.

    I, for one, welcome our new Microsoft powered robotic overlords.

  4. Re:Is Lego back on firm financial ground? by Kogase · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now what would be wrong with this? It's not as if any of Lego's products are much more than action figures at this point. Sets full of bizarre one-use pieces and simple, mindless instructions make Legos as intellectually stimulating as Pet Rocks. Just get your kid a knife and some sticks.

  5. Re:What's the problem? by kahei · · Score: 2, Funny


    There's always the /.'ers with monkeys on their backs

    Wow... do you have photos?

    --
    Whence? Hence. Whither? Thither.
  6. lego helper by yuppienetworking · · Score: 4, Funny

    LEGO + .NET = lego-helper.
    You will start building something when out of nowhere some lego pieces shaped like a paper clip start talking and say: "It looks like you are building a car..."