New Lego Mindstorms Dissected

Turismo writes "The new Mindstorms NXT robotics kit from Lego is put through the ringer by the guys at Ars Technica, and they like what they find. From the article: 'the NXT brick can communicate with three other Bluetooth devices at any one time. This means that if you had four Mindstorms kits, you could create a mega-robot with four brains, twelve motors, and sixteen sensors — all of it coordinated through Bluetooth. The setup also works with cell phone and PDA Bluetooth systems, meaning that you can use your phone as a remote control or an output device.'" Update: 08/31 18:54 GMT by Z : Fixed absent submittor.

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Obligatory Simpsons quote

[Jurrasic]

I for one, welcome our new Lego Robot Overlords...

Yay!

[christurkel]

This means that if you had four Mindstorms kits, you could create a mega-robot with four brains, twelve motors, and sixteen sensors -- all of it coordinated through Bluetooth

I bow to my intellectually superior lego overlords!