Lego is back with another generation of MindStorms, the company’s consumer robotics line aimed at introducing application programming to a younger generation. Kids these days grow up with so much ...

Play around with Lego Mindstorms NXT enough and at some point you'll inevitably get frustrated with NXT-G, its graphical programming language of "blocks" that you drag around and connect with "wires".

Everyday I seem to be kicking myself that I didn't study computer science. I stare blankly at my screen and wish I could design an application then and there to work with my iPhone or some part of the ...