As in the previous set, the Mindstorms NXT,
the EV3 comes with hundreds of Lego bricks, plus four motors and five
sensors, including a new infrared unit that can be used as robotic eyes
or to allow a robot to follow a remote control.
This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Mindstorms kit, and Lego really wanted to make the product more exciting to "an audience of children who have grown up with technology." So the company set out to redesign the kit by making it, among other things, "more hackable," to use Lego's own words.
One of the biggest upgrades is the EV3 programmable brick, the heart of every Mindstorms project. The brick has been revamped internally and externally. The central processor is an ARM 9 chip, with 64 MB of RAM and 16 MB of Flash built in for storing programs. A SD-slot allows the memory to be expanded, and there's a better display.
But the biggest innovation is that Lego made it easier for the EV3 brick to communicate via Bluetooth with Android and iOS apps. That means you can use a smartphone or tablet to control a Mindstorms robot or give it new behaviors.
While the previous version of Mindstorms did offer Bluetooth connectivity, Apple devices wouldn't play with Lego's system. Now, due to the addition of a secure Bluetooth chip, Mindstorms robots can connect to iOS devices for the first time, allowing robots to be controlled from an iPhone or iPad.
This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Mindstorms kit, and Lego really wanted to make the product more exciting to "an audience of children who have grown up with technology." So the company set out to redesign the kit by making it, among other things, "more hackable," to use Lego's own words.
One of the biggest upgrades is the EV3 programmable brick, the heart of every Mindstorms project. The brick has been revamped internally and externally. The central processor is an ARM 9 chip, with 64 MB of RAM and 16 MB of Flash built in for storing programs. A SD-slot allows the memory to be expanded, and there's a better display.
But the biggest innovation is that Lego made it easier for the EV3 brick to communicate via Bluetooth with Android and iOS apps. That means you can use a smartphone or tablet to control a Mindstorms robot or give it new behaviors.
While the previous version of Mindstorms did offer Bluetooth connectivity, Apple devices wouldn't play with Lego's system. Now, due to the addition of a secure Bluetooth chip, Mindstorms robots can connect to iOS devices for the first time, allowing robots to be controlled from an iPhone or iPad.
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