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02 May 2006
The open source community should drop on their knees and hail an initiative by Lego to release the source code for its forthcoming Mindstorms NXT, because it allows children to grasp the concept op open source in a way that they can relate to: by playing.
Mindstorms NXT is a new line of Lego that lets kids create programmable robots, allowing them to create a device that for instance sorts colours or drives around obstacles.
By releasing the source code of the underlying technology, Lego takes creativity to a new level, and creates takes the open source phenomenon to a level that children understand and can be comfortable with.
Tags: lego, open source, minstorms NXT
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