It’s Alive!
Say hello to Pleo. From the guy who brought you Furby, it’s a snuffling, stretching, oddly convincing robotic dinosaur. You are so going to want one.
By Clive Thompson

WHEN I FIRST MEET PLEO, the tiny dinosaur is curled up on a kitchen table, its long tail and big head pulled inward. It’s snoring quietly, emitting [...]

LEGO has released their latest robotics firmware for MINDSTORMS NXT as Open Source under their own License (I haven’t look long at it, but it is most likely derived from an existing common license).
You can now start developing your own LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT firmware version. By acception the “LEGO Open Source License Agreement” below, you [...]

Our little robot friends on mars have recieved xmas gifts too! In the form of software upgrades ;) Basically it makes them spot dust clouds, whirlwinds and other features, so it can more efficiently choose what data to send back to earth.
Press Release - December 28, 2006
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