Oh Boy - DS turned 7 today and we got him the Mindstorm NXT 2.0 and all I can say is please give me strength :-) He spent 3 hours tonight programming just the first beginning robot all over the house. He would set up challenges for himself and then would set to work programming the bot to complete the course he mapped out. Each challenge kept getting harder and longer as he built up the confidence. We had to beg him to stop so that we could have him blow out his birthday candles on the cake.....2 seconds to blow out candles and then right back to programming...My DH is a computer engineer and the two of them have been doing SCRATCH for about a year now so Mindstorm was really quick and easy for DS7 to dive into.
His eyes bugged out of his head when he saw just how many things he can build and the sky seems to be the limit on what you can make them do :-) I have this feeling that we will be programming all day tomorrow, and the next day and the next.... and I had better stock up on some batteries or look at getting the rechargable battery pack...he already found the website that showed all the add-ons you can buy including the compass adapter that allows your robot to know which direction it is heading...we are in serious trouble!! :-)
Last edited by Belle; 01/19/10 09:04 PM.
