Compare this image of the Lego set above to this image of the Hagia Sophia.
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Developed in collaboration with MIT's famed media lab, Mindstorms is a 700-odd piece Lego set that lets would-be engineers design, program and build robots.
Lego Builder You might think it is crazy to give my kids a virtual Lego set when they already have a gigantic Tupperware full of real legos.
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"Most people in manufacturing don't realize that, to a certain degree, they already have the competencies they'll need in service jobs, " says Torben Wellejus, a consultant who helps oversee the school that Lego set up.
The Turkish Cultural Association of Austria complained that the Lego set resembled Hagia Sophia, a 4th Century Orthodox Christian church in Istanbul that the Ottoman Turks converted into a mosque, and is now a museum.
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Carley Roney of New York City bought gifts online for her husband and three children last year, including a bulky "Star Wars" Lego set for her 7-year-old son, Cairo, and had them shipped straight to her mother, Irene Howe, in Rhode Island.
The list includes the use of a Kinect camera and PC for physical rehabilitation, the 3D printing of embedded electrical technologies, a Lego set that helps bridge the gap between crustacean and robot and a device that employs an Arduino board and video games to help stroke victims recover motor skills.
The company has been carefully licensing the Minecraft IP where it makes sense, and maybe the most logical fit of all was the LEGO Minecraft set.
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The LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 set, as well as the 3D building instruction mobile apps and web instructions, will be available in the second half of 2013.
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In addition to LEGO's famous bricks, the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 set contains a multitude of parts-including motors, infrared sensors and a programmable microcomputer-that allow children to create robots that walk, move or take whatever action they're programmed to do.
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Trower's second stage of robotic development includes simple, single-purpose robotic devices like the Roomba or Looj, along with toy robots like WowWee's Robosapien or Lego Mindstorms, a set of programmable robot-building pieces.
Seven-year-old Luka Apps spent his Christmas money on the LEGO Ninjago Ultra Sonic Raider set.
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Seems there was a plucky seven-year-old boy by the name of Luka who spent his Christmas money on the LEGO Ninjago Ultra Sonic Raider set which included multiple tiny pieces and mini-Ninja warrior figures.
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Finally, we covered a set of incredible LEGO creations -- from a life-size Wall-E robot made from Lego Mindstorms to a computer built from plastic bricks and a series of amazing Lego animals that invaded the Bronx Zoo.
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Pink Stinks, a UK campaign group that raises concerns over gender stereotyping of children, said Lego was perpetuating a narrow and limited set of ideas.
And for the kids, Japanese company Mokurokku has released a set of beautiful (and biodegradable) wooden Lego bricks.
Lego is in talks with 20th Century Fox about making a toy set based on The Simpsons TV show as it looks to expand its string of partnerships with media franchises.
Set to hit the shelves next month, Mindstorms is the outgrowth of Lego's longtime collaboration with MIT's Media Lab.
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