.Net On Lego Mindstorm

troop23 writes "A blog posting by Benjamin J. J. Voigt says this "The University of Potsdam has a project to develop a .NET VM for the Lego Mindstorms system. Lego Mindstorms just got a higher priority on my shopping list!" While the thought of using .Net to program Lego Mindstorms may not be palatable, having a mainstream dev environment sure is." Perhaps Mono would work just as well.

Parrot?

[Anonymous Coward]

I'd rather see someone getting parrot to run on it. =)

Cool but beware...

[xelph]

of that blue brick fo death!

Yes.

[Anonymous Coward]

Evil robots with minds built by the Microsoft corporation all over the world.

I, for one, welcome our new Microsoft powered robotic overlords.

Re:Is Lego back on firm financial ground?

[Kogase]

Now what would be wrong with this? It's not as if any of Lego's products are much more than action figures at this point. Sets full of bizarre one-use pieces and simple, mindless instructions make Legos as intellectually stimulating as Pet Rocks. Just get your kid a knife and some sticks.

Re:What's the problem?

[kahei]

There's always the /.'ers with monkeys on their backs

Wow... do you have photos?

lego helper

[yuppienetworking]

LEGO + .NET = lego-helper.
You will start building something when out of nowhere some lego pieces shaped like a paper clip start talking and say: "It looks like you are building a car..."