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I have great memories of building and programming things in my OG Lego Mindstorms. I consider the day when I started building things from my imagination rather
by mFixman 6y ago
I have great memories of building and programming things in my OG Lego Mindstorms. I consider the day when I started building things from my imagination rather than from the instructions book to be the start of my career as a programmer.
It's expensive, but if you have children with interests in technical things this set is one of the most fun and productive things you can buy.
- xur17 6y agoThat definitely piqued my interest as well - I distinctly remember getting comfortable with the drag and drop programming interface, and wanting to write real "code" for it, but struggling to figure out how.
- mFixman 6y agoIt's not just the programming. You also get hands-on experience with gears, including unintuitive ones like the one-way spirally thing. I was never taught these kind of things anywhere else.
- Hamuko 6y agoMy elementary school teacher actually got the school a bunch of RCX units through some external technology teaching grant. No idea if it actually sparked the joy of programming in kids, but I think people enjoyed playing with them anyhow.