Oh yeah, how could I forget lego?! What you want would probably be on http://mindstorms.lego.com/Products/Default.aspx http://mindstorms.lego.com/Products/Defau

Oh yeah, how could I forget lego?! What you want would probably be on http://mindstorms.lego.com/Products/Default.aspx http://mindstorms.lego.com/Products/Default.aspx Regarding the Arduino boards, I have no idea. I've never really looked into them much. Others on HN might be better-versed on what to recommend based on what you're wanting to do. One of the stores near me (unfortunately in the US) has a starter kit at http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MSAK http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MSAK which I've bookmarked for later. You might also want to go look on forums and stuff to find out more info, I was searching around to see what was making the bare bones board different, and there were a bunch of sites talking about it, and I found a bunch of projects on instructables too, if you need ideas: http://www.instructables.com/tag/keyword:arduino/ http://www.instructables.com/tag/keyword:arduino/ I love the BSODomizer idea. I cracked up during the presentation multiple times: kingpin was showing video of using it on a coworker who thought it was a real one. And I've always pronounced BSOD as "bee-sod", but I don't know. I wish someone made a pronunciation dictionary of tech terms, I hear crazy variations in the pronunciations of so many...BSOD, sudo, linux and what have you.