No, the New Altair is Lego Mindstorms http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-4494799-Mindstorms-NXT/dp/B000E4FDAE/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_t http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-4494799-Minds

No, the New Altair is Lego Mindstorms http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-4494799-Mindstorms-NXT/dp/B000E4FDAE/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_t http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-4494799-Mindstorms-NXT/dp/B000E4F... Expensive? Yes. Underpowered? Yes. Thriving community? Yes. Read the reviews (there's a few hundred of them) and see the number of kids for whom this is their first intro into programming. It's an awesome piece of kit