The programming’s been on the wall for a while, but yesterday, as reported by fan sites like Brick Fanatics and Brickset, Lego announced that it will be discontinuing its Mindstorms robotics ...

Lego is discontinuing its Mindstorms robotics kits by the end of the year A combination of learning and capable robotics, Mindstorms have been around since 1998.

Technology Editor Bill Wong explores the robotic possibilities of Lego's Mindstorm NXT robotics platform.