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There's an elaborate article in the new May edition of the Smithsonian magazine on LEGO® MINDSTORMS and its impact on the education of future engineers. Check it out here .

On brickengineer.com , there's a nice online article today on the usage of LEGO® MINDSTORMS NXT for prototyping at the NASA: the KnuthLab LEGO Exploration Rover developed by the Knuth Cyberphysics Lab acts "as a testbed for robotic intelligence and navigation software" ,  as the page states. Read the full article here .

Issue 011 of the LEGO®-related HISPABRICK magazine created by AFOLs from Spain is out now. You can download it for free from the according web site , both in Spanish and in English. The new issue features "articles about LEGO and space, great creations from AFOLS, fantastic reviews (the new Unimog and more), our regular features and many interviews". I take the liberty to direct your attention to three articles on "MINDSTORMS NXT and space": the Rosetta model, the NXT space shuttle and the Hubble telescope. Have fun with the magazine!

Geekdad , the online magazine for tech geeks, has published an article on LEGO®'s WeDo set that has come out this year. WeDo is meant as a robotics set for the most youngest tinkerers (aged 7 to 9) for whom the NXT set is too advanced yet. Read the article here and do not hesitate to comment.