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A new release of leJOS NXJ, the Java platform for the NXT, is out!
The new version 0.8 contains plenty of new features, bug fixes and improvements, including
- Controlling the NXT from the computer
- Faster bootup times
- Support for RS485
- Support for RFID, RCX Rotation Sensor, and EOPD sensors
- Support for Java 1.6 classes
- Support for Generics, Enum classes and foreach loops
- Support for subsumption architectures
- NXJControl utility for quick control of motors and sensors
- Wider support in the lejos.navigation packages
- javax.microedition.location for Bluetooth GPS
- Lots of sample code in the 'samples' directory