What would you want to have in a “NXT+”, a power-user version of the Mindstorms NXT brick?
Here is my list:

ARM9 at around 200 MHz
32 MB of RAM and 32 of Flash
Wifi
Powered by rechargeable battery
Possible to plug on the main supply (= not running on battery)
More engine output ports
Some USB ports, host and self-powered

An ARM9 processor […]

It’s been already 2.5 years since I asked on this blog “Why don’t we have an iPod phone yet?” It’s finally here, and it’s really impressive. It has actually such advanced features (full web browser, touch-screen, etc) that one may forget there is also an iPod in it. Apple didn’t keep it simple about the […]

For Christmas we got ourselves one of the RTX Skype cordless phones. Skype runs directly on the device, without the need for a PC.
The question came which Skype user name to use on the device. Using my main Skype name was not really an option. First I would not be the only user of the […]

Since I was a nice boy this year, Santa Claus brought me already before Christmas the new Lego Mindstorms NXT. It’s the successor of the original Mindstorms kit released several years ago and it has received a lot of praise.
It is indeed a very nice toy. In the box there are over 500 pieces, 3 […]