Gadgetory

hi I'm Bridget Carey with CNET here at CES 2013 and before me are the Lego Mindstorms ev3 this is the new generation of Legos robotic platform and it has a lot more to it than in previous generations not only does one box get you 5 combinations with instructions you can go online and get up to 17 robots out of it there's so many instructions there's so many things you can do with this each one of these creatures these characters comes from one set the Lego box itself will give you instructions on five we go online and get even more the components consist of a brain that you can program your program it with Linux now you can either do some basic programming on the Lego brick itself we're taking to your computer to do a lot more so it goes from age ranges of 10 years old but some basic programming or if you're an enthusiast it depends how far you want to take it you can even hack this thing there are tons of sensors and motors in this it's all about the combination that you build it so you have different characters here you even have one called Reptar that has a sensor that's one one six or hand in front of it it'll give you a bite now when it comes to commanding your beasts you can have a remote that it comes with it's very basic or you can take it to the nether level use your smartphone as your controller it'll use the the gyro sensors if you want or buttons on the screen it's a great way for kids to really start learning how to program Lego has made it so if you just want to learn a little bit they'll hold your hand and make it really easy to do a task or two Lego even gives you a free smartphone or tablet app so you can go through how to build it in a 3d world you're gonna start seeing this second half of the year for about three hundred and fifty dollars at CES 2013 I'm Bridget Carey with CNET with your first look at the Lego Mindstorms ev3 set you