I thought this was interesting. Lego's new Mindstorm kits are now running on Linux. Apologies in advance as the presentation of the video may not be to everyone's taste (but I don't mind Darren). From CES 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAQ3g-iW-Ow other links: http://www.linux.com/news/software/applications/688254-hackable-lego-robot-r... http://linux.slashdot.org/story/13/01/08/0149241/lego-announces-gnulinux-pow...