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- Company Adds Robotics to Kid-Friendly Prototyping Truck for Ultimate Cross-Country Summer Maker Tour to Engage and Inspire Next Generation of Innovators - ENFIELD, Conn., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LEGO® MINDSTORMS® EV3 and SparkTruck have teamed up to create the ultimate maker mobile that will tour this summer to invigorate the maker spirit of children across the country. MINDSTORMS EV3, the new consumer platform designed to introduce a younger generation to the excitement...
In LEGO Castle Adventure, children are transported to a LEGO® kingdom where they too can become master castle builders, using one of the greatest materials of all time – LEGO bricks! Santa Ana, CA (PRWEB) May 02, 2013 Hear ye, hear ye, calling builders of all ages! LEGO® Castle Adventure opens May 25, 2013 at Taco Bell Discovery Science Center (DSC). In LEGO Castle Adventure, children are transported to a LEGO® kingdom where they too can become master castle builders,...
Students Develop Professional Engineering Skills, Pursue Career Interests With Next-Generation FIRST Robotics Controller ST. LOUIS, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- FIRST Championship - FIRST(®) (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) and National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) today announced they are extending their technology partnership through 2019 with the shared goal of creating more scientists and engineers. FIRST engages young people in exciting mentor-based robotics...
Learning What Kindergarten Through Rocket Science Really Means at SXSWedu AUSTIN, Texas, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In a session at SXSWedu yesterday, National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) and LEGO Education demonstrated the power of robotics and the new EV3 platform to change the landscape of STEM education. LabVIEW - the software powering EV3 - also powers feats of engineering such as the Red Bull Stratos supersonic free fall project and the Large Hadron Collider, a...
NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hundreds of toy executives and guests from around the world gathered in New York City this evening to honor the year's top toys and industry icons at the 13(th) annual Toy of the Year (TOTY) Awards and Toy Industry Hall of Fame induction ceremony. A Toy Industry Association (TIA)-administered event in support of the Toy Industry Foundation (TIF), the "Oscars" of the toy industry took place at the Plaza Hotel, kicking off the 110(th)...
CARLSBAD, Calif., Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LEGOLAND(®) California Resort's General Manager Peter Ronchetti announced new additions, a national Junior Concierge search and employment growth with new jobs to come when North America's first LEGOLAND(®) Hotel opens April 5. "With annual additions, LEGOLAND California Resort is a multi-day destination proving the need for this multi-million dollar hotel," said Ronchetti. "With the Hotel comes new jobs and our HR team is...
TOKYO, ESPOO, Finland, PARIS and BURBANK, Calif., Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- G-cluster announced today the launch of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment premium games on its cloud gaming platform. The four Warner Bros. Games that launched for the first time to G-cluster's European operator customers in December are LEGO® Batman(TM) The Videogame, LEGO® Batman(TM) 2: DC Super Heroes, LEGO® Harry Potter: Years 1-4 and LEGO® Harry Potter: Years 5-7. The games are initially...
ENFIELD, Conn., Jan. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LEGO Systems, Inc. today announced LEGO® Legends of Chima(TM), an original LEGO property set in a mythical land of magical animal tribes who compete for CHI, a valuable energy source which gives them extraordinary powers over one another. The story comes to life through a universe of products across the company's entire play system including classic building sets, collectible social competition kits, buildable figures and board games,...
BILLUND, Denmark, Oct. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The LEGO Group, makers of the world's leading construction toys, and Nickelodeon, one of the world's leading entertainment brands for kids, announced today an expansion of their global partnership to develop construction toys inspired by the recently launched CG-animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles television series. The collection is slated to launch in North America and the UK in January 2013 and will roll out in global markets...
NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Brooklyn-based artist Sean Kenney today unveiled a line of elegantly-designed, classically-inspired lamps, each created by hand in his New York City studio and fashioned from LEGO bricks. Featuring five styles in a variety of colors, each lamp comprises approximately 2,500 genuine LEGO bricks and is a one-of-a-kind fit for living rooms, dens and bedrooms - a unique conversation piece for apartments and homes alike. Sean's lamp was featured in a...
