Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years ...

Most may remember Lego as the ultimate toy to foster creativity, but with this new generation of the iconic building blocks, kids (and kids at heart) can soon learn how to program their freshly built ...

The image above is Lego’s new Mindstorms EV3 kit. While it’s impressive to look at, the reason why it’s showing up on an electronics website is because the set actually possesses the ability to ...

Did you ever build a ‘monster’ as a child? These days, not only can you construct one, you can also order it to move, follow you and strike on command – all through your phone. Lego has unveiled its ...

The EV3 has got more of everything: Instructions for 17 different robots, a faster processor, larger memory, better servo motors and touch sensors. And a bigger price tag too ($350). One of the ...