Lego is back with another generation of MindStorms, the company’s consumer robotics line aimed at introducing application programming to a younger generation. Kids these days grow up with so much ...

My inner 9-year-old is blown away, but my outer 35-year-old balks at the $349 price. It's been a long time—probably 20 years, at least—since I sat down with a giant bunch of Lego bricks in front of me ...