Christmas Ideas for Young Son with Engineering Interest

[nhangen]

My son is 9, and loves building things and is very patient in doing so. but I'm tired of buying legos and other 'toys,' and instead am looking for something like a robotics kit, or something he can build that's real and takes a bit of skill to finish.

I've seen some cheap robot building kits, but they seem pretty lame.

Any URL's or ideas for where you can find gifts for young hackers?

[steventruong]

Its not exactly cheap but have you looked into the Lego Mindstorm NXT 2.0 set?

Link: http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-4544091-Mindstorms-NXT-2-0/dp/B00...

You can build various things with it because its a LEGO product and it allows programming for specific functions. The homepage is here: http://mindstorms.lego.com/en-us/Default.aspx

Let me know if this is along the lines of what you're looking for or if I have the wrong idea. I'll try and help adjust suggestions accordingly.

[nhangen → steventruong]

Definitely not cheap, but still pretty cool. I like that, thanks.

I had been looking at stuff like this: http://www.scientificsonline.com/robotics/intermediate-robot...

but it seems so generic.