Lego’s releasing set #21104, a replica of the Curiosity rover currently terrorizing Martians as it pokes, prods, and vaporizes the surface with its laser beam while they do their best to avoid its cameras 😉 . It’s available on January 1st for $30 from the Lego Store. What’s really cool though is that this set started life as a fan-designed model over at Cuusoo and was designed by one of the mechanical engineers who worked on the actual rover.
GoldieBlox: The Engineering Toy for Girls
There’s a great project on Kickstarter right now called GoldieBlox, and it, quite simply is a toy for girls age 5-9 designed to help them develop an interest in engineering and solving problems. I love it, and hope they succeed in getting fully funded on Kickstarter so this can be brought to market. Check it out here.