**1.6 The next technology now**

LEGO MindStorms education features an advanced 32-bit computer controlled NXT brick, interactive servo motors, sound, ultrasonic and other sensors, Bluetooth communication and multiple downloading capabilities. The icon-based LEGO MindStorm education NXT software is built on the Lab View software from National Instruments, an industry standard with applications in many engineering and research fields. The LEGO MINDSTORMS for school software, called ROBOLAB, is developed specifically for teachers or adults working with groups of children. The program is icon-based, which means that youngsters can visualize the instructions they are stringing together for their robot. It provides basic, intermediate, and advance programming techniques including data logging.
