Friday was a lucky day for 100 Lego fans from around the world. That's because Lego picked the 100, who come from 26 countries and range in age from 18 to 75, to join the Mindstorms Developer Program.

North Elementary School in the Jackson school district has taken a different approach with some of its extracurricular activities. Fourth-grader Ainsley McClard has been leading classmates in the ...

The program is based on LabView software from National Instruments Corp., which manufactures software and hardware that scientists and engineers use to create specialized instruments. NXT-G was made ...

Students at North Elementary in Fruitland are finding the building blocks of learning and leadership quite literally. Fourth-grader Ainsley McClard has been leading classmates in the school's Lego ...

The big picture: Lego has announced plans to shut down its Mindstorms line of programmable robotics following a 24-year run. Mindstorms debuted in September 1998 as an educational tool for children ...