1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:05,400 thanks to Squarespace for sending us to CES 2016 this year check them out from 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:09,440 the link below and build yourself a beautiful website so I was interested to 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:14,960 see that the LEGO Group has a booth here at pepcom at CES 2016 they're showing 4 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:19,680 off something called we do 2.0 it's a very simple Robotics and programming kit 5 00:00:17,039 --> 00:00:25,000 for kids aged 7 to 10 years old the kit is $159 and comes with 280 pieces 6 00:00:23,080 --> 00:00:28,279 including a single medium motor a programmable bluetooth smart hub 7 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:32,800 controller which also houses the batteries I think and a tilt and a 8 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:36,920 motion sensor you can connect two sensors to the Smart Hub or you can 9 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:42,360 connect one motor and One sensor there's also an educational pack of 24 kits plus 10 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:47,879 a curriculum for $2,260 is that worthwhile I have no idea 11 00:00:46,039 --> 00:00:52,160 now the marketing material for this kit seems a little over the top it's talking 12 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:57,600 about an Innovative way for students to model reality and conduct investigations 13 00:00:54,920 --> 00:01:01,920 and how a kid can explore rainforests and discover Mars but of course that's 14 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:06,400 really just the theme of the various builds that they've given instructions 15 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:11,159 for there's a frog there's a Mars Rover a rescue helicopter an earthquake 16 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:16,360 machine that one's my favorite and a few others what makes the kit interesting is 17 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:21,320 the ability to visually program a simple robot using desktop and tablet-based 18 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:26,680 software the software also gives you choices between guided exercises or more 19 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:31,040 independent problem solving now again this kid is aimed at 7 to 10 year olds 20 00:01:28,759 --> 00:01:36,560 or second to four fourth graders so it's not nearly as complex as the well-known 21 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:41,360 LEGO Mindstorms robotics kits which are designed for ages 10 and up and because 22 00:01:39,320 --> 00:01:46,719 the kit is so simple and it's directed at kids so young it's pretty tough for 23 00:01:43,960 --> 00:01:51,840 me to objectively evaluate just how good of an educational learning tool it might 24 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:57,079 be for example I was expecting to see two Motors included in this kit instead 25 00:01:54,079 --> 00:01:58,640 of one but the LEGO Group probably has a 26 00:01:57,079 --> 00:02:03,159 lot of good reasons for Designing the kit the way that they did and if you 27 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:07,000 want more Motors and more complexity and and more of a challenge you can always 28 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:12,480 just get mind storms or power functions or something like that overall the Lego 29 00:02:09,239 --> 00:02:14,840 weo 2.0 kit looks pretty promising and 30 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:18,800 I'm hoping to do a full more in-depth review of it on our channel in the 31 00:02:16,879 --> 00:02:23,080 future thanks for checking out our coverage of CES 2016 get subscribed if 32 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:26,800 you want to see more and thanks again to Squarespace for allowing us to be here 33 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:30,280 you can use Squarespace to build yourself a beautiful and functional 34 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:34,400 website they have customed able templates for pretty much anything you 35 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:37,920 can imagine like a restaurant or a store or a band or maybe just you want your 36 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:42,360 own personal website you can put your resume on there or something so go to 37 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:46,400 squarespace.com Linus and use offer code Linus to save 10% anyway thanks you guys 38 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:49,959 for watching check out the rest of our coverage and I'll see you next time