<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">I was looking up how one bricks a Raspberry Pi, which seems like a hard thing to do, and came across this Kickstarter campaign to make a robotics kit using the Raspberry Pi and the Lego Mindstorms sensors. The campaign successfully raised over $125K in June and has made some ambitious promises for what to do with the excess funds, including launching it into near-space and sailing it around the world in a solar-powered boat.</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family:
arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent;">The kits are available for pre-order from the company website, with shipping dates estimated for late Sep 2013. It's basically a slide-on PCB board that will provide connections for Mindstorms sensors, a case for the BrickPi which will allow you to attach Lego pieces to it. The basic power system is a 9V battery, but there is an option for a more sophisticated power system. Pre-order prices are $60 to $85.</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal;">There are also instructions, designs, and bill of materials, if you want to build your own from scratch.</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color:
transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal;"><br></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">TechCrunch article</span><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/11/brickpi/</font><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: Times; font-style: normal;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Kickstarter campaign</font></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"
size="2">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/john-cole/brickpi-lego-bricks-with-a-raspberry-pi-brain<br></font></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Pre-order page</font></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">http://www.dexterindustries.com/BrickPi.html<br></font></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="background-color: transparent;
color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Design documents</font></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 13px;">http://www.dexterindustries.com/BrickPi/design/</span><br></font></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size:
13px;">Lan</span></font></div></div></body></html>