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 *The makerbot would seem the obvious way - but we wouldn't need to make many pieces as schools may already have lego - I was just thinking making a different sort of 'brain', where they can learn more about EE, (making it better than NXC) as well as a kid friendly language. So there is more guidance than with arduino, but its more open than Lego, and is hackable if you know what you are doing.
+What about ... bricks which allow you to create programs?  So, for example, a brick which does an "if" statement, with an input and two outputs (for true and false), an input for the condition (so, a sensor reading brick perhaps).  Something like LabVIEW except physical objects instead of theoretical ones.  You could have the contacts be magnetically attached.  You could have power coming from a "start" brick, perhaps with a LiPo battery?  And give it a USB interface for both charging and manipulating it via a computer if you have one available.
+You'd design the interconnects such that it's impossible to plug them in wrong (for obvious reasons).
+This would give people the chance to use mechanical design techniques (maybe build prototypes with makerbot/laser cutter), electronics (custom PCBs), as well as some fairly hardcore programming which would puzzle people for hours.
+Very Similar idea:
+http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRTsk7SAKMs
+Except we'd want something a bit more rugged and portable