Educational Construction Kit

摘要

An educational construction kit and methods are disclosed. The kit may have a plurality of blocks, each one of the blocks having an integral block data flow, a power exchange, and a structural connector side. Each one of the plurality of blocks may have (a) reprogrammable software to enable end-users to reprogram a unique and a specific behavior of each of the plurality of blocks; and (b) an embedded electronic device with a microcontroller that processes the reprogrammable software to instruct the respective block to perform the unique and the specific behavior. Interconnection of two or more blocks of the plurality of blocks may form a distributed communication network. At least one block of the plurality of blocks may include an additional component to allow the block to perform a different behavior from at least one other block.

主权项

1. An educational construction kit comprising:
a plurality of blocks, each one of the plurality of blocks having an integral block data flow, a power exchange, and a structural connector side, wherein each one of the plurality of blocks respectively includes: (a) reprogrammable software to enable end-users to reprogram a unique and a specific behavior of each of the plurality of blocks; and (b) an embedded electronic device with a microcontroller that processes the reprogrammable software to instruct the respective block to perform the unique and the specific behavior; wherein interconnection of two or more blocks of the plurality of blocks forms a distributed communication network; and at least one block of the plurality of blocks further includes an additional component to allow the at least one block to perform a different behavior from at least one other block of the plurality of blocks.