I just posted an article at Code Project for Multi-Touch Robot Control on Windows 7 using Visual Studio 2010 beta 2 and WPF 4.0.  All the source code is available for download.  First time I've posted to Code Project.  It was relatively easy to do. I loaded a video up to YouTube so you can see the app running with the NXT robot.

Okay, I think this is just cool.  A robot that sweats for testing clothing... Swiss Sweating Robot

I bought a Pleo a few months ago.  My kids are fascinated by it.  They enjoy petting and feeding it.  The Pleo is a cute little robot, sorry... I mean, artificial lifeform.  Don't expect it to play fetch and run around like a dog though.  The motors can only go so fast moving his limbs.  I've found that after prolonged movement, his battery gets hot.  Which is actually rather interesting because then it feels as though he has a body temperature. My 1 year old daughter is particularly fascinated with it right now.  She cries if I have him sitting on a shelf because she wants to play with him.  She also cries if he is turned off and not amusing her.  My wife and I laugh watching her react to him.  I think she is going to have these childhood memories of playing with a dinosaur, which could be really interesting as she gets older.  If she becomes a paleontologist, we'll know why...  Of course, if she becomes a roboticist, then that'd be cool too... The people at UGOBE are working on a PDK (Pleo Dev Kit).  They have been working on that for some time.  I'm looking forward to getting my hands on it cuz I'd like to see what I could do using .NET.  However they seem to be taking a long time getting the PDK out to the public.  Right now we can use their scripting interface to write stuff for Pleo.

I bought my first CNC machine, which stands for Computer Numeric Control, for those who only know about software.  I purchased a table-top version called the CNC Shark Pro from Rockler.  It has a USB interface to my computer where I can send G-code to it for milling and drilling. G-code is a language used to position the tool and do the work of milling and drilling the material.  This particular CNC machine has a Bosch Colt VS Palm Router mouted on it which is used as the cutting tool.  The X and Y axis motors position the tool over the material and the Z axis motor moves the tool up and down into the material. I will be using this CNC machine for cutting and drilling my robotic projects.