Features:

• Tracks relative position
• Measures rotational angle and speed
• Detects contact from any direction
• Measures tilt and acceleration
• Ultra low bias drift of about 10 degrees per hour

All the details, and the chance to buy, can be found on the CruizCore XG1300L website.

Robotics Academy (the makers of RobotC) are working on a new virtual environment for your NXT based and VEX based robots.

You’ll be able to drive your robot around on the

• undersea
• outer space
• robotic competition
• mountains

You’ll be able to simulate real-world effects for NXTG, LabVIEW and ROBOTC.

Ideally, you’ll be able to create your own virtual worlds as well.

The expected release date for this, is March 2011.