We're still racing to pack up everything for the FIRST Robotics Championship this Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Atlanta. LEGO has me listed as a speaker, in conjunction with the release of a brand new robotics platform. The title is "Taking LEGO MINDSTORMS to the Sky - The LEGO Autopilot' - by Chris Anderson". But that can't be the original LEGO autopilot, which is now more than a year old. So it must be something new!

The video above is a hint (sorry about the vague tease!), but I'll be revealing full details on Thursday.

In the meantime, if you're wondering how you transport a UAV across the country, the answer is: hard golf case via FedEx! Loads of room and very tough.

Here's what it looked like, before I wrapped everything in bubblewrap