The Volta technology preview is a developer toolset that enables you to build multi-tier web applications by applying familiar techniques and patterns. First, design and build your application as a .NET client application, then assign the portions of the

new beta out

OMFG this rocks, and is free. Sooo happy right now.

"Microsoft Robotics Studio offers end-to-end robotics development environment customer technical preview for hobbyist, academic, and commercial developers." - Could be interesting.