The Unofficial Lego Mindstorms NXT Inventor's Guide (300 pages) David J. Perdue (No Starch Press) Lego Mindstorms is one of the latest educational toys aimed at getting kids interested in high-tech subjects the fun way: by building robots. Aimed at kids 10 years old and up, the robotics kit teaches young students about building, programming, and electronics. read more » Technorati Tags: Entertainment Innovation Kids News Science Technology Array
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Here’s a few cool video examples of what can happen when really smart people get a hold of some LEGOs and too much free time:
Friedrich Kirschner: 3d LEGO Milk Scanner
Ryo Watanabe: LEGO Mindstorms NXTway-G Balancing Robot
Daniele Benedettelli: Mindstorm Rubik Cube Solver
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The Lego Mindstorms NXT Zoo! An Unofficial, Kid-Friendly Guide to Building Robotic Animals with the Lego Mindstorms NXT ( Paperback ) By Fay Rhodes Buy new : $16.47 43 used and new from $11.36 Customer Rating: Customer tags: lego (6), mindstorms (6), nxt (5), zoo (4), robots (4), models (3), animal stories (3), mindstorms nxt (3), mindstorm (2), build a robot (2), apis , camel Review & Description Whether you're just beginning with your LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT set or are already an expert, you... Read Full Story
First LEGO League: The Unofficial Guide ( Paperback ) By James Floyd Kelly Buy new : $19.77 41 used and new from $17.72 Customer Rating: Customer tags: fll (7), nxt (6), lego (6), mindstorms (6), robots (4), first (3), mindstorms nxt (3), models (2), robot (2), team coaching , nxtstep , team Review & Description FIRST LEGO League (FLL) is an international program for kids ages 9 to 14 that combines a hands-on, interactive robotics program and research presentation with a sports-like... Read Full Story
Lego Robotics Mindstorms Set #9719 Build and program your own Lego robots! You can create thousands of robotic inventions. There are interactive training missions and challenges on the enclosed CD-ROM, the Lego Mindstorms website and your own imagination. Using your PC and the Lego Mindstorms CD-ROM software create a program that lets your invention think and act on it own. With a click of a mouse you can instantly download your program from your PC to your RCS using the infrared transmitter... Read Full Story
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Lego. Mindstorms RCX. Donkey Kong. Rolling barrels. Donkey Kong throws rolling barrels. Mario jumps. And jumps. And jumps. All synchronized. Even the game start tune is generated by Lego Mindstorms. After seeing it in action—and hearing the rattling noise it makes—I want this on the wall of my bedroom, as my alarm clock... Read Full Story
I built my first robot out of a cardboard box (I was inside) and, at the time that was pretty much the same way they did it on TV and in the movies. We've come a long way since then! My entry point to the NXT robotic platform was in search of a faster, easier way of implementing remote sensing and data accumulation. I had been working with Crossbow motes, but found their "programming" tedious and non-intuitive. I checked out LabView first ($1,000 for the base level) and figured that for a... Read Full Story
Lego has announced that there is to be an update to its rather fabby Lego Mindstorms set this year - a mere trio of years since the last version graced robot clubs around the world.
So, what does NXT 2.0 bring?
Well, there’s the Colour sensor that can be used to let the robot you build determine colours before acting on that information and the ability to control it via a PC or Mac with the accompanying software.
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LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 (8547) ( Toy ) By LEGO Buy new : $271.97 33 used and new from $269.99 Customer Rating: Customer tags: robotics (15), lego mindstorms (14), educational toys (14), mindstorms nxt (12), lego (12), mindstorms (11), nxt (10), robot (9), mindstorm (7), education (3), 2009 amazon frustration-free packaging revolution (2), community Product Images Review & Description New! Upgraded and Stronger than ever! LEGO Mindstorms NXT is back and better than ever: new models, more... Read Full Story
LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 (8547) LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 (8547), LEGO Mindstorms NXT is back and better than ever: new models, more customizable programming and all-new technologies! Mindstorms NXT 2.0 combines the versality of the LEGO building system with all-new technologies, an intelligent microcomputer brick and intuitive drag-and-drop programming software. The new 2.0 toolkit features everything you need to create your first robot in 30 minutes and then thousands of other robotics... Read Full Story
