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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 10:48 AM

A Must Have Building Resource

Thanks to the talent and time of ISOGAWA Yoshihito, LEGO users everywhere can access a new 200+ page building resource! Tora no Maki is the first of hopefully many books developed by Yoshihito illustrating how to build various mechanisms with LEGO Technic bricks. Over 300 building challenges are presented using more than 1700 images. Topics covered in the down-loadable publication include: gears, bracing, pulleys, walking mechanisms, springs, differentials, and much more! The author is only asking...
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Thursday, May 31, 2007 9:51 AM

NXTasy.org

The writers at the NXTasy site include this definition on their about page: NXTasy - \Nec”sta*sy\ - n; A state of emotion so intense for the LEGO Mindstorms NXT that one is carried beyond rational thought and self-control; intense joy or delight for the LEGO Mindstorms NXT. Synonym - Ecstasy They’re not kidding! Lots of enthusiasm and knowledge is crammed into this site, which includes a forum, a repository of user-contributes files (programs, blocks, etc.), and challenges in addition to regular...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007 8:03 AM

Alternative Programming for the NXT

The LEGO Mindstorms Education NXT is designed to use NXT-G software, and that software is great, especially for younger or more inexperienced students. Some teachers, however, may find they want to use the NXT sets to teach other programming languages. Since LEGO has open-sourced it's firmware, this is possible. Carnegie Mellon has taken advantage of this to create RobotC, a C-based programming environment. It's available from LEGO Education in both single and classroom license versions....
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Wednesday, November 08, 2006 11:11 AM

NXT Mobile Application

Lots of people wondered about the possibility of using the Bluetooth functionality of their cell phones and other mobile devices to control their NXT robots. Until now though, those people would have had to been very technically inclined, as there was no easy way to do this. This is all changed with the introduction of the LEGO NXT Mobile Application. Now you can control your robot from afar! Supported devices: Nokia 6680, 3230 Sony Ericson W800i, W550i, K610i, K800i, K750i, Z710i, Z550i, K510i BenQ...
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Thursday, August 31, 2006 4:08 AM

NXT and 3-D Modeling

Interested in using an industry-standard modeling program to create 3-D models of your LEGO MINDSTORMS Education NXT creations? Using the Pro/ENGINEER platform, Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy has published an extensive library of MINDSTORMS Education NXT parts . With the Pro/ENGINEER modeling program, a person can then use the NXT parts to design and animate potential projects. The Pro/ENGINEER software is made available to teachers who have participated in a Pro/ENGINEER Schools Edition workshop...
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Tuesday, August 29, 2006 8:08 AM

LEGO Engineering

Have you seen the LEGO Engineering site yet? The site, developed by LEGO Education and Tufts University's Center for Engineering Educational Outreach (CEEO), features activites, news, and lots of resources and downloads to use with your NXT. LEGO Engineering Editor-in-Chief Merredith Portsmore notes that the goal for LEGOengineering.com is "to provide example activities for the classroom, teaching the same material as before but in a new way, a way that kids find very rewarding and exciting...
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