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News Release: May 7, 2007

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE USE The LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education NXT Software version 1.1 to be released in August 2007. The team behind the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT is happy to announce that the LEGO MINDSTORMS Education NXT Software version 1.1 will be available for all users in five language versions (English...

Posted to LEGO Education (Weblog) by LEGO Education on 05-07-2007

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...

Posted to LEGO Education (Weblog) by LEGO Education on 03-27-2007

ROBOLAB 2.9.3 Patch

For those of you using ROBOLAB 2.9 with your NXT robots, there's a new patch update available. The 2.9.3 patch fixes a few major issues with both the RCX and the NXT and also has a few new features. LEGO Engineering - ROBOLAB 2.9.3 Patch . Update, 2/16/07 : The upgrade fixes some of the issues experienced...

Posted to LEGO Education (Weblog) by LEGO Education on 02-07-2007

Dynamic Block Update for NXT Software

The Dynamic Block Update allows the MINDSTORMS NXT Software to import new blocks to the Complete palette. These blocks include the Mini Blocks, the Legacy Blocks, 3rd party sensor blocks or any other blocks developed using the LabVIEW Toolkit for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT. The update will be for both the...

Posted to LEGO Education (Weblog) by LEGO Education on 11-14-2006

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...

Posted to LEGO Education (Weblog) by LEGO Education on 11-08-2006

Lean & Mean NXT Code

When writing code for the NXT, it's important to keep it streamlined and efficient in order to maximize the amount of code you can upload the the NXT brick. To help everyone keep their code clean, we've created a guide to writing efficient code for the NXT. Feel free to dowload the PDF and print...

Posted to LEGO Education (Weblog) by LEGO Education on 10-12-2006

NXT Development Kits

LEGO has released developer kits for the NXT software and hardware. These aren't intended for casual users, however - they were created with the advanced NXT user in mind. Interested users can download the Software Developer Kit, the Hardware Developer Kit, and even a Bluetooth Developer Kit. Additional...

Posted to LEGO Education (Weblog) by LEGO Education on 09-05-2006

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...

Posted to LEGO Education (Weblog) by LEGO Education on 08-31-2006

NXT Light Sensor Correction

In previous posts, we said that the NXT light sensor would be fully compatible with the RCX brick. Unfortunately, we were wrong about that. Since the NXT light sensor was designed with the NXT software in mind, it doesn't have full functionality when used with ROBOLAB 2.9, a converter cable and the...

Posted to LEGO Education (Weblog) by LEGO Education on 08-25-2006

LEGO MINDSTORMS Education Pilot Program

Would you like to use the LEGO MINDSTORMS Education NXT in your classroom? Would you like to know you’re one of the first to implement LEGO MINDSTORMS Education NXT into your curriculum? Would you relish the opportunity to influence the development of future curriculum for the LEGO MINDSTORMS Education...

Posted to LEGO Education (Weblog) by LEGO Education on 05-02-2006

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