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Archive for July 26th, 2006

Mercury News Review

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

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The Mercury News has an Associated Press article reviewing the LEGO Mindstorms NXT. When commenting on the building experience, the author likens it to “assembling an IKEA bookcase with 100 pages of instructions and hundreds of pieces that look similar but are slightly different.” Heh. He wants more color-coding. Me? Just give it to me in all black.

New Review - Digital Compass Sensors

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

Mindsensors Digital Compass  HiTechnic Compass Sensor

A new review (first one..) was added to the Reviews section of NXTasy.org repository. The new review compares the two digital compass sensors of mindstorms.com and HiTechnic, including some not-yet-published technical specifications of the two sensors. Read the review here.

3-axis Digital Acceleration Sensor

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

mindsensor acceleration sensor

The mindsensors.com website has a new “Coming Soon for NXT” item - a 3-axis Digital Acceleration Sensor. Here’s a picture of it from their site.