NXTasy Challenge No. 1 Is Under Way!

Sunday, July 30th, 2006

Hello NXT fans!

NXTasy invites you to compete in the first community NXT challenge. The goal is simple!  Got an NXT set? Take the blue plastic ball and make a bot that throws it as far as possible! That’s easy? Not so fast! Only LEGO parts are allowed (see rules for details)….

We have a prizes for you, too! Winner gets a brand new Digital Compass Sensor courtesy of HiTechnic Products. Additionally, the top 5 participants will receive a 25% discount coupon (valid for 3 months) for their next purchase at mindsensors.com.

Competition deadline is December 1st, 2006. Rules, regulation and participants’ information can be found here.

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Tutorial: Bluetooth Linux Starter

Sunday, July 30th, 2006

Jürgen Stuber has a cool little tutorial showing how to receive a bluetooth data transmission from an NXT brick to a Linux box.  It has been added to our repository.

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