BrickFest ‘06 - John Brost’s Camera Bot
Saturday, August 26th, 2006
MDP member John Brost was kind enough to tell me about his LEGO Mindstorms NXT robot on display for BrickFest. The robot uses two intelligent bricks, one for the vehicle and one for the controller, communicating with each other via bluetooth. With a Kodak EasyShare V570 mounted on the front of the vehicle, John is able to send streaming video back to his laptop with a wireless transmitter. It also comes equipped with a BIONICLE Zamor sphere shooter that he demonstrates by pegging a kid in the leg. Awesome.
See the video! At one point, he has a run in with another robot. He should’ve pegged that one to death with spheres. Muhahah…
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BrickFest ‘06 - LEGO Announces HiTechnic Collaboration
Saturday, August 26th, 2006
During the BrickFest 2006 keynote on Saturday, LEGO announced a pilot collaboration program with HiTechnic to offer ‘certified’ third-party LEGO Mindstorms NXT sensors. Per Stephen Barker, certified sensors will use official LEGO casing and undergo rigorous quality testing. Sold via Shop@Home, the program will allow worldwide visibility and accessibility to HiTechnic products.
Click here for a video of the announcement.
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Closeable Shovel
Saturday, August 26th, 2006
Building instructions have been posted for Matthias Paul Scholz’s closeable shovel. You can find these in our \Repository\Projects\Technic section.
The shovel was created to support Matthias’ great ball contraption Vorrichtung Nr. 2.
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