Dexter Industries have released a simple yet incredibly useful sensor - a breadboard adapter that allows you to connect your NXT to a prototype project on a breadboard. Definitely a must-have for any advanced sensor work.
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SoundMachine - building music with LEGO bricks
SoundMachine is a LEGO drum sequencer that “builds” music using standard LEGO bricks. SoundMachine is an interactive music tool to collaboratively develop music. SoundMachine scans 2×2 colour LEGO bricks arranged in 4 tracks of 8 beats. The colour information is converted to MIDI messages by a Processing sketch, which sends MIDI to Ableton Live to(…)
NXTified 9398 Rock Crawler with wifi control
The new LEGO 9398 RockCrawler is out, and I really enjoyed how the designers chose to mount the motors directly on the pendular axles. Looking at it I realised that by replacing the power-function motors with NXT motors I could make the RockCrawler driven by the NXT. I had a new NXT2WIFI sensor from Dani(…)
World’s first LEGO NXT powered wheelchair
Simon Burfield has built a prototype for the world’s first powered LEGO wheelchair using LEGO Mindstorms NXT. It uses Rotacaster wheels for multi-direction driving, and is powered by a total of 7 NXTs. I don’t fancy changing the batteries on that after a day out!
New from Dexter Industries, control your NXT from a iOS or Android
Dexter industries have shown how to use their Dexter wifi sensor, in combination with web sockets, to control a NXT robot directly from an iOS device (iPhone or iPad) or an Android. You can read more at their blog post.
Interview with John Cole from Dexter Industries
I’ve been a big fan of John’s work at Dexter Industries (as you can tell from how many of his sensors I’ve used in my projects!) Now you can read a great interview with him in Make magazine!
Teaching Java programming using leJOS and Mindstorms
leJOS is also well suited to teaching the basic principles of object-oriented programming; it is Java after all! And what better way to illustrate in concrete terms how powerful Java is than by applying it to building robots?
Building LEGO in Chrome
Now you can enjoy hours of Lego building fun right at your desk, building Lego on a virtual map of Australia and NZ directly in your Chrome browser!
LEGO Turing Machine
In celebration of the centenary year of Alan Turing’s birth Jeroen van den Bos and Davy Landman at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), Amsterdam (Netherlands) built a LEGO version of a Turing machine - the universal computing device that theoretically models how all computation is done. You can read about it at LEGO Turing Machine.
Mike Brandl’s LEGO submarine
Mike Brandl is a fellow LEGO MCP and all-round outstanding LEGO builder. His latest project certainly pushes the envelope when it comes to putting the NXT in a harsh environment. This time he has built a LEGO submarine that can navigate successfully underwater. The NXT is housed in a plastic sealed bag, with glue around(…)