Mindstorms maniac NeXTSTORM created this awe-inspiring “club dance robot” named 3it3ot. 3it3ot’s main body is based on my previous robot named TubeIt. In 3it3ot’s body you’ll find one NXT brick, one NXT motor (moves the head up/down), one touch sensor (to detect head’s position), one HiTechnic IR-Link and one sound sensor (to interact with humans). […]
Seller Moonlight Bindery offers these cool hand-stitched books with upcycled green Lego baseplate covers in three different sizes. Shown here is the small version. This funky book is made from two 5″ (16 X 16 dot in geek speak) square green LEGO® base plates. The paper is 70 lb. 100% recycled white paper suitable for […]
Yoshihito Isogawa’s ingenious centrifuge uses Lego Power Functions (think NXT without the microcontroller) elements to power it, and uses a IR remote control to start and stop! [via The NXT STEP]
Check out Jess Gibson’s rather excellent documentary which takes a deeper look at the avid community of grown-ups who enjoy building in colorful plastic brick. Maybe I’m a bit out of touch here but – do some people really consider an interest in LEGO something to be a shamed of nowadays? Guess I’d assumed we […]
NIKO is a collaborative effort to build a Twitter-controlled robot as part of the Noika PUSH N900 Mod in the USA campaign. Recently team member Eric posted this short video showing hie progress.
This funky book is made from two 5″ (16 X 16 dot in geek speak) square green LEGO® base plates. The paper is 70 lb. 100% recycled white paper suitable for writing or drawing. There are 10 signatures with 8 pages a signature for a total of 80 pages (or 160 if you count front and back sides.) Also included are 20 flat LEGO® pieces (the pieces may differ from the picture) AND a LEGO® separator so you can create the cover of your choice! This is the FUN part – go minimalist with the plain cover or add some color…All of my books and albums are made by hand in my home-based studio. So my creations will last I use acid free paper, cloth, and glue.
The gods of Random.org have crowned Rebecca Karger, a student at Horace Greeley High School, winner of our Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0 set. This is what Rebecca had to say about what she’d do with the set: If I had this kit, I’d take it with me to college next year, and build a robot […]
