Lego Binary Clock
Lego builder nxt1engineer created this binary clock. It uses rotating spindles to indicate the passage of time.
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Lego Code-Cracking Game
Lego uberbuilders the Family Vuurzoon built this cool Lego Mindstorms game, the Chinese Dragon’s Pearl, which has players attempt to solve a code to get a “pearl” — even better, there’s an accompanying dragon robot that reacts when you get his pearl!
Lego Mindstorms Paddleboat
This Mindstorms paddleboat was built by Mike and Cedric of the OSZT school in Täuffelen, Switzerland. Looks like it sports a regular Lego ship base with soda bottles as pontoons. A pair of paddlewheels spin along the side. Nicely done!
BrickPi Controls Mindstorms Bots With a RasPi
Dexter Industries builds Lego Mindstorms add-on sensors and other compatible products, and their latest project — not yet completed — is the BrickPi, which allows the Pi to control up to 3 Mindstorms motors and four sensors (but not the ultrasonic). The board’s firmware is written in Arduino 1.0. If you’re interested in the source, […]
Lego Mindstorms Lathe
Arthur Sacek‘s lathe works on floral foam. A project he has been working on since 2005, Arthur recently rebuilt the lathe using the still-robust RCX microcontroller brick, the precursor to the soon-to-be-replaced NXT brick. [via The NXT Step]
Lego Robot Folds and Flings a Paper Airplane
NXTLOG user hknssn13 built this amazing paper airplane machine. My favorite part is the 4th stage, where four linear actuators make the final folds in the airplane. It looks sick when the entire assembly rises up! The project uses 2 NXT microcontroller bricks, 5 servos, 10 DC motors, pneumatics, infrared, and a bunch of sensors. […]
Using Scratch to Control Mindstorms Robots
Clinton Blackmore wrote in to share Enchanting, a visual programming tool that uses Scratch (as well as LeJOS firmware on the NXT brick) to create a more intuitive and powerful interface than Lego’s Mindstorms software can manage. The software is free and open source, and is being developed for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux.
