mindstorm

Monday, March 2, 2009
Toys

LEGO Mindstorm Ogre Autonomously Detects, Targets, and Destroys Other LEGO Creations

3:30AM Jack Loftus | This is “Ogre,” an autonomous, projectile-launching, LEGO block-destroying remote control tank. Ogre could honestly be the first LEGO creation I wouldn’t want to meet in a dark alley. No minifig is safe this afternoon. More »
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Sunday, August 10, 2008
Toys

Moving Lego Donkey Kong People, Lego Donkey F*cking Kong

10:55PM Jesus Diaz | Lego. Mindstorms RCX. Donkey Kong. Rolling barrels. Donkey Kong throws rolling barrels. Mario jumps. And jumps. And jumps. All synchronised. Dan Kressin even generated the game start tune with Lego. After seeing it in action–and hearing the rattling noise it makes–I want this on the wall of my bedroom, as my alarm clock. Videos and high res pictures after the jump. More »
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Saturday, August 2, 2008
Robots

Lego Robot Sends Pictures from Space, Wishes It Had Lasers to Annihilate Us All

4:59AM Jesus Diaz | Last Tuesday, a group of professors, students and robotics hobbyists launched the H.A.L.E. (High Altitude Lego Extravaganza): seven Lego Mindstorms robots attached to a weather balloon, which exploded at 30km over the Earth’s surface. Each of the robots parachuted back successfully, but not without taking the obligatory photographs of the ascent and descent: More »
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Johnny 5 Still Not Alive, But Now Has LEGO Brother

11:45AM Seamus Byrne | Technically this is called the JohnNXT 5, though even Steve Guttenberg’s minority friend won’t be fooled that this isn’t the real Johnny Five. LEGO fan Daniele Benedettelli built this entire thing out of LEGO Mindstorm NXT parts, which if our calculations are correct, means this probably costs as much as an actual robot to make. If you want to build your own (who wouldn’t), check out the materials list to get started. – Jason Chen Project Page [Danielle via MAKE] More »
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