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3:12PM Nick Broughall | Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. A courier just arrived at the office with a Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0 kit for me to play with. My weekend is now a write-off. More »
Weekend Gadgets: Lego Mindstorm NXT And Livescribe Pulse Smartpen
3:12PM Nick Broughall | Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. A courier just arrived at the office with a Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0 kit for me to play with. My weekend is now a write-off. More » 
Toys
MoonBots Challenge Lets Kids Simulate Lunar X Prize Landing—With Lego
12:00AM Jack Loftus | A program called MoonBots will allow children to simulate the conditions of Google’s $US30 million Lunar X Prize—get rover to the moon, snap HD pics, kick ass—but turns up the quirkiness (and the cool factor) by incorporating Lego. More »
Toys
Incredible Mindstorms NXT Theatre Creates Pirate Battle On Lego Seas
10:00AM Jack Loftus | First of all, this whole motorised Lego theatre set up is legit. Skip to about 2:30 for a behind-the-scenes look at how it all works. Second of all, this is absolutely amazing. More »
Robots
9:27AM Nick Broughall | Reader Chris was so inspired by the clip of the ABB Flexpicker robot we posted back in March last year that he did what any self-respecting only a special breed of geek would do – he built his own out of Lego. More »
Guy Builds His Own ABB Flexpicker Robot Out Of Lego
9:27AM Nick Broughall | Reader Chris was so inspired by the clip of the ABB Flexpicker robot we posted back in March last year that he did what any self-respecting only a special breed of geek would do – he built his own out of Lego. More »
Toys
Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0 ‘Bots Can Spot Their Favourite Colour
7:50AM John Mahoney | We got a look at the new Mindstorms NXT robotics kits from Lego. And a new sensor for the 2.0 version can, amazingly, detect the difference between colours. Cool. More »
Gadgets
6.5kg Lego Safe Is Guarded by 305 Billion Codes
11:00PM Jesus Diaz | By definition, you would think that a Lego safe won’t be very safe. But, right now, and looking at the photo and features of this 6.5kg Lego Mindstorms NXT Safe, it looks like a much more secure place to guard my savings than any bank out there. All the $US34.67 of them. Seriously. Once glued, the 2.7-inch thick walls made of interlocking Lego bricks and its five double digit electronic code lock will make it impossible to break for most people. And beyond the fact that no thief would think you would be stupid enough to store your valuables on a Lego safe, the electronic code is not the only security feature. More »
Games
Wii Fit + LEGO Mindstorms = Super Nerd Soccer
10:00AM Jason Chen | No idea who did this originally, but Wired found a video of two dudes playing Wii Fit LEGO Mindstorms Soccer. Wait, what? Looks like the guys hooked up two Wii Fit balance boards to a LEGO Mindstorms trucks(?) and made them move around in sync with whatever leaning or jumping motion was made. A very fancy display of hackery all around, but can you imagine what the actual Wii Fit game will say when they weigh themselves on it? “Congratulations on being the only obese soccer players in existence.” [YouTube via Wired] More »
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