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(...) Weeelllll, technically, that's not right. All mammals have knees that bend in the same basic direction - as long as you have a consistent definition for a knee. In most mammals, though, the thigh bone is much shorter and compacted into the (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.mecha)
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Steve (...) Under anything after Windows 95? Nope. In fact, only Win3.1 programs running under Win95 can do it easily. Win3.1 programs running under Win98 onwards can't talk to the parallel port at all easily. If you must do it, use PortTalk - a (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Weeelllll, technically, that's not right. All mammals have knees that bend in the same basic direction - as long as you have a consistent definition for a knee. In most mammals, though, the thigh bone is much shorter and compacted into the (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.mecha)
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as a matter of fact, all mammals have similar bone stuctures. if you compare a dog's leg and a human leg, you see that they both have knees, heels, and toes. the knee on a dog, like a human, bends forward. however, it looks like it bends backward. (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I'll jump in here. The two canted receptors at the front do indeed give a basic direction and range finding ability. The IR signal strength follows an inverse-square law. Double the distance from source to sensor and the signal is reduced by a (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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I have added a customized 10014 caboose to my shop. I made the "lights" on the back really light up with LED's. See description and 5 pictures for more detail. It would be a great addition to any railroad! See if you can find the wires! (URL) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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You might be interested in the CMUcam. See (URL) CMUcam is a new low-cost, low-power sensor for mobile robots. You can use CMUcam to do many different kinds of on-board, real-time vision processing. Because CMUcam uses a serial port, it can be (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Me too! I think rubberbands are other of those few items that can be substituted with non-Lego materials... anyway, the only difference (I think) is where the rubberband (or string in this case) was manufactured. And Ross, about the steel rod (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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Last night I performed a few quick tests on the 5292 motors (the new motors from the 8475 Race Buggy set: (URL) to compare them to the standard geared 9V motor ((URL) summary, the 5292 motor (when geared down to match RPM of 71427) has about 2.33 (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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To get a PDA to interface to RCX is easy, i am right in thinking that TV remote is the same freqency etc as RCX? If so go to pdawin.com and get TVRemote (URL) i use version 3.1 which can learn commands, and we can display this on the PC and control (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) What???? I think there is something wrong with your dog. ;) Dogs knees face forward in the back. Do you mean the front legs? My two cents, Mark M. (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Yes - I don't know about Bricx - but the NQC example programs contain one that says: #ifdef __RCX ...and (more significantly) the system file 'compiler/rcx2.nqh' contains #if __RCX==2 #if defined(__SCOUT) ...and a bunch of other defines (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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Webpage is here: (URL) down for latest update. WEEK FIVE: A link home? Upon disassembling the ships wings, the Arcane family finds Duel's special stash. A psionic dimensional gateway. If the gateway can be powered up and used, then the Arcane's may (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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Dude, WOW! I dig the cockpit in the head, particuarily with the mandible bits. Nice touch. Good use for those insect legs. (go fig, as insect legs...) What's up with the different scale people? Are the giants enslaving minifig midgets, or does the (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Start with arXiv.org. You should also hit each of the CPU makers whom you have interest in and review their Application Notes carefully (Intel has a lot of app notes that are graphics related). You'll want to get all the 'Graphics Gem' code as (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Thanks Brian, but I´m looking for ways to determine the brick at compile time, not at runtime, since the generated code must match the target API. (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Shorter non-wrapped URL: (URL) 5218 TECHNIC Pneumatic Pack. /Tobbe (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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It would also make minifigures around 3-4 feet wide with a 18" diameter head. It's silly to think you can use the mini-figures to prototype anything to the level of detail you want to model. For your pure prototyping you might as well use your own (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yep :) (...) I too have a load but I don't buy parts from other sources then sets. (...) /Tobbe (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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Yes, your new page is good and what we need. But I immediately have a question: It seems there are two pairs of canted receptors, two at front, and two at about mid-board. This implies there is some inherent directional sensing? I assume at least (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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