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(...) According to that site: "There’s also an A/C plug in the battery to allow the NXT brick to run from a direct power supply when needed." That tells me, I'm gonna be buying the MINDSTORMS Education NXT instead of the retail one. (20 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hey Rob, Thanks for the heads up--this is what happens when your TV diet is nothing but the Olympics and Pinks on Speed Network--you miss real news :) (URL) will contact the library tomorrow to ask if it will be open. I will also try and (...) (20 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Guilty as charged. Except that you've failed to account for the fun involved in rivet counting:-) (...) It was a fun and unique design exploration, and appreciated! JOHN (20 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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LOVE THESE IDEAS!!! Town Everyday buildings on mini fig scale, e.g railway stations, businesses to fit train displays Bridges Other Structures Oil rig with functions Amusement park with functioning mechanical rides Dont like these ideas World (...) (20 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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OK, yeah, that was a teaser. But in case you haven't, take a look at this LEGO site: (URL) a lot of interesting things here, in a very finished-looking form. Some strong hints on the motor encoders and how easy they are to use (but nothing (...) (20 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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I just notices that if you (URL) google for rtlToronto> my site/blog is the 5th hit. Weird, eh? -Rob A> (20 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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I know Prokect Y it is still a number of days away but... I was talking to a friend who thought that the TPL was staffed by CUPE. Do we need to consider an alternate venue in case they are (still) on strike (in which case the library would close)? (...) (20 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I would agree with that scoring. And I want to see your rover climb out of a (min) 5" high shell :) So go for it! I do wonder about the definition of "in" though. If you have a stationary outer shell shaped like an open 'U' with three openings (...) (20 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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So is that it? All 100 are accounted for? (crosses fingers many potential participants were on vacation) -aps (20 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I am entirely ignorant of helping kids, and have no idea if this is practical or reasonable (it probably isn't), but I'll mention my odd demo thought anyway... An exercise in understanding robots could be to pick a corridor with a corner in (...) (20 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote: <snip> (...) This is a pure hypothetical--I'm not saying I'm doing this or not... If there's this outside shell that has 6-8 transfer openings and there's this robot inside that comes out when we press (...) (20 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) cough... Hassenplug.... cough. Antonishen cough... :) Chris (20 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) This was bugging me as well, so I tried a few things in TrackDraw and came up with this: (URL) 8 straights, 20 curves, one left and one right point. It *nearly* works. There is about a stud overlap on the top right corner. I doubt that this is (...) (20 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(URL) EB Destroyer December> The December is the result of over one year of development by deep space division of the Eastern Block Cosmos Directorate. It is the first ship in the Eastern Block arsenal designed specifically to combat the 3vil threat (...) (20 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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Hi Mark, (...) I don't but CAD does. I figure those parts are appearing everywhere now so it's only a matter of time before Brickilink reflects their true value. (...) Carriages look good although I don't like the gears too much. Have you thought (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Is that just super-affluence of red curved slopes or was the carriage affected by a passing dementor? :-) Anyway, to compare notes, here's a link to my 8mm scale Hogwarts Express, a scale model of the Hall class engine (5972 Olton Hall) used (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I think that by leaving this option open many will build one part that goes around and dispense the blocks and the second part which can just stand in one spot and have many transfer openings. If everyone agrees to it then I'm fine with it (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I dunno man - the idea is fun, but the execution is really lackluster. I think there's a lot of potential in the concept of mechbays that you haven't tapped with this giant-box-around-the-robot thing, and that's kind of sad, because I could see this (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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(...) Okay, that's funny! Sorta like life imitating art imitating life. JOHN (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) This sounds like a good demo that someone within the MDP program can create (hint, hint, wink wink, nudge, nudge). Show the difference between navigating through a maze using (1) the 'dead reconing' method, (2) the ultrasound sensor and the (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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