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I was musing over what the well sensored robot would be sensing next and it crossed my mind that a small metal detector sensor might be an interesting addition. Light sensor electrical interface. Brick sized. Limited range but could provide (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Hold Everything!
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Hi, You mean instead of, or in addition to the Fukaya room on Sunday March 12th? See (URL) -----Original Message----- (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | dragster e batterie
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Ecco a voi Mr Batt-Man inteso come l'uomo delle batterie che ha cominciato a fare un po di prove e... dato che purtroppo in palio come premio non c'e' un weekend con Megan Gale o la Cucinotta, mi sento magnanimo e vi diro' cosa ho scoperto. NiCd - i (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Two new LEGO pages
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(...) Competition? Gee,that sounds so... competitive. :) Actually I think it would be a good idea, but mostly I would love to see some sort of a LEGO film festival. It would be great to see what other people can come up with. I think the best way to (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Sorry, I just try
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I am a new user of robot, I just try it! (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | NELUG general purpose bricks?
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Well, there was quick mention of this at the NELUG meeting on Monday, but I don't think too many people heard... I'm currently offering my assistance someone who used to work for S@H-- and she's got a huge number of bricks she wants to get rid of (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
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| | RE: Ping-Pong Ball Shooter
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Exactly, Hot wheels uses the idea as well as those machines that shoot tennis or baseballs for practice. The baseball ones use a boat trailler wheel driven by an electric motor. Just make sure the spinning wheel has a large mass to keep its speed up (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Ping-Pong Ball Shooter
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I want to thank the list for such excellent suggestions. Here's a progress report: I used all 4 of the "big" wheels (tires and hubs) that come with the RIS, dual-mounted (like the rear wheels on a tractor-trailer) and opposite each other. The gap (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Scout Troubles****
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Hi all, I have the scout and I want to use Scout tool.exe. I loaded the nesasery items and when I click on the icon or try to run from dos the Scouttool.exe , I get an error message? It says,"A REQUIRED DLL FILE PBKCOMM32.DLL was not found." Any (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Lego Camera
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I was browsing the Mindstorms website yesterday and found a camera made of lego parts including one light sensor. Can anyone provide some information on this??? (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Shoulder Pads
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For whatever reason the inspiration hit me last night that the UFO aliens' shoulder pads would make a great barbarian horde leader-type guy... and the new Bulls' leader's head would go along great with that scheme... however since the back of the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: WAFOL January 2000 get-together
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(...) Erm, glad you liked it! :-, You mean, aside from it being pink when Barbara specifically asked for red? It had some kind of jelly or jam at the bottom which made Barbara and I wonder if they dumped a jar of Welch's into the pan... That, and (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: What all has TLC done?)
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(...) Don't get me wrong, none of them are ugly! They're just not what I would consider beautiful, but rather utilitarian, immense, powerful, original, detailed, etc... (...) Sad, but true. Look at the widgets on the front of some of those old (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Robotics Show on TLC
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Anyone interested, the show is: Extreme Machines: Incredible Robots A look at robots and the long-term benefits and possible consequences of their capabilities. Rating: TV-G Category: Other, Documentary Originating Country: United States Date Time (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Sensor questions
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(...) The Electronic Surplus Dealer Goldmine, (URL) been selling some weather balloon electronics innards for a few years. On this board there are some relevant sensors: a thermistor, some sort of barometric chip and a humidity "device". The (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: domanda per esperti nqc
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(...) Ben lieto di averlo fatto! Pero' ora aspetto il tuo contributo: sai io soffro di sindrome da debugging... ;))) Ciao, Antonio (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | IR Question
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Greetings, I've heard mention of the various Sharp IR sensors which can give different distance readings for different zones. Part of my final year project is to design and investigate various sensors, but I really have to generate the stuff myself (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Making Ldraw Parts
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(...) This made me go look at the FAQ, and I found the following inconsistencies in the FAQ. in Topic "LINE TYPES" we have (the FAQ has): (...) which I think its wrong in the line starting with "5: Draw ...." and further ahead in the FAQ (section (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Do I want a micromotor?
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I find the biggest problem is the casing. It consists of a small box and two things on the outside, with tiny clips. It's these clips that always brake so I simply glue them. They have more power than you'd expect given their size, as an example of (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing (slightly off topic)
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In lugnet.reviews, Joseph Gonzalez writes: <snip> (...) <snip> According to the Star Wars Roleplaying Game, ( I haven't read a thorough B-wing history anywhere else) The B-wing starfighter was designed as a heavy weapons ship whose primary function (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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