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Just a reminder: The deadline for submissions for session presentations for the ROBOLAB Conference is July 15th. Also, July 15th is the cut-off for early registration ($100). After July 15th, registration will be $125. The conference will feature (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jul-04, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: The L PRIZE Pre-Launch: Call for Volunteers, Sponsors, Donations
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(...) We're still working on the specifics of the exhibition space. When I know, I'll post the info. Hope to see you there! -Tim (20 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.events, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: The L PRIZE Pre-Launch: Call for Volunteers, Sponsors, Donations
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I might be going to SIGGRAPH this year. Are you going to be exhibiting at SIGGRAPH or presenting or what? I want to be able to find you there. :) (20 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.events, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: The L PRIZE Pre-Launch: Call for Volunteers, Sponsors, Donations
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(...) Yes. I'll see to it that the website indicates that more clearly. The full website will spell out specifics of the competition in detail, once the contest launches in August. Thanks for your interest. -Tim (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.events, lugnet.edu, FTX)
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| | Re: The L PRIZE Pre-Launch: Call for Volunteers, Sponsors, Donations
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(...) Dumb question, but what is the competition about? Writing new Lego CAD software? Thanks, Gary (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.events, lugnet.edu, FTX)
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| | The L PRIZE Pre-Launch: Call for Volunteers, Sponsors, Donations
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I'd like to proudly introduce the (URL) L PRIZE>. The L PRIZE is a new and exciting open competition that will be officially launched at SIGGRAPH 2004 by an independent team led by Tim Courtney. The purpose of the L PRIZE is to reach both the (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.events, lugnet.edu, FTX) !
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| | Re: Anybody knows anything about this board?
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(...) Looks like the old Dacta ROBOLAB. It used some sort of RS232 interface to hook it up to a Commodore/MSX/PC computer, and kids could program whatever they built using included software. It used 4.5V motors and some special sensors. Do a search (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.edu, lugnet.general)
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| | Anybody knows anything about this board?
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Hi. Somebody sent me this picture requesting advice/help what to do. Since I have never seen this, I am asking: Does anybody have any experience with this? Can anybody provide any kind of infos? .. and yes, it's LEGO. (2 URLs) rob (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.edu, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | My Honours Project
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Last year I completed an Honours year in Applied Mathematics at the University of Melbourne. My project was on the segregation of granular materials in a rotating drum. If a horizontal cylinder is approximately half-filled with two granular (...) (20 years ago, 8-May-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.edu, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Mindstorms 3.0 Wish List
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I'm giving a presentation about Mindstorms on Wednesday. I have a slide near the end that talks about all the stuff I know people want to see added. Here's what I have so far: RCX === RC communication (but keep the IR port, too) more I/O ports (...) (21 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Mechanical teaching tools
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Hi Tim, I took some photos of Doug's gadgets at BrickFest. I haven't posted them yet but if you think they'd help you I'll get them up and send you a link. Here are some materials that might help: (URL) luck and keep that enthusiasm up! Tonya (...) (21 years ago, 25-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.edu)
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| | WANTED: LEGO Mindstorms Educators
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WANTED: Lego Mindstorms Educators Are you an educator using Lego Mindstorms Robotics? Would you like to participate in a global online pilot project using Lego Mindstorms? Wichita State University’s (WSU) College of Education Robotics Team is (...) (21 years ago, 25-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu)
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| | Mechanical teaching tools
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I just started working with an FLL team last week. We've had two meetings so far, and I'm having a blast. I remember Doug Carlson's mechanical gadgets at BrickFest, used to teach different principles. Are those available online anywhere? Are there (...) (21 years ago, 24-Sep-03, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Design Based Learning?
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Hello all, Is anyone in the Lego Education community a product or proponent of Design Based Learning? I spent some time this Summer at a seminar for teachers run by Doreen Nelson, one of the gurus of this technique and the head of the Education (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-03, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: Robolab upgrade to 2.5.3 and other things
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(...) Unfortunately the Service Pack 1 does not seem to work properly to upgrade from 2.5 to 2.5.2. The best way is to get a copy of the current Robolab ver 2.5.2 which is called "ROBOLAB with Training Missions" from your local LEGO distributor. (...) (21 years ago, 3-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Zooming in robolab, printing in RCX
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Is there any way to zoom into the icons in robolab, they are a bit tiny and I wanted to know if I could make them look bigger so its easier to see. Also does the RCX Code (or RIS program that comes with the mindstorms kit) have the capability to (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-03, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.faq, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: U.C. Berkeley's South Hall - MOC
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Thanks Anne and sorry for the delayed reply (I'm enjoying the holiday weekend). I'm actually a Guacho (UCSB) but I do cheer for the Bears during football season. B. (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jul-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: U.C. Berkeley's South Hall - MOC
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Wow. I've been to Berkeley several times (my fiance is an Old Blue), and I'm really impressed. Go Bears! :) (from a supportive Gator) -Anne (...) -- For SCO to attack IBM using IP (\`--/') _ _______ .-r-. is somewhat like trying to eat >.~.\ `` ` (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jul-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.edu)
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| | U.C. Berkeley's South Hall - MOC
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Greetings, After to a year of interspersed building and three train shows I finally got around to posting some pics. of my recreation of South Hall from U.C. Berkeley. (URL) was inspired to build South Hall for several reasons: 1. it's red (and I've (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.edu) !!
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| | Re: Robolab upgrade to 2.5.3 and other things
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(...) Hallo Bill, I've Robolab 2.5. May you tell me where I can download the Service_Pack to upgrading from 2.5 to 2.5.2 ? Unfortunately the italian Dacta distributor have not. Thank you in advance. Alfio Scaletta from Italy (21 years ago, 22-Jun-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Robolab upgrade to 2.5.3 and other things
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Hello All, There is a patch of Robolab to 2.5.3. Is called Service_Pack12.1 It is around 4.2 mg in size Follow this URL: (URL) is also a list of bug fixes including; one specific problem that made me consider death on a weekend six months ago. (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jun-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | SoftWIRE Curriculum for MindStorms Programming
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I just noticed that a former employer of mine, SoftWIRE, has made their MindStorms programming curriculum available for free download. SoftWIRE is a graphical programming extension for Visual Studio .NET that, among other things, I added programming (...) (21 years ago, 19-May-03, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx) !
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| | Re: Starting Lego Robotics class in NJ
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A copy of my e-mail: Hi Hubert, My name is Eric Sophie, I build giant Mindstorms Robots. Any chance you would be interested in hiring me as a consultant? Please see one of my current works in progress: (URL) you would like to speak with me regarding (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-03, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Starting Lego Robotics class in NJ
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Hi, I've been an instructor for Lego Robotics for a few years now. Recently, I'm considering starting an after-school class focused to teach this stuff to kids in our area. Since I'm new to the business world, I'm hoping someone here can provide (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-03, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: LDraw in the Classroom?
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Hi Tonya - Thanks for the reply! I'm interested in learning more about your programs. Unfortunately, I don't have the time to pay much attention right now. Later this year I will be exploring LDraw in the classroom in greater depth. I've gotten some (...) (21 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: LDraw in the Classroom?
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Hi Tim, I teach robotics in the classroom in the college of education at Wichita State University. I think LDraw tools are very good for kids to use and also a great tool for teachers to create instructions for their students. My 12 year old son, (...) (21 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.edu)
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| | New robotics book by Eric Wang
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New book "Engineering with LEGO Bricks and RoboLab" by Eric Wang. See (URL) . Sample at (URL) More info at (URL) . (21 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: Robotics Educator CD by Carnegie Mellon
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(...) I agree with you Miles. That's a lot of money. The product appears to be targeted towards teachers who probably will have to convince administrators to buy it. It also appears to have a 'one classroom' license as I recall. So who is the (...) (21 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Robotics Educator CD by Carnegie Mellon
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What do you know about the new Robotics Educator CD-ROM by the Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Academy? For more information you can look at (URL) then Robotics Educator CD-ROM. If you do the On-line Preview, then set your display to 1024 x 768. (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: LDraw in the Classroom?
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(...) I'm thinking on the learning curve. The tools are pretty complex to understand their relationship with each other. Also, it's challenging to learn the names of the parts. How do non-LEGO students adjust to learning parts names? How do they (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: LDraw in the Classroom?
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(...) the (...) Can you be just a little more specific so as to guide me toward the content you are looking for? Can you provide a sample observation? (...) Again, my observations will only be with adult learning and adult learning styles. Will that (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: LDraw in the Classroom?
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Hi: I'm VERY sorry to disturb you with this, but last week I tried to reconfigure my mail client and, as usual, I lost all my mails of that week. Those include the mails with respect to this topic, and would like to answer them! Please, I would (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: LDraw in the Classroom?
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Hi Miguel - Thanks for your observations, I appreciate it. I will take them into account. -Tim (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: LDraw in the Classroom?
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(...) Hi Steven - This sounds great! I checked out your project pages, and watched the videos from the one competition - with the robot that climbed the box. Looks like you're doing some great stuff! I myself am not very into robotics, as it is not (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: LDraw in the Classroom?
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Hi Gustavo - Wow this sounds very interesting! I'd certainly like to see more of this. I'll send you an email with further inquiries. -Tim (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: LDraw in the Classroom?
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(...) As an Associate Professor within our Technology Division, I have found LEGO/ MLCAD to be a wonderful tool when introducing new students to mechanical systems, CAD, and problem solving. I teach a course in Collaborative Team Skills. In this (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: LDraw in the Classroom?
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Hi: My name is Gustavo Patow and I'm an university proffessor at the University of girona, Sapin, that uses LDraw tools at the classroom. Not only I'm able to define final undergraduate projects like LeoCAM, recently released, but I've also spread (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: LDraw in the Classroom?
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(...) Hi Tim, Please note that the Syngress Powertools book is indeed designed in a way that can be used in a classroom. Our contention (the author's) is that Lego CAD greatly eases the initial steps in the learning curve of CAD and other 3d (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.edu)
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| | Re: LDraw in the Classroom?
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LEGO (Dacta) is used at the school I work, but I do not know if teachers use LDraw. I will ask. Some collegues saw me working with it on my computer during my break and got interested in it and downloaded the stuff for their kids (and them self no (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.edu)
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| | LDraw in the Classroom?
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Hi - Is anyone here a teacher, and if so, do you use the LDraw tools (MLCAD, etc included) in the classroom? What has your experience been? I'm putting togehter something for BricksWest, and would like to know how you use the software in class, and (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.edu)
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