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Does anyone know of a decent official source of information about a new
Dacta product called "eLAB"? I'm looking at the official website,
http://www.lego.com/dacta/
which has a link to
http://www.lego.com/dacta/elab/default.htm
which forwards to
http://www.lego.com/dacta/elab/defaultdecaf.htm
but all the image URLs are mangles, so it's difficult to get a sense for
what it is, assuming the images are actually pictures rather than rendered
text. It's possible that the pages aren't fully ready for prime-time yet,
but they -did- link to it from the main Dacta page. Oh well, anyway...
From the market-speak, it seems to be some kind of special LEGO set or sets,
sold by Dacta or Pitsco-Dacta, designed for classrooms and maybe having some
cool stuff, but it's hard to tell whether it really really has new elements
and/or sensors, or whether it's a workbook-style package of educational
materials.
Sounds like one of the sets may have a new 1 Farad, 2.5-4v capacitor element
with a built-in red LED (light-emitting diode) that lights up when it's
fully charged:
http://www.lego.com/dacta/elab/main4capacitor.htm
Says it'll store 3.125 Joules. How long will that power a free-spinning
micromotor?
Sounds like there's also a 2.5-3v solar cell element, also with an LED:
http://www.lego.com/dacta/elab/main4solarcell.htm
--Todd
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| Todd Lehman wrote: <snip> I noticed in the rcx section they mentioned a sensor adaptor that could be used with other manufacturers' sensors. This might mean that Lego have realized the need for more, cheaper sensors at last :) -- Thomas Main (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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| The URLs are working today. Guess they got many questions over the weekend over the mangled information. Pitsco LEGO Dacta has it on their web site also: (URL) interesting but kind of expensive. Christopher Good (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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