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Re: New robotics sets spotted at Zany Brainy
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Mon, 23 Aug 1999 18:32:42 GMT
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I looked in the Zany Brainy in Reston, VA and they diddn't have the new
droid sets,
but they did have _36_ 6195 Neptune Discovery Labs at $79 ea.
KL
Frank Filz wrote:
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> This may be old news to those who follow the robotics news groups (I gave
> up - too much to follow). The Zany Brainy in Raleigh NC (and presumably most
> others) has the new Droid Developers kit ($99.99) and the new Scout set
> ($149.99). The Scout will be able to communicate with an RCX (they mention
> RIS v. 1.5 on the box - no mention of what it is).
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> Interesting things noted about the Scout:
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> built in light sensor
> 2 input ports for touch sensors
> 2 touch sensors
> 2 output ports
> 2 motors
> 2 clutches (a piece sorely missing from Mindstorms RIS)
> I/R communications (may have a better field of view than RCX - its
> top/front/center instead of middle/front/center).
> BLUE
>
> It mentions that future add on will allow full programming (I suspect it is
> fully compatible with the RCX I/R protocol, no idea if the firmware is
> replaceable).
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> Frank
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 | | Re: New robotics sets spotted at Zany Brainy
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| Kevin Loch wrote in message <37C193CA.B30398FE@N...kl.net>... (...) Wow, they didn't have these when I was at the same store last week. I wonder what else they have in the back room? I noticed that the DC Area Zainy Brainys seem to get huge (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | New robotics sets spotted at Zany Brainy
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| This may be old news to those who follow the robotics news groups (I gave up - too much to follow). The Zany Brainy in Raleigh NC (and presumably most others) has the new Droid Developers kit ($99.99) and the new Scout set ($149.99). The Scout will (...) (25 years ago, 22-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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