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    LEGO on TechTV —Steve Hassenplug
   Next Friday (June 4th) I'll be making another trip out to San Francisco to be on TechTV's The Screen Savers. This time, I'll be taking at least one, and hopefully two all LEGO robots that can play Hasbro's Connect Four. The first robot, "Full (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: LEGO on TechTV —Kung-Khoon Quah
     (...) Steve, Great work on Full Contact! I enjoyed your last visit to G4TechTV and am looking forward to your new trip there. Also, very curious on how you managed to get the Connect 4 robot working with just the RIS 2.0. KK Quah (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: LEGO on TechTV —Harold Jarvie
     (...) Congratulations Steve... I also would be very happy if someone can video the slot for the web.... our TechTV is being cut on (grrrr) June 7th :( Apparently it has changed hands and the new owners have decided not to show it internationally. I (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
    
         Re: LEGO on TechTV —MiB
      It looks to me like a "Don´t fix it if it works" scenario ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold Jarvie" <hjarvie@paradise.net.nz> To: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 11:00 PM Subject: Re: LEGO on TechTV (...) to (...) (...) (20 years ago, 30-May-04, to lugnet.robotics)
    
         Re: LEGO on TechTV —Steve Hassenplug
      (...) I'm not sure how well this will work. I just spoke with them, and in addition to the segment, the robots will be playing against people (staff & audience) during the entire show. How big is a one hour show, when converted to mpeg? :) Steve (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jun-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
    
         Re: LEGO on TechTV —Steve Hassenplug
     (...) For all those who missed the show, well, you didn't miss much. Turns out the show was taped to air 7/22. It was a great show, and a lot of fun. ...except for one mechanical failure on my 3 week old robot... Tune in later for more details. (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jun-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
   
        LEGO Robots on TechTV —Steve Hassenplug
   Let's try this again. This Thursday (July 22nd) a couple of my robots are going to appear on G4TechTV's The Screen Savers. I built two robots that can play Hasbro's Connect Four against a person, or each other. The first robot, Full Contact, was (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: LEGO Robots on TechTV —Kevin L. Clague
   (...) <snip> (...) Congratulations Steve! Are you a regular there now? (...) Kevin (20 years ago, 22-Jul-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: LEGO Robots on TechTV —Steve Hassenplug
   (...) I'm working on that. :) Whenever we get SSClagorpion working, I'll call them and tell them they want me back on the show... :) How are those legs coming along? Steve (20 years ago, 22-Jul-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: LEGO Robots on TechTV —Kevin L. Clague
   (...) Actually, we're on compressors right now..... but like you I'm getting some things ready for Brickfest. Unfortunatly I'm not getting SSClagorpion ready for brickfest. (...) Kevin (20 years ago, 22-Jul-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
 

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