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(...) Windows Media Player to view them. I didn't get any errors. (...) Mark said he spent three weekends collecting and counting parts. This was a very impressive part of the whole competition. Mark and David did a fantastic job of both planning (...) (18 years ago, 24-May-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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(...) David, Sounds like fun, however, I can't view any of the videos. It appears the server won't allow me to save the videos, or even view them directly. I keep getting an error saying "File download was cancelled by user." (...) Personally, I (...) (18 years ago, 23-May-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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On Saturday we had one of the best, and one of the funnest BrickHeap Wars there's ever been! Besides two SMART teams, seven other teams from around the Seattle area came and participated. There was a team from the Seattle Robotics Society, as well (...) (18 years ago, 23-May-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: SMART BrickHeap Team Forming
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Team update: My son Lennart won't make it but I have one new member: Alexander Kau. Current team roster: Sean Kenworthy Doug Bell Mark Chow Alexander Kau Gus (18 years ago, 20-May-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: May 20th SMART Meeting: BrickHeap Wars!
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I look forward to seeing everyone for BrickHeap Wars tomorrow. We have an excellent challenge for you! Don't forget, the meeting starts at noon. If you haven't signed up for a team yet, you should contract Shane or Gus (see previous messages for (...) (18 years ago, 19-May-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: May 20th SMART Meeting: BrickHeap Wars!
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Just one week left till BrickHeap Wars! And there's room for only one more team! Anyone want to step up to be the final team captain? -- David Schilling (18 years ago, 13-May-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: May 20th SMART Meeting: BrickHeap Wars!
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(...) As of this morning, two more teams have signed up. I would say that this is the last chance for a third SMART team to be started! Any volunteers? -- David Schilling (18 years ago, 10-May-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: May 20th SMART Meeting: BrickHeap Wars!
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It's just over 10 days until BrickHeap Wars! We have 6 teams now, only two of which are SMART teams. Since a team is 4 to 6 people, there are going to be a lot of SMART members who won't be participating unless another team or two is started. There (...) (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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My team is growing! Current team: Sean Kenworthy Lennart Jansson (if he has time) Doug Bell Mark Chow Anyone else want to join? email me: GustavJ elephant-trunk-a msn dot com Gus (18 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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I'll captain a SMART team. Current team mates: Sean Kenworthy Lennart Jansson (if he has time) Anyone else want to join? email me: GustavJ elephant-trunk-a msn dot com Gus (18 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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(...) Shane Brinkman-Davis, (unable to post himself,) has asked me to post for him: he's going to be a team captain for the BrickHeap Wars we're having in two weeks. If you would like to join his team, there are still a few slots available. Please (...) (18 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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(...) ... (...) combining a Crate Contraption & a GBC. Very cool. Steve (18 years ago, 28-Apr-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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(...) Well, the LEGO chain link is pretty weak and flimsy stuff! Great for a static model of a motor cycle, not so great if you want to apply a lot of force. So I've been trying to come up with different ways to make stronger chains. The biggest (...) (18 years ago, 27-Apr-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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(...) Thanks for writing this up and posting the pictures, and the video! Really wonderful stuff. I love how many different ideas people can implement - the screws are nice, but I think my personal favorites (after a *quick* browse - so much there!) (...) (18 years ago, 26-Apr-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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With both summer and the NXT launch sneaking up fast on us, we've decided to have a BrickHeap Wars competition again for our next meeting (on May 20th). BrickHeap Wars is a competition where people arrive at the meeting, and get in teams to build (...) (18 years ago, 26-Apr-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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On Saturday SMART put on a terrific robot display at Crossroads Shopping Center! This was a combined Crate Contraption and Great Ball Contraption. There was so much going on that it was hard to take it all in! Trains zipping back and forth, ball (...) (18 years ago, 25-Apr-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: SMART display at Crossroads Shopping Center (April 22)
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Just a reminder that tomorrow SMART will be putting on a robot display at Crossroads Shopping Center. Setup will be at 10 AM. Everyone should be there by 11 AM so that we can have all the modules put in the display, which should be running, at the (...) (18 years ago, 21-Apr-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | SMART display at Crossroads Shopping Center (April 22)
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In a week and a half SMART will be putting on a robot display at Crossroads Shopping Center. Everyone is welcome to come take a look, but we're especially interested in having people participate! There's going to be a Great Ball Contraption as part (...) (18 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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(...) While I've tinkered a tiny bit with alternate firmwares (legOS and the Swan firmware) I almost exclusively use NQC. Considering the types of robots you're likely to build, there really are few situations where you need more power and speed (...) (18 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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My son and I are new to the group (and to Mindstorms) so I don't know if this has been covered recently... I'd be very interested in learning the pros and cons of different programming options for the RCX. I'm currently using NQC but don't have a (...) (18 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: March 25, 2006 SMART meeting
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Our next meeting is only a week away. I've been working on a couple of ball modules this weekend. I hope to see many more interesting modules at the meeting that others have been working on! Don't forget, 2pm at Digipen next Saturday. BTW: if anyone (...) (19 years ago, 19-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: SMART T-shirts
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(...) Reminder: if you want a SMART t-shirt, get your orders in as soon as possible. I've only received orders for 5 so far, which would make it prohibitively expensive to move ahead. Send an email with your name, and the number and size(s) of (...) (19 years ago, 14-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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I've been looking for someone to make SMART t-shirts for a while, and I think I've finally found someone. Besides just a cool memento of our club, it would be nice to have a consistent look for our members at shows that we put on, for instance the (...) (19 years ago, 12-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Crossroads Event on April 22nd, 2006
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On April 22nd, SMART will be displaying an integration of the Crate Contraption with as many Great Ball Contraption modules as we can get our hands on! Originally planned for Easter weekend, we've moved the event to April 22nd because a number of (...) (19 years ago, 11-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | March 25, 2006 SMART meeting
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Unbelievably (well at least to me), the next SMART meeting is only two weeks away! As usual we'll be meeting at Digipen, at 2pm on the last Saturday of the month (the 25th in this case). The mini-challenge is to build one or more Great Ball (...) (19 years ago, 11-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: IMPORTANT: Possible SMART Crossroads Event Rescheduling
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(...) of those at PaB recently, and yet again, now I have a use for them. Sigh... now if I could just do without sleep... (19 years ago, 8-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: IMPORTANT: Possible SMART Crossroads Event Rescheduling
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So far I have only head from Brad, via email, and he says he would be out of town April 15 so for him a later date is better. Does anyone else want to comment on this possible rescheduling? I would really like a little more input on this one way or (...) (19 years ago, 7-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: IMPORTANT: Possible SMART Crossroads Event Rescheduling
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Hi Brian, I'm sure we'll take lots of pictures and movies. Here is the hint: (URL) motorized yet and jams if there are too many balls at the bottom. Powered by hand it lifts four or fewer balls at a time very quickly and effortlessly. Gus (19 years ago, 7-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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(...) I look forward to seeing the combination, with kids and all! Please take lots of pictures/movies for those of us on the wrong side of the Mississippi for this event! (...) Well now you've got my curiosity up. Hints? (...) Yes, those and the (...) (19 years ago, 7-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | The LEGO difference engine
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This message is from Doug Bell who says he never did manage to get a LUGNET account up a running that lets him post so this is being posted for him. Sorry Doug that it has taken me so long to get this posted: From Doug Bell: Have you seen this? It (...) (19 years ago, 7-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | IMPORTANT: Possible SMART Crossroads Event Rescheduling
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Hi Everyone, It turns out that the selected day for the SMART Crossroads event, April 15, is very bad for me. This is a big deal since we are going to be putting up the Crate Contraption/Great Ball Contraption at this event. Not only is it bad for (...) (19 years ago, 7-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 28th, 2006 SMART Meeting
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I've had four people ask about a wider line, including two that were concerned that if the line wasn't really 3/4" wide, their light sensors wouldn't be able to track the line properly. In fact, the "3/4-inch" tape is just a bit under 3/4", so I'm (...) (19 years ago, 27-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 28th, 2006 SMART Meeting
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Last reminder about Saturday's meeting (2pm, Digipen; mini-challenge is there-and-back-again drag racing). Has anyone built a GBC (Great Ball Contraption) module that they could bring to the meeting? I'd like to have one or more to demonstrate what (...) (19 years ago, 27-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 28th, 2006 SMART Meeting
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I thought the ascii-art would be understandable, but I've made a picture with the dimensions and starting configuration for the drag-racing arena that you can find here: (URL) that helps. Don't worry too much about the details. You can even bring (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 28th, 2006 SMART Meeting
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Hi Ben, Looking forward to hearing about CES. I'm not sure if you got David post before or after you made your post. I just saw your post even though it looks like it was time-stamped a few days ago. Not sure what's going on. Anyway, here is my (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 28th, 2006 SMART Meeting
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I could use some clarification on the track material and layout. I've been using the paper track that comes with the mindstorm kit to practice and just realized the line is 1" wide. It sounds like you are going to use a 3/4" line instead. Is this (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 28th, 2006 SMART Meeting
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(...) One week left to build your most amazing drag racing robots! I've had a couple of questions about the arena and event which I'll answer here. First of all, the arena will be made out of separate boards that are painted white. This means that (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 28th, 2006 SMART Meeting
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Reminder - in two weeks we'll have our 5th anniversary SMART meeting. The location is Digipen, the time, 2pm. Meetings usually go to around 5pm, and often people gather together for dinner at Red Robin afterwards. Check the previous post for rules, (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | January 28th, 2006 SMART Meeting
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The nxt SMART meeting is going to be January 28th. This will be our 5th anniversary! The mini-challenge is to build a drag-racer. The robot cars will have a 12-inch wide lane to travel on, with a 3/4" black tape line in the middle to follow. Cars (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: November 19th, 2005 SMART Meeting
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(...) Just a little under two weeks to try to cross the largest gap you can with a robot. If some of you haven't attempted a mini-challenge before, the main objective is to learn. Tackle as much of the task as you feel you are able to; you don't (...) (19 years ago, 8-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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