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(...) This is a recurring topic in .trains and the consensus seems to be that a mobile RCX brick requires either that it is battery powered (not great for battery life), or that you do surgery on the motor. The surgery that needs to be done is well (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains)
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| | Mindstorms on RailRoad?
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I got my son a Lego Train set for Xmas - and have been trying to figure out how to build a Mindstorms robot to run on Lego train track. * The Train motor isn't much use since it picks it's power (and hence speed and direction) from the track. * The (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) That can't be true. You are saying that you couldn't patent a machine because it's made from standard parts? People patent electronic devices made from off-the-shelf logic chips all the time. I don't see any legal reason why a Lego machine (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: ROBOLAB 2.5 (USB) woes with Mac OS 9.2
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This morning I tried reinstalling ROBOLAB, and now it works. I wish I knew why... Dean (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | RE: NQC with USB Port
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See (URL) Tecnología y Robótica (URL) ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Krengel To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 10:36 PM Subject: NQC with USB Port Hi all there, my son got a RIS2 were the IR Power uses a USB (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) This bears repeating, and ought to be heeded by those who wish to teach IP law or speak about it and be taken seriously... the correct term is a lot closer to "LEGO(r) brick" or "LEGO brand building element" than it is to "legos", and if you (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Actually, the distinction is simple... the legos are what is used to implement the invention -- the patent would surely not claim that the invention is due to the legos and is confined to existing only when implemented with legos. With that (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Just be sure that in your class you refer to them as "LEGO bricks" and not LEGOs. To do so would be doing your students a disservice. :) (...) This question isn't clear to me. Are you asking if someone can obtain a patent (or at least build a (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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I did indeeed have a talk with Brad Justus amongst others at Brickfest. He was very positive about what we are trying to do with the caveat that Lego holds various patents, trademarks and copyrights which they guard closely, not surprisingly. Any (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How to make shared memory....not
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(...) Yes, I'm sure I can. And I think it would be 'safer' that way. But Mike's idea about functions sounds interesting. I don't really have any idea about how I would use that in a real program, but it sure sounds interesting. Steve (24 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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