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| I'm teaching this week using laptops running on Vista. The laptops also have the full suite of Adobe software. Under these conditions, the models do not show up. The models momentarily blink onto the screen, then the display goes blank. I suspect (...)   (17 years ago, 24-Jul-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt) 
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|  |  | Re: Worm gear... whence the length? 
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| (...) Hi Brian, obviously you are working hard on Nadar 2.0 :) Also read about your Little Joe free-fall on H.A.L.E and I wish you very good look with that! ;-) Two NXTs in one single mission is of great courage... For the worm gear issue I also (...)   (17 years ago, 23-Jul-08, to lugnet.robotics) 
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|  |  | Re: Worm gear... whence the length? 
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| Hi Brian, (...) I have used thin slices of LEGO corrugated tubes as washer for that. Works fine, but I can't guarantee it would work for a long time without wear... Philo    (17 years ago, 23-Jul-08, to lugnet.robotics) 
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|  |  | NXT programming with Logo 
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| I've been lurking with interest, teach intro robotics in middle school among other tech subjects, and wonder if any of you use the latest version of MicroWorlds EX Robotics, V 1.6, to program NXT robots. I just found out about that capability so (...)   (17 years ago, 23-Jul-08, to lugnet.robotics) 
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|  |  | Re: Worm gear... whence the length? 
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| (...) Neither. I actually purchased those from Mindsensors. They sell a thinner, flexible cable with NXT-style plugs. For the HALE mission (what this payload is aimed at - launch in 7 days or so), every gram counts, and I realized that at least in (...)   (17 years ago, 23-Jul-08, to lugnet.robotics) 
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