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Re: Request for designs
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Date: 
Tue, 4 Jun 2002 01:41:13 GMT
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Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmail.netIHATESPAM>
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Dean Hystad wrote:

> But coaches training is slated for mid August in Minnesota.  By then I need
> to have all the materials ready (handouts, slides, animations, clips) have
> the presentation planned out, and design fun and educational activities for
> the break out sessions.  Oh, did I mention that during this time I will also
> be helping on setting up a programming class?  I am feeling a little pressed
> for time.  That is why I have turned to the wonderful LEGO community for help.

Perhaps you should commit to putting all the materials up on a web site
as a part of this process so that everyone would benefit in the end.

I'm sure that more people would contribute to a sort of OpenSourced free
online Lego Book that would grow over time to contain a large body of
knowledge.

I suspect people would be less willing to contribute something that would be
used on your course and never seen again.

> What I really need are some simple examples.  The kind of thing you build
> when you are trying out a new concept.  A design that is centered around a
> single idea or mechanism.  Without all the bells and whistles we eventually
> add.  Without the breathtaking elegence we all hope to eventually achieve.
> Just something that is raw, obvious, and easy to understand.

I know what you mean - I tried to encapsulate all the interesting things
about Lego geometry in a single photo here:

   http://www.sjbaker.org/steve/lego/dimensions.html

I also have gear meshing tables:

   http://www.sjbaker.org/steve/lego/gearpairs.html

...diagonal brace tables:

   http://www.sjbaker.org/steve/lego/brace_table.html

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(...) I am quite certain that all materials will be made available on the MN FLL web page ((URL) It's likely that this will require getting another release from various publishes of materials I am borrowing. But they have been really great, so I (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)

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(...) Sorry about the syntax. I was rushing to get that posting out while being called to dinner. I have Mario and Giulio's book and am in the process of getting permission from Syngress (the publisher) to use examples from it. They are such nice (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)

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