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Re: mindstorms NXT and memory
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 9 Jan 2006 15:19:25 GMT
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Kyle McDonald <kyle.mcdonald@sun.%NoMoreSpam%com>
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Rob Antonishen wrote:
> On 1/9/06, Brian Davis wrote:
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> > bad. And I *love* the idea of perhaps building a robot that a bystander could
> > interat with via their cell phones :-). The question there, as somebody else
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> I keep hearing this (and reading in the official press releases) but
> having recently shopped for a cell phone, I can tell you that everyone
> available here (Ontario) that I can find has the bluetooth crippled to
> it will ONLY talk to bluetooth headsets. Can't even use them for
> address book sync with a PC.
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> This tells me that the likelihood of a NXT bot controlled by a
> cellphone is NILL.
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> (guess we'll just have to wait for the bluetooth remote control that
> will come later in an expansion set like the original RCX IR remote
> did)
One (Verizon) of the 2 top carrier's in the US tried to cripple the
bluetooth in at least one model, and it created a large PR storm. I"m
not sure whether they changed their position on that model or on future
models but I havne't heard as much complaining recently.
Cingular, the other carrier, has never crippled it's phones that I know
of. I recently upgraded from a Sony Ericsson (SE) T637 to a SE Z520,
and both are fully bluetooth enbled. They can transfer files, audio,
etc. The Z520a can even act as a mouse for my bluetooth laptop - push
the joystick on the phone the pointer moves on the screen. Pretty cool.
There are other control profiles to for things like a slide show in
Powerpoint.
I imagine it's something like this that LEGO forsees being used to
control a robot. Hopefully this won't be the only thing it can do.
-Kyle
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