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Re: NXT and bluetooth enabled phones
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Date: 
Thu, 12 Jan 2006 03:16:15 GMT
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"Lund demonstrated, for example, how with his Bluetooth phone, he could direct
the movement of one of the robots. Then he showed how the robot was programmed
so that when it moved and bumped into something, it would send a signal to his
phone directing it to snap a digital photograph."

Ugh.. she mentions communicating to the NXT with J2ME on your phone.
Seriously depressing that I might have to learn Java.  That is one
bandwagon that I have long avoided.

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Matthew C. Ruschmann
http://superpositioned.com



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  Re: NXT and bluetooth enabled phones
 
(...) Me too and I work for Sun! My life plan to never program in COBOL is working out (now that we're clear of Y2K), but Java might be harder to avoid. (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: NXT and bluetooth enabled phones
 
(...) only bluetooth device is a phone. But if you're using a Bluetooth enabled PC there are many options. (19 years ago, 12-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: NXT and bluetooth enabled phones
 
(...) I'm curious... What is it about java that you want to avoid? Is it just that you perceive it as a band wagon that everyone and their brother is jumping on to look cool? I can see that about it. And things like that have made me avoid things in (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: NXT and bluetooth enabled phones
 
As I cannot find this here is CNET's review: (URL) demonstrated, for example, how with his Bluetooth phone, he could direct the movement of one of the robots. Then he showed how the robot was programmed so that when it moved and bumped into (...) (19 years ago, 11-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)

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