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(...) According to that site: "There’s also an A/C plug in the battery to allow the NXT brick to run from a direct power supply when needed." That tells me, I'm gonna be buying the MINDSTORMS Education NXT instead of the retail one. (19 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I'll be surprised if the rechargable battery isn't available as a separate item through LEGO Education. ROSCO (19 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yes, the article indicates the battery will be sold seperately (so it should be safe to get a retail set the moment they hit the shelves :) I was surprised at something in the article though - it says that both the existing touch sensors and (...) (19 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yes. The existing touch sensors are just switches--they give you on and off. Peter (19 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Not exactly. You can get a range of values out of a single RIS touch sensor by varying how hard you press on it... but it's a really small rnage of pressures over which it varies. Hook a touch sensor up to a port configured for a raw value, (...) (19 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Indeed, see (URL) (19 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) lego axle? (19 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) No, it's a regular part: (URL) exists 4L (URL) nuts: (URL) (19 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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