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Brian Davis wrote: <snipped> (...) I'll join the list of people who did get a confirmation email when applying but no bummer nor happy email at the end of February. (My email is a comcast thingy.) So, there's that. Rafe (20 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: On not hearing from LEGO (Was: So, who IS in the MDP?)
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(...) Well I can confirm that I received no reply to my gmail.com address, and as gmail keeps all my spam filtered mail, can confirm that it wasn't filtered either. And as I *did* receive a "sorry try again next time" mail for my ambassador (...) (20 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.lego)
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| | On not hearing from LEGO (Was: So, who IS in the MDP?)
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(...) Well since this thread is still being watched I'll make two announcments. First, I was also fortunate enough to be in the MDP (actually, I was in the MUP expansion prior to this point, but close enough). And it is an amazing and *busy* group (...) (20 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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I am in the MDP also. I do feel lucky/honored to be a part of it. Bryan (20 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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What's the latest version of the standard RCX firmware (for use with NQC)? And how do I obtain it? I purchased the original RIS 1.0 and then the 1.5 upgrade. I found a 2.0 beta firmware online for free download from Lego (part of the 2.0 beta SDK); (...) (20 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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I would like to be able to connect a Galvanometer to the NXT. Using this galvanometer with the ultrasound sensor attached one could get a wide angular "look" of any obstacles within one snapshot in time. Essentially creating a "radar". The other use (...) (20 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) <snip> By the way, the "from" address: LEGO Do-Not-Reply Mailbox [do-not-reply@america.lego.com] (20 years ago, 9-Mar-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Feb 28th, 4 in the afternoon. I haven't signed anything, so I'm pretty sure I'm OK posting this: ---...--- Dear LEGO fan, Thank you very much for your interest in participating in the LEGO® MINDSTORMS™ Developer Program. We are very sorry but (...) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) How long ago? Btw, I think I've finally given up hope. I was thinking that perhaps the folks that didn't get bummer emails were reserves for folks who couldn't initially accept OR if they were going to expand the MDP a little bit after the (...) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I got a bummer email. (20 years ago, 9-Mar-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) You can do that with the RCX using low-level functions that directly access the H8 microcontroller. (We actually did it with Ultimate ROBOLAB). (URL) already worked out several sound sensors. A particularly interesting one is used in robot (...) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Since I haven't gotten my email yet, I'll subscribe to that wishful thinking :D -Tim (20 years ago, 9-Mar-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Of course it's also possible that LEGO still have got yay or nay from the first 100 respondants, and so sending out bummer emails may be premature. ROSCO (20 years ago, 8-Mar-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) It is true that email is not a "foolproof" way of communicating, but it is not as fallible as you portray. And 9000 is far from "high volume" email. At least if you're talking about a company communicating with its customers. I work for a (...) (20 years ago, 8-Mar-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Interesting, although where I live I have a sneaking suspicion the NXT would try to home in on every passing car and truck. But the NXT could be used to track my kids (since I can't do that myself anyway). (...) Well, let's see, the distance (...) (20 years ago, 8-Mar-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Absolutely amazing quadruped robot (watch the video)
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(...) how about this one (URL) there's a little info here (URL) (20 years ago, 8-Mar-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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Here's another cool robot, this time a tree-climbing hexaped. (URL) (20 years ago, 8-Mar-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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As I was standing outside today and listening to the woodpeckers in the trees I came up with an idea for a bot using the NXT sound sensor. You've guessed it, a bird finder/tracker. The bot could simply rotate towards the direction of the sound. And (...) (20 years ago, 8-Mar-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi all, I've finally updated my mechanical logic gate pages with a couple of new (ish) creations. The XOR gate and the Half Adder. You can find them by going to (URL) and (URL) I'd stick in a picture or two here ... if I could figure out how ... (20 years ago, 8-Mar-06, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.robotics)
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| | real science with Legos - Linear Light Source Reflectometry
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It's a bit older, but I was browsing and came across this paper, which was presented at Siggraph 2003: (URL) Linear Light Source Reflectometry> (URL) ... The Robotics device we used is called the Robotics Invention System 2.0. Further information is (...) (20 years ago, 8-Mar-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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