 | | Lego Education Pamphlet indicates a NXT to old style brick adapter cable
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NXT Fans, In my new position at Indian River Community College I work with faculty in technical education and have joined the Robotics club. We are excited by the upcoming release of Mindstorms NXT, and I have personnally ordered my own set already. (...) (19 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NXTway
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(...) I didn't try. Probably not well since it is quite unstable. (...) No, it's a simple on/off. The great improvement is that the contact occurs at half stroke, you don't have to push hard as with RCX touch sensors. Philo (19 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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Very cute. I like how it fell over. How does it go on unlevel surfaces ? Now im off to build a self leveling touch sensor. Does the NXT have on/off touch sensors like the RCX or variable (analogue) sensors like a playstation controller? Steve (19 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) part??? Seems an awfully high price to pay for this little guy. ;) Dave Hurley www.greatballcontraption.com (19 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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You liked the (URL) original>... You loved (URL) Steve's adaptation>... You'll enjoy the sequel: (URL) NXTway>! (URL) Philo (19 years ago, 8-May-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) As construction part, yes. But there is also a new tyre, the 55976 Tyre 56 x 26 Balloon. Good sticky rubber, but a bit soft for heavy robots. There are also a few existing parts that were not common such as (URL) (19 years ago, 8-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NXT memory limits
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In article <IyrsyD.1qIr@lugnet.com>, Tim Byrne <sultan@KILL-the- SPAM.locehilios.com> wrote (...) Bluetooth is up to it, typical use is to connect a hands-free headset to a mobile phone. Stereo headphones are now available for listening to music (...) (19 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: My NXT MOC
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(...) the only new piece in the NXT? (19 years ago, 8-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I confirm, part# is written on the piece just below corner hole. Better be shortsighted or have a good magnifier... Philo (19 years ago, 8-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The part # is 55615 - not sure if it is official though... Anyone else? (19 years ago, 8-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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"John Barnes" <barnes@sensors.com> wrote in message news:Iyx488.1qHC@lugnet.com... (...) part ID? I can hardly wait until we get an official element list for the NXT. Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde (19 years ago, 8-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) As for hints, here are some thoughts: -I found I had to break from the mindset of expecting to make connections that were either parallel or perpendicular to others. With this new approach, there are more options. - I think that the previous (...) (19 years ago, 8-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) (URL) (19 years ago, 7-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Dave Astolfo" <dastolfo1@cogeco.ca> wrote in message news:IywC2s.1o0F@lugnet.com... (...) Can you give new studless technic builders any hints or tips that might help them on their way? I'd also appreciate it if anyone has photos of this new (...) (19 years ago, 7-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Jamocklaquat to make another public appearance
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Eric Sophie's rather cool Multi-RCX Lego Mindstorms robot Jamocklaquat is currently being exhibited at The Cathedral Arts Festival in the Grace Church Van Vorst in New Jersey until June 2nd 2006. There are pictures, and an in-depth story at (2 URLs) (...) (19 years ago, 7-May-06, to lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Re: NXT newsgroup needed
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(...) I am in favor of creating a new group. Just as we wouldn't want messages about the Spybot brick or the Scout brick getting lost in a sea of messages about the RCX we do not want messages specific to the RCX to be lost in a sea of messages (...) (19 years ago, 7-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Thx. Yup, building studless takes a bit of getting used to, but I find it easy now (I find myself quickly forgetting some of the studded tricks I have done in the past..). I started building with studless a year or so ago - mixing studded with (...) (19 years ago, 7-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Dave Astolfo" <dastolfo1@cogeco.ca> wrote in message news:Iyo1HI.1DqD@lugnet.com... More details here: (...) Great MOC! I really enjoyed seeing the various fittings for the studless beams. I was afraid that I could not build a machine, but I see (...) (19 years ago, 7-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NXT newsgroup needed
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(...) Actually I thought the decision was more of a 'wait and see' than a definite 'no reason to'. There were quite a few very enthusiastic responses to having an NXT group created, and three our four equally enthusiastic disagreements initially. (...) (19 years ago, 7-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NXT newsgroup needed
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(...) I disagree. I think there are many things pertaining specifically to NXT which don't need to go in the general robotics group. Which also has a sub-group for all the other programmable bricks. I would certainly like to see a NXT-specofoc (...) (19 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.admin.general)
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