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RE: Mindstorms in 1999
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Fri, 12 Feb 1999 19:34:22 GMT
Original-From: 
Cwikla, Brian <brian.cwikla@bestbuy.NOMORESPAMcom>
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There are a lot of people on this list talking about why Lego isn't gearing
the RCX towards adults.  Why not institute a large letter campaign or email
campaign to Lego requesting this?  It worked for Star Trek in the 60s, why
not the RCX in the 90s?

Companies usually take customer feedback very seriously and it can affect
future marketing decisions.

Just my two cents...

-----Original Message-----
From: amp5315@ritvax.isc.rit.edu [SMTP:amp5315@ritvax.isc.rit.edu]
Sent: Friday, February 12, 1999 8:22 AM
To: Mark Tarrabain
Cc: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
Subject: Re: Mindstorms in 1999

Wow.  I REALLY hope that Lego does not stop production of the Mindstorms
RCX as we know it.  I don't know about other places, but here at RIT we
are SERIOUSLY considering using them to do some Karol the Robot type
artificial intelligence projects with students using the VB control to
write software.  (actually we want to do this and are requesting budget :)
I would be very upset if we can't do this know because we can't get bricks
for the labs...

I think that more adults have these things than kids.  Why doesn't Lego
just play to both markets and make an even more capable brick as well as
the "dumber" versions that are coming out ?  I know the research is there
from the MIT projects, and they could make a **lot** of $$ selling
advanced kits to adult buyers.  Just a thought.

-A

Andrew Phelps
Graduate Assistant
Rochester Institute of Technology
http://www.rit.edu/~amp5315/


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Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Mindstorms in 1999
 
(...) Didn't it take Star Trek 30 years tho? I'd hate to have to wait another 30 years :) Jasper (26 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: Mindstorms in 1999 + My Two Cents!
 
I couldn't agree more! They don't know what's going on without some kind of investigation method. If they're lazy, they look only at sales figures (Not a bad method with the RIS!) But I agree that they would be VERY interested in knowing the average (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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