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Re: digital camera entirely made of mindstorms?
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 19 Jul 1999 17:07:30 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Matthew Miller writes:
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> http://www.legomindstorms.com/halloffame/getarchiveentry.asp?id=4
> claims to be an all-lego digital camera. I know this concept has been
> mentioned on here, but I hadn't heard of anyone actually doing it. I'm
> willing to believe it's possible, but I have a hard time believing that this
> could generate the grey-scale image pictured. For one thing, it's very
> blurry, but it's not very blocky, which is what I'd expect. And I'm not sure
> that Dr. Charles Lightning's magnifying glass could provide the kind of
> precise focus this seems to require.
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> Anyone have any more info/insight?
Well, you'd have to ask him to be sure ( mailto:amnon@best.com ). But, I think
the reason the image isn't blocky is because the robot scans at high
resolution. By that I mean, he made the robot scan several hundred "scanlines"
with several hundred pixels per scanline. And the reason the image is fuzzy is
because, as you pointed out, the Adventurers magnifying glass doesn't work too
well.
- Robert Munafo
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| I was browsing Lego's official Mindstorms site, after not having looked for a while, and came across (URL) claims to be an all-lego digital camera. I know this concept has been mentioned on here, but I hadn't heard of anyone actually doing it. I'm (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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