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Re: Kego Constructopedia
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Date: 
Mon, 6 Sep 1999 18:59:29 GMT
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Ian,

Did you also read this page? It's worth a careful, close reading.

    http://el.www.media.mit.edu/groups/el/Projects/constructopedia/

(It introduces the concept and describes the project as a web-collaborative
one.
Also mentions a general target timetable...)

-Suz.


In lugnet.robotics, Ian Sinclair writes:
> I just read Mike Plusch's undergraduate dissertation (link near the
> bottom) at:
> http://el.www.media.mit.edu/groups/el/Projects/constructopedia/kego.html
> 
> In it he describes a lego technic contructopedia built using FileMaker
> Pro.  The database does not appear to be available for download, but
> there are some images of a couple queries on this page near the
> bottom.
> 
> from the couple examples he gives, you can only guess at how well the
> database does the job of providing a useable constructopedia.
> He hints at the possibilities of doing a web based version, but I
> assume that hasn't happened.
> 
> A web based searchable, extendable constructopedia would be most
> useful to technic builders, most notably mindstorms robot builders.
> 
> I know how many times I've read text based descriptions of mechanical
> systems that have left me scratching my noodle... :-)
> 
> Of course most include pictures, which greatly helps.
> 
> But we still don't have the database capabilities.  New people come
> along all the time, with the same problems, asking the same questions
> again and again.
> 
> It would be nice if all of us could benefit from  such a database that
> describes the problem, and the solutions with pictures and ldraw files
> where necessary.
> 
> So what we need is the web based version of Kego or something similar.
> 
> Thoughts?
> --
> Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics



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(...) Thanks Suz. I missed that paragraph near the bottom... <ICS> -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (27 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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I just read Mike Plusch's undergraduate dissertation (link near the bottom) at: (URL) it he describes a lego technic contructopedia built using FileMaker Pro. The database does not appear to be available for download, but there are some images of a (...) (27 years ago, 6-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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