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RoboCupJunior Rescue 2013
It’s almost time for RoboCupJunior competitions to start! Last year some fantastic teams competed, and some very successful teams used Dexter Industries Sensors for the competition. This year we’re offering the same discounts to RoboCupJunior teams competing. Did you like this? Share … Continue reading
LEGO Jet Engine
Pretty cool Rolls Royce Jet Engine made of LEGOs. Rolls-Royce this week unveiled the world’s first jet engine to be made entirely out of LEGO bricks. Farnborough Airshow was the selected venue for the unveiling of the model, which is … Continue reading
Quadrotor, LEGO, and Arduino
Today, we’re just working on some far out projects. One thing we’ve wanted to work on for a long time is a quadrotor. Naturally, we made some mistakes, and were only able to get two rotors working. But here’s a video of the first test-flight. Continue reading
New Sensor: dCompass
Announcing the release of the new dCompass Sensor for LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT! The sensor is a digital compass. Continue reading
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Tagged Compass, dcompass, mindstorms NXT, NXT-G, sensor
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dIMU Giveaway and dIMU Days!
Enter and win the Dexter Industries Albino-Snowflake-dIMU! Just join us on Facebook! Continue reading
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Wheel Chair Control with the NXTBee, RobotC
Very cool project using the NXTBee: “Independent Wheelchair Control for a Quadriplegic” Continue reading
Posted in Education, projects, Uncategorized, Wireless
Tagged education, engineering, lego, NXTBee, RobotC, sensor, wireless, xbee
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New Sensor: Accelerometer + Gyro = dIMU
The Dexter Industries Inertial Motion Sensor: a gyroscope and accelerometer. Six degrees of freedom and no limits. Continue reading
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Tagged accelerometer, dIMU, gyroscope, lego, mindstorm, mindstorms, mindstorms NXT, Mindstorms NXTS, nxt, NXT-G, sensor
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NXT-G Blocks for the NXTBee Beta Released
Today we’re releasing the NXT-G blocks for the NXTBee for Lego Mindstorms! Continue reading
Posted in Software and Drivers, Uncategorized, Wireless
Tagged mindstorms, mindstorms NXT, Mindstorms NXTS, NXT-G, NXTBee, software, wireless, xbee
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NXTBee Segway
An awesome NXTBee-powered Segway for the Mindstorms NXT from Japan. Continue reading
Posted in projects, Uncategorized, Wireless
Tagged nxt, NXTBee, projects, wireless, xbee
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Two New Examples for the dGPS in NXC
diGPS sensor in NXC: new examples. The dGPS is now integrated into the NXC environment! Continue reading
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