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Tag Archives: Mindstorms NXTS
Announcing 2012 MoonBots A Google Lunar X PRIZE LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Challenge!
This year, Dexter Industries is bringing sustainability to Moonbots by providing 30 finalists with dSolar 4W systems. Teams will power their lunar robots with solar power, just like a real mission to the moon! Continue reading
Posted in dSolar, Education, Moonbots
Tagged contest, dSolar, lego, mindstorm, mindstorms, mindstorms NXT, Mindstorms NXTS, moonbots, projects, solar
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leJOS Class for NXTBee
Mark at Mastincrosbie.com has just released a leJos class for the NXTBee. The new class makes it easy to integrate wireless communications with the NXTBee into your LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT project. Continue reading
Posted in Software and Drivers, Wireless
Tagged lejos, mindstorms NXT, Mindstorms NXTS, NXTBee, software, wireless, xbee
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RoboCupJunior Rescue Discount
Robocup Jr. teams are gearing up for competitions this year and Dexter Industries wants to support you! Contact us for a coupon for 10% off through our website for your team. All you have to do is contact us through our “Contact Us” page, tell us about your team, and we’ll send you a coupon.
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Posted in Education, RoboCup Jr
Tagged Legos, mindstorms, mindstorms NXT, Mindstorms NXTS, rescue, robocup jr., thermal infrared, Thermal infrared sensor, TIR sensor
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WIFI: Updated NXC Library
Wifi: Now for NXC. Continue reading
Posted in Software and Drivers, Wifi
Tagged Mindstorms NXTS, NXC, sensor, software, wifi, wireless
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New Book: Creating LEGO NXT Robots with JAVA
We just received a new book from Brian Bagnall: Intelligence Unleashed. I, John, personally, have been eagerly awaiting the book because I’ve been wanting an excuse to learn the JAVA programming language for a long time. Continue reading
Posted in Education, Software and Drivers
Tagged java, mindstorms, mindstorms NXT, Mindstorms NXTS, nxt
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Wifi Sensor for LEGO MINDSTORMS Release
The Dexter Industries Wifi sensor for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT is released! Continue reading
Posted in News, Wifi, Wireless
Tagged mindstorms NXT, Mindstorms NXTS, new product, wifi, WIFI Week, wireless
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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
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged accelerometer, dIMU, gyroscope, lego, mindstorm, mindstorms, mindstorms NXT, Mindstorms NXTS, nxt, NXT-G, sensor
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New, Improved NXTBee Picture . . .
The NXTBee has evolved . . . . still blue and still better than bluetooth. Continue reading
Posted in News, Wireless
Tagged COOL, lego, mindstorm, mindstorms, Mindstorms NXTS, nxt, NXTBee, wireless
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Project: Thermal Infrared Turret Bot
A very cool project from a student at Tufts using the TIR sensor and the dFlex sensor. The Turret project will use a heat sensor and motors to find a person in a room and then shoot them with a rubber band. Continue reading
Posted in dFlex, Education, projects, Thermal Infrared Sensor
Tagged dFlex, lego, Legos, mindstorm, mindstorms, Mindstorms NXTS, projects, robot, temperature, thermal infrared
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Altimeter for Lego MINDSTORMS NXT
How to turn your Mindstorms NXT into an altimeter. Continue reading
Posted in GPS, Software and Drivers
Tagged GPS, lego, mindstorm, mindstorms, mindstorms NXT, Mindstorms NXTS, NXT-G
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