This week we’ve posted a quick tutorial to show how we connected an amazing little computer called the Raspberry Pi and some amazing LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT sensors. For those that haven’t heard, the Raspberry Pi is a small, $25 Linux computer, about the size of a (large) credit card.

We recently discovered this fantastic video of a LEGO MINDSTORMS creation: The Flying Fortress LEGO Blimp.  The project is a fantastic two-ballooned flying blimp made of LEGOs and controlled with a pair of NXTBees.

We were alerted to this awesome video of the NXTBee: obstacle avoidance.  The NXTBee is used to send data back to a computer where it is processed and gives commands on how to proceed.  

Just a reminder: 6 days of free shipping from our Amazon store left!  See our previous post for more information on our shipping this week and next!

Congratulations to the winners of the 2012 MoonBots Competition!  A great effort by all the teams!  We have really enjoyed participating in MoonBots this year and we can’t wait for next years competition!

Dexter Industries is offering free shipping from our Amazon store for the next 20 days!  Everything in our Amazon store will be shipped free until December 20th.

An iPhone controlled LEGO MINDSTORMS robot (video)

Actually, it was an epic proposal. Of marriage. As founder of Dexter Industries, I try to write every single customer and see that each purchase from our website is working out.  When I checked in on Jay Davey and his purchase of a dGPS, I thought we would be getting a usual response:  “Worked ok” “Need to improve this”...

New Product: NXT Female Sockets.  These are the same size and shape as the female sockets on our sensors for LEGO MINDSTORMS. Next time you’ve got a LEGO-related project, or you want to invent the next awesome sensor for LEGO MINDSTORMS, you’ll need this. To help you with your project, we have also included the Eagle Cadsoft footprint!

We would like to announce a small, but important addition to the family:  the Breadboard Adapter for the LEGO MINDSTORMS.