Brick Labs

Well, I’m dabbling with the Netduino.  If you want to know where to buy one, or a bit about them, check out my prior post. Today LED’s, tomorrow, the world!!! Well, maybe servos. Now, since the Netduino is compatible with many (or should I say… most) Arduino shields and kits… I also bought this kit [...]

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I think they are still having Beta pains. Pretty laggy today. Got booted out once, and having troubles getting back in now. Also, Universe doesn’t tolerate dual-screen very well. My 2nd screen displays whatever Windows is doing, but it’s easy to move the mouse outside the Universe window… and then a click causes the game [...]

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OK, the private beta went out yesterday. The first beta period ended at 9 PM EST. Next game period is on Saturday, and then again on Sunday. Both the weekend times don’t work for me, so it will probably be a bit before I can play again (next Thursday I believe). First Impressions: 1) Nice [...]

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Fay Rhodes has done some excellent work with both her books regarding building LEGO NXT Animals. The first book, is the Zoo Book. You can buy it at Amazon. Here is a Rabbit from the Zoo Book: Next up, is another book from Fay Rhodes. Robots Alive! Endangered Species Here is a frog from the [...]

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LEGO® Indiana Jones Jungle Cutter The Good: The cutting blades have smaller rubber wheels on the underside, so as the tank drives, the blades spin. Simple, yet nice effect.  There is also a lever to push to cause the engine to “blow up”.  The building instructions are decent.  Not overly complex, but still kind of [...]

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LEGO Indiana Jones Temple Escape The Good: Nice little biplane.  The plane could be used in any City or Indiana Jones sets. The building instructions are well done.  Not overly complex, but still kind of fun to build. There are some neat angles in the floor plan, and they use 1×4 Hinge bricks and 3×12 [...]

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