Brick Labs

I recently downloaded the 30 day trial of RobotC.  I’m a programmer by trade (mostly in the .NET languages) and the NXT-G graphical interface has always bugged me.  For me, it’s very foreign, since I’m used to a text based programming language. My other choice that I looked at was leJOS.  But I’m not much [...]

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White or Black.  That’s been the options for awhile.  The default white NXT that ships with the 8527 or the 8547 kits is what most people have.  LEGO sells a Black NXT as well.  You can buy it directly from LEGO. Now you can a sticker or wrapper for your NXT.  You can get colors [...]

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We all hear about the big LEGO or Robotics events, like the National FLL challenge in Atlanta. But what about local stuff?  Events you can go spend a day and half a tank of gas to visit? There is a robotics group in Maine.  It is called: Maine Robotics.  It’s a non-profit organization run by [...]

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I’m not sure how long this deal will last, so you may want to buy soon.  Amazon currently has the NXT for $199 USD.  That beats the $289 I saw it for last week in the local Toys R Us.  :P If you want it for Christmas, you’ll have to pay the extra shipping costs. [...]

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UPDATE: Toys R Us is having a new sale (same link as before, but new pricing).  You can Buy 1, Get 2nd Half Price.  So, it works out to $217 for each Mindstorms kit.  Not quite as good as their original sale, but still cheaper than most places.  (Reminder courtesy of Fay Rhodes at The [...]

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LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT One-Kit Wonders–New from No Starch Press: How to Build Innovative Robots with Just One NXT Kit San Francisco, CA, November 12, 2008—When the creative minds behind The NXT STEP blog co-authored The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Idea Book (No Starch Press) in the fall of 2007, they hoped to revolutionize the world of [...]

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