Students, hobbyists and tech-savvy parents who use–or plan to use–the LEGO Mindstorms kits with the NXT computer module usually program the device through a graphical language such as a subset of ...

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Enhancing Lego Mindstorms with Arduino Lego Mindstorms NXT is a sophisticated and fun educational robotics set that teaches kids and adults engineering and programming skills. As versatile as it is, ...

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lZ9rSZwDzE&w=640&h=510] Coin sorting machines are cool, but they can’t put away your Legos like this. Using a laser and a ...

We have seen quite a few cool creations built unsing Lego Mindstorms NXT, and now Dexter Industries is launching a solar module for Lego Mindstorms. dSolar Systems allow you to power your Lego ...

Steve Hassenplug is sitting in a van with seven other people on the way to a Lego convention in Washington, DC, explaining the limitations of Lego’s previous robot-building kit, called Mindstorms. "It ...

The program is based on LabView software from National Instruments Corp., which manufactures software and hardware that scientists and engineers use to create specialized instruments. NXT-G was made ...

If you want to do what NASA just did, except in Lego form, then look no further. NXT builders Doug Moran and Will Gorman put together this amazing working Curiosity rover that can happily roll around ...