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- Master the grammar of NXT-G and build a ScanBot
- LEGO and National Instruments designed the computer language NXT-G to explicitly run on a toy, but that doesn't mean it's "just a toy" or that it can't be used to write "real" programs. There is a lot of power under the hood in NXT-G. In this chapter download...
- Tags: Chapter, LEGO Co., Lego Mindstorms, NXT-G, Chapter Coverage, Robots, Blogging, Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Marketing
- Book chapters 2007-10-04
- PicoCricket: Mindstorms for younger kids, girls
- Lego Mindstorms offers amazing robotic programming experiences for kids, but the perception among adults and children is that they're a "boy toy" - perhaps because they're really geared to tweens, an age at which girls start to fall away from many things math and science. Playful Invention Co,...
- Tags: Robots, PicoCricket Kit, Lego Mindstorms, LEGO Co.
- Blog posts 2006-08-29
- Photos: Building blocks for bots
- Lego's Mindstorms NXT may look like a kid's toy, but it's actually a robot development kit.
- Tags: toy, LEGO Co., bot, robot, Lego Mindstorms
- Image galleries 2006-03-07
- Photos: Building blocks for bots
- Lego's Mindstorms NXT may look like a kid's toy, but it's actually a robot development kit.
- Tags: toy, LEGO Co., bot, robot, Lego Mindstorms
- Image galleries 2006-03-07
- Photos: Building blocks for bots
- Lego's Mindstorms NXT may look like a kid's toy, but it's actually a robot development kit.
- Tags: toy, LEGO Co., bot, robot, Lego Mindstorms
- Image galleries 2006-01-06
- Lego Mindstorms no kids' toy
- Lego Mindstorms no kids' toyWhere's the link? Where's the link!?!First you tempt us with the Mindstorms competition, and then you don't even link to it?Try looking at...http://mindstorms.lego.com/ZDNet *NEVER* provides links...I've noticed that ZDNet [b]NEVER[/b] links to anything. It must be their policy to make sure that nobody ever...
- Tags: Lego Mindstorms, LEGO Co.
- Discussion threads 2006-01-06
- Robotics: Using Lego Mindstorms and Java
- In the past, robotics and related research was pretty much limited to serious hobbyists or to those working at big corporations, research institutions, and universities. The introduction of affordable Robotics Invention System by LEGO Mindstorms has helped make the art and science of robotics available to every one. The LEGO...
- Tags: Robotics, Java, LEGO Co., Lego Mindstorms, LEGO Robotics Invention Kit, Robots, Emerging Technologies
- White papers 2005-02-21
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- Harnessing a multicore future
- Harnessing a multicore futureThe Java Response?It is certainly going to be interesting to see how the Java community responds to the need to abstract away the complexities of parallel processing from programmers. If the community doesn't do it right, developers will be jumping ship like crazy to .Net.The desktopYour 10th...
- Tags: Processors, Games, CPU, multi-core, desktop, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- Lego Batman demo (exe)
- All the villains from Arkham Asylum have escaped and it's up to Batman and Robin to stop them. Play as Batman and his sidekick Robin as you build, drive, swing and fight your way through Gotham City. Then, jump into the story from the other side and play as Batman's...
- Tags: Villain, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., LEGO Co., Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-10-24
- Who owns social media?
- Who really owns your social data? That is the question that will be debated tonight at the headquarters of CBS Interactive in San Francisco, along with many others. The Social Media Club, headed by Chris Heuer...
- Tags: Social Media, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-10-21
- Drink beer to avoid cancer...
- The International Genetically Engineered Machine iGEM synthetic biology competition will be held on November 8-9 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 85 teams will be part of this contest, using 'a standard toolkit of DNA building blocks -- think genetic LEGO blocks -- to create living organisms that do odd things.' One of...
- Tags: Team, Biology, Beer, Beverage, Cancer, Team Management, Food & Beverage, Management, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille, Rice University, Gene
- Blog posts 2008-10-17
- News to know: Wimax; Tech economy; Microsoft's big brains; Apple
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jason Hiner: Beyond mobile broadband, WiMAX is about blowing up the wireless business model Larry Dignan: Gartner's CIO pep talk: Make a difference or be automated (or...
- Tags: NVidia Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Lego Death Star
- At FOWA 2008, fav.or.it invited people to build a Lego Death Star and then gave it away on Diggnation. The build took a full 2 days. The cost of the model was close to $450 but when finnished it was AWESOME. by Dennis Howlett
- Tags: LEGO Co., Dennis Howlett, death star, lego, FOWA
- Image galleries 2008-10-11
- Eee PC's 7" version: A hot toy this year
- Toys R Us released a list of what it sees as the hottest toys this holiday season and the usual suspects were there: Hannah Montana, Legos, Star Wars figures and the Wii. And then there's the 7-inch Asus Eee PC. I heard a few folks refer to...
- Tags: Toy, Toys R Us Inc., Nintendo Wii, Eee PC, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Student Technology Day: your questions to the presenters
- Student Technology Day: your questions to the presentersIt shows where their heart isI didn't receive this email... that's ok. It shows any kind of respect Microsoft may have for professionals who've been designing, developing, building, manufacturing, installing, and bidding on Dry Erase for nearly 50 years. Mainly, my...
- Tags: Student Technology Day
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- TechCrunch50: Day 3
- Photo by Steve Maller I've been covering TC50 for the past few days, and believe it or not, I'm still hungry for more startup pitches. 6:30 a.m. The final sessions of the conference are posted on BusinessWire: s Akoha...
- Tags: Hollywood, YouTube Inc., Video, Photograph, Bojam, Truecar, Playce, Panelist, Corporate Communications, Games, Marketing, Personal Technology, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-09-10
- The end of the world?
- Probably not. Today (Wednesday, well it is for me anyway), we see the first beam test of the LHC, the Large Hadron Collider, in the CERN's labs in Switzerland. The point of this, quite frankly, bloody huge experiment is to try and recreate the Big Bang on...
- Tags: Apple iPod, Big Bang, Computer, Digital Music, Digital Media, Productivity, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-09-09
- Code is law
- Carl Malamud has posted a whole bunch of state codes on PublicResource.org. Need the Alaska Fire Code? The Denver Mechanical Code? How about the Michigan Plumbing Code? If we are so interested in open source computer code, what about open source law? Public...
- Tags: Code, Standards, Carl Malamud, Quality, Open Source, Business Operations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Interpreting Images With MRDS Services
- Most people do not realize how difficult it can be to process a digital image and extract meaningful data, such as information required to drive a robot or operate an embedded platform. Humans see the world as a series of concrete images, but robots using a web cam see it...
- Tags: Robots, Emerging Technologies
- White papers 2008-08-21
- Top online video destinations for US users ages 2-11
- Brand/Channel Unique Viewer % Audience, 000 Disney Records 49.6 179 EverythingGirl.com 48.0 161 MyePets 47.6 161 JETIX 46.9 159 Playhouse Disney 43.9 340 PBS Kids 43.1 281 LEGO 40.9 137 NickJr 39.6 718 ...
- Tags: Online Video, Video, NB
- Blog posts 2008-07-12
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