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Nat sent in this 120 pound desk, completely made from LEGOs… Approximately 35,000 LEGO bricks were used. This includes almost all the pieces from 32 Blue Tubs (#3033), almost 300 (!) small baseplates (8×16 studs), and 63 blue plate packs from LEGO Shop-at-Home. A few other pieces were also bought from private collectors (226 tiles […]
This is a neat approach to a LEGO robotics book, a fictional story – then jumping in to the how-to to actually build it… ‘LEGO Mindstorms NXT: The Mayan Adventure’ by James Floyd Kelly, is a robot building book with a difference. It takes you on a journey with Evan and his archaeologist uncle as […]
LEGO portraits by Marcos Vilariño & another set by Trickhip [via] – here & here. LEGO projects and more: LEGO Archives – Link. LEGO Birdcam – Link. LEGO Duck factory… – Link. LEGO Crossbow – Link. LEGO Car factory – Link. Stargate: LEGO – Link. LEGO Flash drive – Link. From the pages of MAKE: […]
Intense, here’s how to build a sword-wielding, tennis-playing, WiiMote-controlled, friendly robot – Link.
William and Andy write in with a physical controller for the virtual world – “Andy and I cobbled together a hardware control panel and wired it to its counterpart in Second Life. We like to think of it as somewhat “entangled.” The physical panel is built on top of an Arduino development board, and connects […]
If it’s a console, Ben Heck can make it better… Here’s the start on how to make a Nintendo Wii laptop- “In today’s How-To, part 1 of 3, we’ll describe how this mod was accomplished, starting with the disassembly of the unit, initial computer drawings, and “reworking” of the heat sink. A week from now, […]
Here’s a good one for NYC area maker kids & teens, Eric writes – “LEMURplex, Brooklyn’s new performance, gallery and teaching space for art and technology, begins robotics classes for kids on February 3rd. The classes are entitled Intro to Robotics for Kids and Teens: Building Robotics Projects with LEGO Mindstorms NXT. Initially, we will […]
