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    Jesustron: If they're not careful they'll BRICK their ipod more »
    SysRq: That is the coolest fucking thing I have ever seen. more »
    phaota: Clever vehiclebot, but not a good design. If it fell over, how would it right itself? The best design is to use treads on a flipable bot. If it rol... more »
    frigg: I thought the idea for the original MoonBot contest was to send Hanson minifigures to the moon in advance of sending the brothers themselves? more »
    GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: So given the extremes of environment and radiation, how long would Legos survive on the surface of da moon? more »
    aerospaceman: cool, I love Mindstorm NXT. I might get involved with this challenge. more »
    Bob_Dole: That program must've taken a good deal of time to drag and click. Since, the Lego Mindstorms program isn't text based. Good god, someone sure had a lo... more »
    bufftbone: F'n A!!!!! more »
    LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M: Well it was very cute. Pros: 1. Cool Mosaics 2. Nice mods on the various ships 3. Use of the mindstorms made it like a classic puppet show Cons: 1.T... more »
    Xterm11: I agree with you.: Totally photoshopped. more »
    Curves: Awesome, right down to the parrot. more »
    switchblade saints: fake, totally tilt-shift and those are real boats and pirates. more »
    KefkaticFanatic: Black isn't a colour! more »
    Tim Reid: Um....we've used robotics controllers in school for years that can do this. Why is color recognition something new and exciting? more »
    BeautifulAgony: Finally! Now I can have a robot seperate my M&Ms, as per the rider in my contract. more »
    KhaiJB: 'the penis is evil and must be punished' more »
    MushyHeirloom: Just what I needed, something to bash the candle for me. more »
    Purple Dave: You guys have this all wrong. Clearly this is just designed to polish the lower portions of wooden furniture legs. You know, in case you have a bad ba... more »
    snoop-blog: This reminds me of the stories my fiance brings home from work. She works in the emergency room, and you would not believe the things people have gott... more »
    snoop-blog: That's an awfully lot of thought put into masturbating. You know how many times one could get sidetracked on this type of project? I don't even want t... more »
  • #lego

    Nanontron 3000: The iPod Nano Hacking Lego Robot

    Lego Mindstorms put to nefarious deeds! While iPodLinux works with older iPods, newer models have encrypted firmware updates. That's why the Linux4nano team has designed the button-pressing Nanotron 3000 to help with a repetitive brute-force attack. More »
  • #lego

    MoonBots Challenge Lets Kids Simulate Lunar X Prize Landing—With Lego

    A program called MoonBots will allow children to simulate the conditions of Google's $30 million Lunar X Prize—get rover to the moon, snap HD pics, kick ass—but turns up the quirkiness (and the cool factor) by incorporating Lego. More »
  • #lego

    Incredible Mindstorms NXT Theater Creates Pirate Battle On Lego Seas

    First of all, this whole motorized Lego theater set up is legit. Skip to about 2:30 for a behind-the-scenes look at how it all works. Second of all, this is absolutely amazing. More »
  • #toyfair2009

    Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0 'Bots Can Spot Their Favorite Color

    We got a look at the new Mindstorms NXT robotics kits from Lego. And a new sensor for the 2.0 version can, amazingly, detect the difference between colors. Cool. More »
  • #wrongmodo

    Lego Masturbator Machine Will Make Mindstorms NXT Sales Explode (NSFW)

    While picking the Best of Lego 2008, a naughty reader sent me this Lego Mindstorms NXT Masturbator machine. It's no Robotech thruster or pink blowjob machine but, if you have an hexagonal penis, get it.
  • #lego

    14-Pound Lego Safe Is Guarded by 305 Billion Codes

    By definition, you would think that a Lego safe won't be very safe. But, right now, and looking at the photo and features of this 14-pound Lego Mindstorms NXT Safe, it looks like a much more secure place to guard my savings than any bank out there. All the $34.67 of them. Seriously. Once glued, the 2.7-inch thick walls made of interlocking Lego bricks and its five double digit electronic code lock will make it impossible to break for most people. And beyond the fact that no thieve would think you would be stupid enough to store your valuables on a Lego safe, the electronic code is not the only security feature. Update: Added a mini-Q&A with the author. More »
  • #wiifitsoccer

    Wii Fit + LEGO Mindstorms = Super Nerd Soccer

    No idea who did this originally, but Wired found a video of two dudes playing Wii Fit LEGO Mindstorms Soccer. Wait, what? Looks like the guys hooked up two Wii Fit balance boards to a LEGO Mindstorms trucks(?) and made them move around in sync with whatever leaning or jumping motion was made. A very fancy display of hackery all around, but can you imagine what the actual Wii Fit game will say when they weigh themselves on it? "Congratulations on being the only obese soccer players in existence." [YouTube via Wired]
  • #lego

    Lego Mindstorms Fat Boy Is Controlled with Actual Bike Handles

    This remote-controlled Lego Mindstorms NXT Fat Boy bike is cute and stylized enough to guarantee a post on its own. But when you see that the actual controller is shaped like the handles of a real motor bike, then it's just not a matter of writing about it or not. It's a matter of taking a plane to Germany and stealing it. More »
  • #legodonkeykongpeoplelegodonkeyfckingkong

    Moving Lego Donkey Kong People, Lego Donkey F*cking Kong

    Lego. Mindstorms RCX. Donkey Kong. Rolling barrels. Donkey Kong throws rolling barrels. Mario jumps. And jumps. And jumps. All synchronized. Dan Kressin even generated the game start tune with Lego. After seeing it in action—and hearing the rattling noise it makes—I want this on the wall of my bedroom, as my alarm clock. Videos and high res pictures after the jump. Updated with comments by the author. More »
  • #legorobotsendspicturesfromspace

    Lego Robot Sends Pictures from Space, Wishes It Had Lasers to Annihilate Us All

    Last Tuesday, a group of professors, students and robotics hobbyists launched the H.A.L.E. (High Altitude Lego Extravaganza): seven Lego Mindstorms robots attached to a weather balloon, which exploded at 30km over the Earth's surface. Each of the robots parachuted back successfully, but not without taking the obligatory photographs of the ascent and descent: More »
  • #robots

    Do-It-Yourself Roboflush Made of LEGO NXT Mindstorms

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  • #gadgets

    WiigoBot: The Wii Bowling Lego Robot

    We have featured a whole lot of Lego and Wii crap around these parts, but this has to be the coolest. Using the Lego Mindstorms NXT, the bowling WiigoBot was created. It can also bowl a perfect game (by cheating). Hit the jump to see a video of the WiigoBot in action. More »
  • #gadgets

    First Look: Lego Creator Monster Dino and Ferris Wheel

    LEGO introduced its latest entries in the Creator series at Toy Fair. These use the same pieces and some of the sensors, gears and motors from the Mindstorms set, but don't require an engineering degree to put together or any software skill to operate. Details on the crane, crocodile, and a photo gallery after the jump... More »
  • #robots

    Lego Mindstorms NXT Update August 1st: More User Memory, UniBin for Mac

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  • #gadgets

    Lego Mindstorms NXT Impressions

    Although I received my Lego Mindstorms NXT kit in the mail early last week, it wasn't until yesterday that I really had a chance to dig in, spending a whole day working through the included instructions. It's difficult to completely review NXT in the entirety of its potential as it's the first set of new platform—more instructions and kits should be coming down the line soon enough. More »
  • #gadgets

    Lego Mindstorms NXT Shipping

    I got an email last night saying Lego has shipped my Mindstorms NXT pre-order. Looking at the tracking number, I don't think they've actually been handed over to UPS yet—probably tomorrow. More »
  • #gadgets

    Lego Coffee Maker

    These kids deserve our love and respect. They not only made a Lego Coffee Making Think With Tubes and Stuff (TM), they also posed next to it, rocking the full science fair regalia. I have pictures like this in the family album—me hanging out with my Atari 800XL, for example—and I don't look half as cool. More »
  • #gadgets

    Lego Mindstorms NXT Software Going Open Source

    Jon Lund took some time out from liveblogging the CustomerMade conference in Copenhagen to email in and tell us that according to Soren Lund of Lego, the software behind the upcoming highly anticipated Mindstorms NXT will be published as open source; Lego is currently in the last stage, figuring out which public domain license to use before releasing it. Power to the people! More »
  • #gadgets

    LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Pre-Order Starts April 1

    You fans of LEGO MINDSTORMS had better mark your calendars for April 1, as that's the date the LEGO Shop and retailers like Amazon, Target, Fry's and Wal-Mart will start taking pre-orders for the new MINDSTORMS NXT. Pre-ordering is the only way you can be sure to get a box of the highly-anticipated NXT, even at $249.99. More »
  • #ces

    Live From CES: Lego Mindstorms NXT

    The latest and greatest iteration of Lego's robotic toolkits debuted today at CES. The new NXT "brick" is a 32-bit microprocessor that can be programmed using a PC or, for the first time, a Mac. It's Bluetooth enabled, which makes the instructions you plug into the LabView software easy to transfer to your bot, and even control it from a PDA or mobile phone. It's got three servo motors with inbuilt rotation sensors for precise speed control (one of the demo units on display walked quite fluidly). An ultrasonic sensor lets the robot see, it will recognize sound patterns and tones, the light detector is sensitive to both color and intensity variations, and there is a touch sensor to let the bot feel its way around as well. More »