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

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    Image of SysRq SysRq
    08/10/09

    In reply to Moving Lego Donkey Kong People, Lego Donkey F*cking Kong
    That is the coolest fucking thing I have ever seen.
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    Image of phaota phaota
    08/09/09

    In reply to MoonBots Challenge Lets Kids Simulate Lunar X Prize Landing—With Lego
    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 rolls over something that flips it over, it can keep going without problems. For taking samples, pics, etc., all it will have to do is stop, raise its equipment from closed hatches and go to work.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    08/09/09

    In reply to MoonBots Challenge Lets Kids Simulate Lunar X Prize Landing—With Lego
    I thought the idea for the original MoonBot contest was to send Hanson minifigures to the moon in advance of sending the brothers themselves?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    08/09/09

    In reply to MoonBots Challenge Lets Kids Simulate Lunar X Prize Landing—With Lego
    So given the extremes of environment and radiation, how long would Legos survive on the surface of da moon?
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    Image of Deep-Blue Deep-Blue
    08/09/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_HasAList: The plastic Lego parts themselves probably wouldn't fare too bad, but it's the electronics you have to worry about. Without the proper shielding, the radiation would probably screw with the memory. And since I doubt the system has any built-in safeguards/redundancies to protect against things like that, it means the electronics wouldn't last too long.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    08/09/09

    @Deep-Blue: Well, I'm worried about photo-degradation of the Lego pieces. Shielding the electronics would be easy, but not the whole craft.
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    Image of aerospaceman aerospaceman
    08/09/09

    In reply to MoonBots Challenge Lets Kids Simulate Lunar X Prize Landing—With Lego
    cool, I love Mindstorm NXT. I might get involved with this challenge.
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    Image of aerospaceman aerospaceman
    08/09/09

    @aerospaceman:
    if I had kids I would, I just went to the site.
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    Image of Scotland Scotland
    08/09/09


    @aerospaceman:
    "The new contest will challenge small teams comprised of children and adults" - I think I might know a way around that problem.
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    Image of Scotland Scotland
    08/09/09


    @Scotland:
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    Image of Bob_Dole Bob_Dole
    05/17/09

    In reply to Incredible Mindstorms NXT Theater Creates Pirate Battle On Lego Seas
    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 lot of time.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    05/18/09

    @Bob_Dole:
    The standard Mindstorms programming language certainly isn't, but there are at least half a dozen other languages that people have either created from scratch, modified, or just plain figured out how to make them work on the NXT. Offhand, the only one I can think of is "lejos", just because of the name, but I know there's at least one C++ variant.
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    Image of bufftbone bufftbone
    05/17/09

    In reply to Incredible Mindstorms NXT Theater Creates Pirate Battle On Lego Seas
    F'n A!!!!!
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    Image of LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M
    05/17/09

    @bufftbone:


    That is one of the most worthless comments. Please, don't spew crapola here.

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    Image of LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M
    05/17/09

    In reply to Incredible Mindstorms NXT Theater Creates Pirate Battle On Lego Seas
    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.Too much shark! We get it, there are sharks.

    2. No treasure? I saw a treasure map, but where is a cave full of gold, or rubies, diamonds crowns etc? Pirates sans epic treasure = Not so awesome treasure!

    3. Only the new pirates? I have every one of those figs with only 2 sets, mainly the giant pirate ship.

    4. Were is some classic lego? Integrate some tributes to some other sets!


    I will return with some real treasure photos!


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    Image of Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK
    05/17/09

    In reply to Incredible Mindstorms NXT Theater Creates Pirate Battle On Lego Seas
    Totally photoshopped.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    05/17/09

    @Xterm11 - The star commenter's minion: CG rendering.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    05/17/09

    In reply to Incredible Mindstorms NXT Theater Creates Pirate Battle On Lego Seas
    Awesome, right down to the parrot.
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    Image of switchblade saints switchblade saints
    05/17/09

    In reply to Incredible Mindstorms NXT Theater Creates Pirate Battle On Lego Seas
    fake, totally tilt-shift and those are real boats and pirates.
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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    05/17/09

    @switchblade saints: If it weren't for the lifehacker article from a couple days ago for a tilt shift program I would not have had any clue what the fuck that meant.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    03/02/09

    In reply to LEGO Mindstorm Ogre Autonomously Detects, Targets, and Destroys Other LEGO Creations
    After seeing his post on LUGNET, I realized this was made by someone I actually know. Brian Davis is one of 100 people who were contacted by The LEGO Company to help them beta-test the original NXT set (I say original, because there's an NXT 2.0 set due out this year, and it probably features revised software in addition to a new assortment of parts). I don't think I've ever met a more cheerful and outgoing LEGO fan in my life, but I was surprised to see a color-coordinated model from him. Since all he really builds are robots and other mechanized contraptions, he's of the "parts is parts" philosophy, and tends to build in what's know as the "rainbow warrior" style. And I can attest to the fact that he does have a fascination with NXT-based Zamor launchers...but so do a lot of the other beta-testers. Probably has something to do with the fact that the Zamor Spheres had recently been added to the BIONICLE line when they each got their two beta-testing copies of the original NXT set.
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    Image of Bos'un's Mate Bos'un's Mate
    03/01/09

    In reply to LEGO Mindstorm Ogre Autonomously Detects, Targets, and Destroys Other LEGO Creations
    This takes me back to when I was 13 and commanded a tank down at the local cineplex.
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    Image of Wesley Kukard Wesley Kukard
    03/01/09

    In reply to LEGO Mindstorm Ogre Autonomously Detects, Targets, and Destroys Other LEGO Creations
    When I look at the design of the "OGRE" it seems to scream out Thundertank from Thundercats.
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    03/01/09

    @Wesley Kukard: The design of the Ogre tank predates Thundercats by ten years, or more. I'm convinced this concept was cribbed from the late 70s tabletop game.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    03/01/09

    In reply to LEGO Mindstorm Ogre Autonomously Detects, Targets, and Destroys Other LEGO Creations
    It's the Thundercats car.


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    Image of logruszed logruszed
    03/01/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: Exactly what I thought when I saw the claws on the front treads.
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    03/01/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: I was thinking it was base don the Ogre tank game from the late 70s, early 80s....


    [en.wikipedia.org])

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