Archive for June, 2012

BrickLink Order #2897843

Items in Order Image Condition Item Description Price Total * New Orange Human Tool, Brick and Axle Separator US $0.48 US $2.40 Batch Total: 1 5 Order Total: 1 5   Seller Information  Username: antwerpgirl (2121)  Store Name: Black Swamp Bricks  Store Link: http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=antwerpgirl  E-Mail: antwerpgirl@fastmail.fm  Name & Address: Sally Jones Box 702 Antwerp, OH 45813 USA Link [...]

Celebrating 50 Years of LEGO in Australia

While the LEGO Group was founded in 1932 in Denmark, it wasn’t until 1962 that the first LEGO brick landed on our shores in Australia. It arrived in a suitcase carried by a Mr John Peddie, all the way from England. He flew over land and sea, in fact he had to take eight different [...]

PS2 Controlled Holonomic Platform Using RobotC

Yes, another Holonomic Platform. My son, Anthony requested a Holonomic robot to take to school for show-and-tell. So here it is with a few scholarly extras, including the code. A Holonomic platform is one of the many types of Holonomic drive trains — it can move forward and backward as well as left or right [...]

BrickLink Order #2860207

I have a couple of projects on at the moment which require multiple NXT Motors. I became annoyed at having to swap motors from one project to the other when I switch my emphasis to another robot. So I headed to , and with a quick search found what I was after in seconds. I [...]

‘Melon Factor’ – Conclusion

This was to be Part 4/5 of my Melon Factor Project, for the NXTLog FoodFactor Competition for May 2012. It's unfortunate, but time has not been kind. I had more important real life issues that dragged me away from the project. Link to this post!