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The theme for FLL 2011 is Food Factor; details of the challenge for the tournament will be released on the 2nd of September, says the announcement on the FLL website. Here is an abstract of this year’s theme from the website: Can FIRST® LEGO® League teams improve the quality of food by finding ways to prevent food contamination? In . . . → Read More: FIRST Lego League 2011: Food Factor Challenge – Keeping Food Safe Over 140,000 children are participating in this year’s FIRST Lego League (FLL) tournament, comprising 14,725 teams from 56 countries. That’s almost a 14% growth over last year’s participation, as the chart on the FLL site shows. Starting from the pilot tournament in 1998 in which 210 teams from 2 countries participated, FLL has grown steadily across the . . . → Read More: FIRST Lego League 2009: 14,725 teams from 56 countries First things first…. What is FIRST? FIRST stands for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. Here are some quotes and pictures from the FIRST website. Here is an interesting creation using Mindstorms NXT, a Rolling-Orbital-Bluetooth-Operating-Thing (ROBOT) as its creator calls it. Spherical Robot 02 (YouTube) This project uses two NXT controllers: one inside the “thing” and an external one that acts as the remote control. The two controllers communicate via Bluetooth. The external controller is also uses NXT motors that are very cleverly . . . → Read More: A Remote-Controlled Ball? It's A Spherical-Robot Based On Mindstorms NXT This post contains a summary of all the posts related to FLL-2008 in this site. FIRST Lego League 2008 Registration More FLL-2008 posts . . . → Read More: Article: FIRST Lego League 2008 This year’s First Lego League robotic missions are focused on initiatives to explore and protect Earth’s climate. The official FLL website has the details. The following table lists all the missions, along with an analysis of tasks within each mission, the scoring rules, maximum points that can be scored, and other relevant information specific to the . . . → Read More: FLL-2008: Climate Connections Missions New to Lego? Curious about gears, pulleys and stuff? The Lego Constructopedia has cool graphics that illustrate how you can use gears and pulleys to do various things. Take this quiz and try to solve the problems before you click on the answers. 1. How do you make two pulleys connected by a belt to turn in opposite . . . → Read More: Lego Constructopedia – A Gears And Pulleys Quiz |
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