Posted in FIRST Lego League Kids Lego Mindstorms Robotics

FIRST Lego League 2017/2018: Theme Hydrodynamics – All about Water

The FIRST Lego League (FLL) fever is on again! This year’s theme is titled Hydrodynamics: it’s about water — how we find it, how we…

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Posted in Mindstorms Robotics

FIRST Lego League – 2015 TRASH TREK Challenge

This year’s FLL challenge is all about cleaning up! A great way to make young innovators aware of this massive environmental reality and motivate them…

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Posted in Mindstorms Robotics

FIRST Lego League 2014 – FLL WORLD CLASS Challenge

From the FLL website:   What is the future of learning? FIRST® LEGO® League teams will find the answers. In the 2014 FLL WORLD CLASS℠…

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Posted in Automation Automotive Robotics

Google’s Self-Driving Car Test

The self-driving car now has real users…

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Posted in FIRST Lego League Mindstorms News

FIRST Lego League 2011: Food Factor Challenge – Keeping Food Safe

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…

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Posted in Automation Automotive Futuristic Robotics

Google Car That Drives Itself

I had posted these “futuristic” thoughts a while ago. But looking at this NY Times article about  Google cars that drive themselves, it appears that…

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Posted in Kids Robotics

Why Schools Should Have A Robotics Team

An interesting presentation – How FIRST Robotics can influence students and play a critical role in reshaping school education. blip.tv video link

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Posted in FIRST Lego League Kids Mindstorms

FIRST Lego League 2009: 14,725 teams from 56 countries

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…

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Posted in FIRST Lego League Kids Lego Misc Technology Robotics

The FIRST Vision: For Science, Technology and Kids

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…

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Posted in Lego Mindstorms

A Remote-Controlled Ball? It's A Spherical-Robot Based On Mindstorms NXT

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…

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