Robo Academy » Outreach http://roboacademy.org School for the Minds of the Future Wed, 09 May 2012 16:21:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 Lego World 2009 – Netherlands http://roboacademy.org/2009/10/25/lego-world-2009-netherlands/ http://roboacademy.org/2009/10/25/lego-world-2009-netherlands/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:28:30 +0000 admin http://roboacademy.org/?p=1656 Over at TheNXTStep,

they mentioned about the LEGO World that is on going. It’s an event where cool LEGO models are featured and the public would get a chance to check out all LEGO stuff!

So what’s featured this year over at the LEGO WORLD??

The  model of the actual LEGO warehouse that stores [...]]]> Over at TheNXTStep,

they mentioned about the LEGO World that is on going. It’s an event where cool LEGO models are featured and the public would get a chance to check out all LEGO stuff!

So what’s featured this year over at the LEGO WORLD??

NXT - lego warehouse

The  model of the actual LEGO warehouse that stores all the bricks that we play with daily!!

Original post: http://thenxtstep.blogspot.com/2009/10/legoworld-2009_22.html

]]> http://roboacademy.org/2009/10/25/lego-world-2009-netherlands/feed/ 0 NXT kits…Technics sets…batteries and more! http://roboacademy.org/2009/08/19/nxt-kits-technics-sets-batteries-and-more/ http://roboacademy.org/2009/08/19/nxt-kits-technics-sets-batteries-and-more/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:21:50 +0000 admin http://roboacademy.org/?p=1263 Need money for your team to join the upcoming First Lego League 2009 or have been eye-ing the latest NXT 2.0 kit??

Now here’s a chance for you to earn some money (yeah you! who says kids can’t make money? )!

From TheNXTStep:

Another nice thing that I must mention is a new program that MAKE [...]]]> Need money for your team to join the upcoming First Lego League 2009 or have been eye-ing the latest NXT 2.0 kit??

Now here’s a chance for you to earn some money (yeah you! who says kids can’t make money? ;) )!

From TheNXTStep:

Another nice thing that I must mention is a new program that MAKE magazine has started… they have a partnership program for selling subscriptions where they give the organization 50% (!) of the proceeds… sell 200 subscriptions and your team gets $3400! Got a team of 10 members? Have each team member sell 10 subscriptions and take that $1700 and buy some new NXT kits and Technic sets!

Check out the post at TheNXTStep for more information!

]]> http://roboacademy.org/2009/08/19/nxt-kits-technics-sets-batteries-and-more/feed/ 0 Aren't we popular? ;) http://roboacademy.org/2009/08/16/arent-we-popular/ http://roboacademy.org/2009/08/16/arent-we-popular/#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:26:22 +0000 admin http://roboacademy.org/?p=1243 We have a total of 2313 visitors as of today compared to 2002 on 10th August! Can you believe it??

The Web Development Team would like to take this opportunity [...]]]> 6 days ago, we posted updates about our web traffic statistics right? (Check out the post at http://roboacademy.org/2009/08/10/2000/)

Guess what??? We have great news to share with you guys!

We have a total of 2313 visitors as of today compared to 2002 on 10th August! Can you believe it?? :)

The Web Development Team would like to take this opportunity to Thank all our visitors who have been faithfully checking out our website for the latest updates and our cool resources.

Now………we shall reveal some new stuff that will be made available along the way. (drumroll please!)

1) Project Arcadia Website - For members to share their proud LEGO Creations with the world

2) E-learning @ Robo – where tutorials and guides will be uploaded for members to learn more about NXT Programing, some cool tricks and more!

Help us spread the word about Robo Academy Today!

Thank you!

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ABOUT THE GOOGLE LUNAR X PRIZE

The $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE is an unprecedented international competition that challenges and inspires engineers and entrepreneurs from around the world to develop low-cost methods of robotic space exploration. The $30 million prize purse is segmented into a $20 million Grand Prize, a $5 million Second Prize and $5 million in bonus prizes. To win the Grand Prize, a team must successfully soft land a privately funded spacecraft on the Moon, rove on the lunar surface for a minimum of 500 meters, and transmit a specific set of video, images and data back to the Earth. The Grand Prize is $20 million until December 31st 2012; thereafter it will drop to $15 million until December 31st 2014 at which point the competition will be terminated unless extended by Google and the X PRIZE Foundation.

The X PRIZE Foundation, Google Inc., LEGO Systems, National Instruments, and Wired’s GeekDad will announce “MoonBots: A Google Lunar X PRIZE LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Challenge” today at National Instruments NIWeek 2009. The new contest will challenge small teams comprised of children and adults to design, program, and construct robots that perform simulated lunar missions similar to those required to win the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE, a private race to the Moon designed to enable commercial exploration of space while engaging the global public. To further this purpose, the X PRIZE Foundation and Google have now joined forces with three other well known technology companies to offer a competition that will stimulate learning of robotics and team building while exciting students and their families about their potential roles in the new Moon race.

Part of the mission of the Google Lunar X PRIZE and the X PRIZE Foundation as a whole is to get kids excited about math and science, and spark their imaginations. To further this goal, we have created education resources, fun projects, and even a video or two for students around the world to explore and enjoy.

For more information about the Google Lunar X PRIZE, please visit www.googlelunarxprize.org.

References:

TheNXTStep

Google Lunar  X Prize

Moonbot

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http://roboacademy.org/gallery//?level=album&id=9

Once again, we would like to thank everyone for your suppport!

]]> You can now view the photos for RoboGladiators at:

http://roboacademy.org/gallery//?level=album&id=9

Once again, we would like to thank everyone for your suppport! ;)

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