Missed the World Robo Tournament 2009?

Did not managed to take time off for our inaugural World Robo Tournament organized by Robo Academy?

FEAR NOT! The wonderful media crew has put up a couple of cool videos just for you…

Visit www.RoboAcademy.org/WRT for more information

NJRC 2010 Playfields: Updates

We have added in a FAQ section at our NJRC 2010 Resources page, currently for any questions regarding the playfields and its quotations.

To view, click here.

Cheers!

NJRC 2010 Playfields

Hey,

NJRC’s back in action, and so are we.

We will be selling Replicas of the NJRC 2010 Playfields,

Go to HERE for more information.

Cheers!

Updated Lego Mindstorms 9797 Educational Sets Part List

Hi!
Today we have good news for you.
The new part list for the Lego Mindstorms 9797 set is out, as attached.
You can download it here :

  9797 Part Name List (3.7 MiB, 71 hits)

The thing to take note is that the ” 4X4 L ” can now be used in 9797 sets, which are only previously available in Lego Mindstorms Retail Sets.

Cheers!

Congratulations to Team Singapore – Jedi Black – Champion’s Award

Jedi Black

Congratulations to Team Singapore – Jedi Black on winning the First Lego League 2010 | Open European Championship Champion’s Award!

FLL Open European Championship: http://www.smartmoveistanbul.org/

Jedi Black: http://jediblack.roboacademy.org/

All the best to Team Singapore Jedi Black!

All the best to Team Singapore Jedi Black that is participating in the First Lego League Open European Championship between 2-3 June 2010.

Jedi Black: http://jediblack.roboacademy.org/

FLL Open European Championship: http://www.smartmoveistanbul.org/

The S¤lar·tido Project

A project to create a device that data-logs the amount of renewable energy efficiently.
This device uses the LEGOTM NXT Brick together with the advanced PowerMeter made by Mindsensors.com

For more information, head over to https://sites.google.com/site/tidosolar/home

Dexter Industries’ dSwitch

The dSwitch is a switch designed to be used with Lego NXT Mindstorms hardware and software. The dSwitch controls any appliance in your house, such as a light, a charger, or anything else you can plug into a 110V switch.

A sample video on the use of the dSwitch by Dexter Industries

This video demonstrates the use of dSwitch as an automated battery charger.

Visit Dexter Industries at http://dexterindustries.com/index.html.

More information on the product at http://dexterindustries.com/Products-dSwitch.html

Labview Education Edition 2009 is out!

For those looking for a more powerful programming environment, you would definitely fall in love with the latest Labview Education Edition developed by National Instruments and Tufts University CEEO.

In the education edition copy, there is an NXT module built in that allows us to program the NXT in Labview, similar to how we have previously did it in Robolab

To find out more about LVEE, visit http://legoengineering.com/nxtmodule/nxtmodule.php

Grab a copy today!

LEGO Education 2010 Catalog

So Christmas is coming and 2010 is just 20 odd days away and here comes the LEGO Education 2010 catalog with a whole truckloads of new products coming our way!

Some cool products that we must look out for:

1) LEGO Energy Meter kit featuring 3 main renewable energy – namely Wind, Sun and Hydro

This is a must buy kit that allows students to understand about renewable energy and how they can apply them in their daily life

2) NXT Rechargeable Battery Upgrade set (9693)

This is an upgrade of the existing NXT rechargeable battery that reduces battery wastage and well…cost.

To thank everyone for supporting the use of rechargeable batteries, LEGO has made it even BETTER by increasing the capacity of from 1400mAh to 2100mAh. So you will be expecting the new rechargeable to last 1.5 times longer that its predecessor.

Lots of cool stuff coming your way!
Do visit Robo Academy regularly or subscribe to our newsletter and you will never miss out the lastest NXT news !

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Mindstorm website turns 2.0 too!

The Mindstorms team has transformed their official website with the NXT 2.0 theme!

NXT2.0-web

In the portal, you will be able to find our more about the latest NXT 2.0 kit and even try out add-on models designed by enthusiasts from all over the world! (Guess what… Even the building instructions are available)

Don’t forget to check out the ‘FUNZONE’, a section filled with freebies up  for grabs! You will be able to download the NXT2.0 wallpaper, screensaver and even sound packs for the NXT!

  MS2.0 - SFX (sound pack) (237.2 KiB, 133 hits)

  MS2.0 - Voice (sound pack) (909.8 KiB, 128 hits)

  MS2.0 - Screensaver (4.2 MiB, 148 hits)

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? Visit http://mindstorms.lego.com now!