Vex Robotics
Vex Robotics, available at Radio Shack, is another robotics system and an alternative to Lego Mindstorms. It seems to look kind of like Erector Set....
Category: Gadgets
Ordered a Lego Mindstorms USB IR tower
Having built a simple Mindstorms robot, but not having the ability to program it, I bought a Lego Mindstorms USB IR tower on eBay. I can't wait for it to arrive so I can start messing around with RCX Code, NQC, brickOS (formerly...
Seeker: A Lego Mindstorms Robot
Seeker: A Lego Mindstorms Robot, originally uploaded by msabramo. Seeker is a light-seeking robot with a tank-like chassis and it's used as an example in the "Extreme Mindstorms" book that Nicole bought for me. The problem is...
Seidio Treo 650 Hotsync cable – with a Hotsync button!
Seidio Treo 650 Hotsync cable - with a Hotsync button!, originally uploaded by msabramo. Great accessory. My Boxwave miniSync seemed to be acting flakey (couldn't get Hotsyncs to work, I suspect it takes too much abuse in my...
Lego Mindstorms
Wow! I mentioned to my colleague Darrell the other day that I was interested in picking up a Lego Mindstorms set so I could tinker and today he brought in 2 boxes of stuff that he said he doesn't want anymore. The transmitter is...
iPod battery life
A few weeks ago I got a notice in the mail about a class action lawsuit against Apple where the plaintiffs were claiming that iPods "did not have the battery life represented and/or that the battery's capacity to take and hold a...