Mindstorms Will Be Going Back-to-School Later This Year
The third version of Lego robotics, Lego Mindstorms EV3, has been announced with a special software application that was developed especially for classroom use.
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Category: Engineering
XPrize Announces Robotics Competition With Movie Tie-In
XPrize announces a robotics challenge for kids that ties in to the upcoming movie, After Earth.
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FIRST Championship Showcases Brilliant Innovation in First Lego League
Among the many outstanding displays of innovation at the FIRST Championship in Saint Louis this past weekend, the FIRST Lego League impressed the most with great projects to solve real world problems.
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National Instruments Announces New Controls, Extended Partnership with FIRST
National Instruments extends its partnership with the FIRST robotics competition and announces new controls it will be donating to teams.
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Educators – Mindstorms EV3 Release Date Announced
Lego Education announces a release date for the Mindstorms EV3 robotics kit.
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Random Geek Roundup #6
Welcome to the sixth irregular installment of Random Geek Roundup! This is where I collect a variety of links and sites and products that have come across my virtual desk in recent days. Just because you’ve discovered a specific interesting tidbit doesn’t mean that everyone has. So in the spirit of sharing awesome, here is the next collection of links.
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Pulse Width Modulation – SparkFun Electronics Tutorial
Want to learn more about the Pulse Width Modulation, or PWM, capabilities of your favorite microcontroller? Check out this great tutorial from the folks at SparkFun Electronics all about PWM!
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Great Summary of Free 3DP Software
Eric Weinhoffer has put together a great little summary article over at makezine.com that cover alternatives to TinkerCad. If you’re not familiar with TinkerCad, it’s a browser-based CAD application that lets you design 3D items right in your web browser that can be printed on a 3D printer.
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NYC Robotics Week – Extending Human Reach
Event on April 9th for those of you in the New York City area in connection with National Robotics Week.
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Mid-Century Modern Home Designs That Seem Intended to Harm Kids
After moving out of the charming Victorian townhouse whose stairs and perch on the banks of a river seemed too dangerous for raising a family, we ended up buying a 1960s era side split that seemed to embody family needs and kid-friendliness. On the surface at least. I was a Brady house. Over the years, we’ve come to recognize the many questionable design choices the home builders made and we’ve had our share of incidents. When I came across Projectophile’s piece on “15 Mid-Century Modern Dream Homes That Will Kill Your Children,” I had to smile, knowingly. Been there…
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Building your First Robot – EZ-Robot BoxBot
This tutorial series from our friends over at EZ-Robot shows you how you can build your own robot using items from around the house (like cardboard boxes) and the EZ-Robot Complete Kit (available in the Maker Shed).
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