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Thoughts on British ICT, energy & environment, cloud computing and security from Memset's MD

Giving BOB sensors to turn him into a robot pet

Some of BOB‘s new sensors have arrived (see right)! With them I hope to turn him into something resembling a robotic pet. I am still awaiting the HiTechnic sensor multiplexer (I ordered the ones shown ones from Lego UK for simplicity) which will allow me to connect so many sensors to the NXT control brick. At present he just avoids…

Programming B.O.B (Lego Mindstorms NXT) in not-exactly C on MacOS / OSX

My true first beginnings as a hacker were with Lego technics. I was very lucky that my Dad got me one of the very first systems for controlling Lego from a computer back in the late 80′s. At the time it was only officially available for schools, but he pulled some strings. Lego Mindstorms NXT My childhood love of Lego…

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