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LEGO Autopilot First Flight
 LEGO MINDSTORMS takes to the sky!
Chris Anderson and his kids had their first successful test flight of their R/C plane with a LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT autopilot, a LEGO pan-tilt camera, and an infrared autostabilization system.
"The good news is that a) it didn't crash, and b) it works," says Anderson. "Everything worked well enough that we're able to see what we have to improve, which is the definition of a successful test."
Chris has set up a DIY Drones blog that has video clips from that flight as well as more information. We can't wait to see results from future flights!
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FIRST LEGO LEAGUE Open European Championship in Bodø, Norway will take place May 16 to 21.
Nearly 70 teams from 26 different countries around the world will participate in the event.
Have a look at the fantastic FLL OEC website: http://www.flloec.org/
Under “TOURNAMENT”, “LIVE Streaming” you will be able to see the robotic competition live while they take place Saturday May 19 and Sunday May 20.
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LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT at Maker Faire May 19 & 20, 2007 at the San Mateo County Fairgrounds
 This two-day, family-friendly event in the San Francisco Bay Area celebrates arts, crafts, engineering, science projects, and the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset. It's for creative, resourceful folks who like to tinker and love to make things. Sounds like a perfect fit for MINDSTORMS NXT fans!
Members of the LEGO MINDSTORMS team and the MINDSTORMS Developer Program will be on hand to demonstrate the NXT in action. LEGO and LEGO DUPLO play tables will keep the little ones busy in a hands-on, minds-on, creative fun area. LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT kits will also be available for purchase at the event.
Don’t miss the fun!
Check out the Faire line-up at: http://makerfaire.com
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LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Inducted into the Robot Hall of Fame
 The Robot Hall of Fame recognizes excellence in robotics technology worldwide and honors the fictional and real robots that have inspired and made breakthrough accomplishments in robotics. The Robot Hall of Fame was created by Carnegie Mellon University in April 2003 to call attention to the increasing contributions from robots to human society.
Matt Mason, director of Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute, says this year's crop is notable because the real machines outnumber the fictional creations for the first time. "As much as we love fictional robots such as Data, those of us in the robotics field take heart when the real accomplishments of our colleagues get this well-deserved recognition," Mason said.
This year’s four inductees include the one-legged Raibert Hopper, the NavLab 5 self-steering vehicle, LEGO® MINDSTORMS NXT and Lieutenant Commander Data.
LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT "did more to take creative robotics to the masses than just about any other retail product," said juror Illah Nourbakhsh, associate professor in Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute.
Juror Joanna Haas, director of Pittsburgh's Carnegie Science Center, agrees. "LEGO has made robotics truly accessible to a broad audience — children and adults alike — and the MINDSTORMS sub-brand supports wildly popular play and learning in homes, classrooms and museums all around the world."
To read more about the Robot Hall of Fame click here
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NXTLOG has reached 2000 robots! Number 2000 goes to...
 We have been searching through the most creative MINDSTORMS NXT designs submitted NXTLOG to showcase as number 2000. We are happy to announce that NXTLOG 2000 goes to first time NXTLOGger... gateway57.
The project is called, "gateway57s first project!" and this NXT vehicle has a cool front bumper design, four wheels in the front (which are geared up for speed), a ball that holds up the back, and it uses a LEGO Exo-Force disk shooter! (A 4-peg gear attached to a third motor flips the leaver on the shooter.)
Welcome gateway57 to NXTLOG. Congratulations on being number 2000, and we hope to see more NXT projects from you!
Runners up in this competition at 1999 and 2001 are:
1999: Flat-Bot "Flounder" creatd by dringo72 must be the flattest NXT robot possible!
2001: EtchBot by Indywin is a beautifully designed robot that not only holds a small etch-a-sketch, but it can draw on it too.
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Updated: The LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT Software version 1.1 to be released in August 2007.
The team behind the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT is happy to announce that from August 2007 the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Software version 1.1 will be available for all users in five languages (English, German, French, Dutch and Japanese). Among its new features this version includes full support for Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit) and the new Intel-based Macintosh systems.
In addition, the new NXT Software offers improved performance and speed, especially for large program development. New compression methods free up 30kb of useable memory on the NXT Intelligent Brick and shrink most programs and sound files by 40%. The software programming module, called NXT-G, features intelligent scroll + more than 100 other enhancements.
Availability to users:
The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT software version 1.1 will be available in the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT #8527 robotics toolset from August 2007.
To support existing users of the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT #8527, we offer a CD with the new NXT Software version 1.1 for 19.99 USD, plus shipping. This offer will be available from our online shop, Shop@Home.
Users who have purchased the current LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT #8527 software version 1.0 after May 7, 2007 will receive a free upgrade CD with the new LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT software version 1.1 by contacting Customer Service.
For countries not covered by Shop@Home please contact our Customer Service.
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1st (FIRST) NXTLOG Building Challenge!
 The 2006-2007 FLL season ended last month at the FLL World Festival, and there are many robots that deserve another shot at competing.
Your goal is to design a NXT robot for the FLL NANO Quest Challenge. But... you can add more.
There's no limit on amount of LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT sensors, motors, NXT programmable bricks, HiTechnic sensors, or Bluetooth communication. So let your imagination run wild!
The contest will run from May 1 to May 31, 2007
All contest entries must follow the contest rules and must be tagged "NXT200705"
For the full contest description and rules see this NXTLOG:
1st (FIRST) NXTLOG Building Challenge
Good luck and play well!
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LEGO MINDSTORMS Events
Nov 11 - Dec 31 - MINDSTORMS NXT Holiday Building Challenge on NXTLOG
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