Joe Pemberton // Designer, Mobilist, &c.
Principal at Punchcut. Co-founder of Typophile. Mobilist, user interface designer, armchair anthropologist. I want to see the earth from space.
Posts tagged robotics
19 January '12
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Lego has released an Android app that will control the Bluetooth controller onboard the Mindstorms NXT smart brick.
Of course Lego has released the Mindroid app for free.
Control your Lego Mindstorms robot with an Android phone.
Lego has released an Android app that will control the Bluetooth controller onboard the Mindstorms NXT smart brick.
Of course Lego has released the Mindroid app for free.
25 December '11
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Google yields a hackaround fix at Brain Log but I found it only partially correct. It seems the NXT 2.1 software disk is somewhat different from this blog’s listing.
1- Copy all of the files from the install CD to a folder on your desktop. You will be modifying an installer package to disable a piece of it.
2- Find the Parts folder, then open it and find either MindstormsUnivEdu.pkg or MindstormsUnivRet.pkg. (Mine is the latter, I assume that’s the “retail” version vs. the “educational” version.) Right-click and select “Show Package Contents.”
3- Open Contents, then Resources. Right-click the preflight file and select “Move to Trash.” I found this step irrelevant and unnecessary. There is no “preflight” file. Ignore and move to step 4.
4- Navigate back to the MindstormsUniv….pkg bundle and double-click it to start the installer. Follow the instructions to complete the installation.
5- Back in the Parts folder, double-click legodriver.pkg and follow the instructions. This is an installer of its own.
6- You can now go to /Applications/LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT and double-click MINDSTORMS NXT (.app) to open the application.
Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.1 for Mac does not like Mac OS 10.6.
Google yields a hackaround fix at Brain Log but I found it only partially correct. It seems the NXT 2.1 software disk is somewhat different from this blog’s listing.
1- Copy all of the files from the install CD to a folder on your desktop. You will be modifying an installer package to disable a piece of it.
2- Find the Parts folder, then open it and find either MindstormsUnivEdu.pkg or MindstormsUnivRet.pkg. (Mine is the latter, I assume that’s the “retail” version vs. the “educational” version.) Right-click and select “Show Package Contents.”
4- Navigate back to the MindstormsUniv….pkg bundle and double-click it to start the installer. Follow the instructions to complete the installation.
5- Back in the Parts folder, double-click legodriver.pkg and follow the instructions. This is an installer of its own.
6- You can now go to /Applications/LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT and double-click MINDSTORMS NXT (.app) to open the application.
17 December '11
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Lego Mindstorms vs. Electronics Learning Lab vs. Arduino – an introduction to robotics and computing concepts for kids.
Via One Last Bit.
9 December '11
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It’s my way of keeping robots in their place.
Sometimes I like to confuse the robots. Like I will start an artist radio on Pandora and thumb down every track it plays.
Or I’ll run the Roomba inside a big cardboard box…
It’s my way of keeping robots in their place.
30 November '11
