2011!!

Happy newyear to you all!!
I hope 2011 will fill your lifes with joy, love, luck, prosperity, happyness,...
I wish you all get what your hearts desire, yet can't be bought in stores.

My newyears' eve hasn't been what it should have been liken due to personal reasons, yet I wish you all the very best for 2011!

May the new year bring us many robotics, joyful LEGO-building, and other great stuff!


Martijn Hellemans
"Dino_Martino"

NXT-ans at HET Instrument

At the big Industrial fair "Het Instrument" in the RAI in the Netherlands is currently one of the underwater excavator models on show.

NI shows their product range and also they have a price contest to win a NXT2.0 box.

(picture by J. Pieters)

The duck family and the bad rat

last weekend 14/15 September, at a clubday of the dutch LEGO club "de bouwsteen" I saw this real nice demo.
A story about "The duck family and the bad rat".
The lady in the white designed and build the duck
the duck wonders around and when it finds its nest, it will lay an egg.
the rat is stealing the egg form the nest.
the small ducks have PF motors and are remote controlled.



more info: http://mocpages.com/moc.php/220755

FLL WorldFestival Atlanta 2010

Here are the first pictures form the FLL World festival in Atlanta.

FLL Opening Ceremony, with ice.


LEGO show and help point.


Interview on the Moon, with Steven C. for Moonbots.org


Jay's Raching Machine


SUMO BOTs, from Bryan Bonahoom (sorry about misidentifying them previously)


Wall-E



Bryan, Chris, Steve, and Mantis, in real and on the NXT Box.



Flow chart of the AI program.


13 year old wrote a AI program in NXT-G.


please feel free to stop by and talk with us.

Martyn

LEGOWORLD 2010 Denmark

Welcome to LEGOWORLD, Copenhagen, 18 to 21 Feb 2010.


Demo and explanation on what MINDSTORMS.


You can build and program your own robot.



Now don't you want to be a MINDSTORMS AFOL (adult fan of LEGO) ?


ALPHA REX


The MINDSTORMS Development team is here to talk to you.


Brick-it build a nice forklift model







The warehouse.


You can win a NXT 2.0 box.


You can win this brick.

There are still 2 more days to go....

See you there, Martyn

FLL-BENELUX final (NL, Arnhem, Papendeal)

Saturday 6 Feb. 2010 at Papendal we attended the Dutch FLL final.
and the winners are:


Team 259, Smove; College Hageveld, Heemstede


Team 127, Heroes on Tour; Herta-Lebenstein-Realschule, Stadtlohn (Germany)


Team 176, WierdeWereldWegen; De Wierde, Almelo


team 221, Mind Vermeer; Montessorischool Jan Vermeer, Delft

Congratulation to all the winners, and good luck in Atlanta!
Edit: See here for a section in the Dutch Kids News, (Jeugd journaal)

Brickworld 2010 - The Phenomenon Grows

Brickworld is a huge LEGO "convention" or fan-gathering that was started a few years ago, and has rapidly grown into one of the larger such event in North America. It takes place near Chicago, IL, and the information for this year has been released. But as a bonus, there's a second event. More of a public expo than a fan-driven show, it should also be a fun activity for those in the area around Indianapolis, IN, this year. If you want to see more LEGO than you've even seen before in your life, with entire train layouts, GBC's, robots, sculptures, custom fan-designed pieces (big vendor area), contests (ever seen a LEGO trebuchet throw a LEGO train car 10 meters... or the aftermath?), and a wild collection of fans of all ages, I'd strongly suggest attending. Here's the detailed post off of LUGNET:

Share - Learn - Explore - Discover

The team at Brickworld is excited to announce that registration for the 2010 event at the Westin will open on January 1st. We look forward to seeing everyone in Chicago in June. We are presently updating the web site to provide an improved registration experience. The updates will be rolled into the web site over the next couple weeks and ready for January 1st.

One of the changes will be a modified home page. The home page will show the Brickworld event at the Westin and a new event called Brickworld Indy. Brickworld at the Westin in Chicago is THE convention, THE AFOL event, THE place you want to be.

Brickworld Indy is a new concept. It is a public exhibition only (similar to Saturday and Sunday of the Brickworld convention in Chicago). Brickworld Indy is a partnership between Brickworld and IndyLUG. The intent of the exhibition is to showcase the creations of IndyLUG to the public. So, there is no convention side, no on line registraiton, no raffles, and it is not open for anyone to display. However, it will still be a fun place to hang out on Saturday & Sunday and see friends and we would love to have AFOLs around to enjoy the event.

We hope to see you in June at the Westin for Brickworld 2010!!

The theme is picked...the event kits are designed...the artwork is in process...things are in full swing. Don’t wait. Start building now and remember to include lighting for the 2nd annual World of Lights Collaboration.

Stay tuned for more information.

Regards, the Brickworld Team

Brickworld will be held June 17 - 20, 2010 at the Westin North Shore Hotel in Wheeling, IL (a suburb of Chicago).

Brickworld Indy will be held March 13 and 14, 2010 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, IN

To see more details or register to attend, please visit the Brickworld website:

http://www.brickworld.us/