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Lego Mindstorms In Space

Posted by michael on from the houston,-send-up-more-batteries dept.

ribbiting writes: "A father-son team have won the "Ultimate Builder Competition" (Lego Mindstorms) with their entry named "Jitter". The robot will fly to the ISS in November. It fits (whole) into a approx. 1'x1'x1' box and weighs less than 3 lbs. It's main mission is to collect small, flying debris. It can interact with the station walls and crew and supposedly has some light "mischief" programmed in as well (sneaking up on people, dancing). The story can be found here, de.news.yahoo.com, it's in German (sorry)." We mentioned the contest a few months ago. Altavista gives a semi-readable machine translation.

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  1. Spam at ./ - finally. by rocksh · · Score: 0, Troll

    It seems there is nothing credible in this report... And who is michael anyway?

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  2. Re:ok by lonenut · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hey illiterate fuckhead.

    Its 'LEGO Bricks' not 'LEGO'

    A LEGO brick
    2 LEGO bricks
    Some LEGO bricks
    Many, many LEGO bricks up your ass

    OK?

    Thankyou.

    The Shut-the-fuck-up corrections squad.

    BTW: '2 pieces of LEGO' is a poor example. Nobody says '2 pieces of pies', they say '2 pieces of pie'.

  3. Re:Excellent Upgrade: by lonenut · · Score: 0, Troll

    He didn't, he correctly refered to them as 'LEGO bricks'.

    You still fail.

    The Shut-the-fuck-up corrections squad.

  4. Re:weight? by eAndroid · · Score: 0, Troll

    Dammit, you're right. I meant just the opposite.

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    I can't spell or type, but that doesn't mean I'm unusually stupid.