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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. ok by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ok yes many a geek has fond memories of playing with legos...

    But guess what we're all grown up now and really don't care that much.

    Or is it lego is paying for peices to be posted?

    Sorry but Lego and GPSes are fucking BORING.

    Stick to stuff that matters, not stuff that matters 20 years ago when i was a little kid, or stuff that was middly nifty for 10 minutes but now is fucking boring.

    Slashdot, News about LEGO, Stuff on GPSes...

    1. 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'.

  2. Re:Riiiight! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Oh my...

    That was the nerdiest, geekiest thing I have ever read!

  3. 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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  4. 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.

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

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

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