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Lazy Musicians Spawn Robot Ukulele

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the devil-made-them-do-it dept.

densetsu writes: "Three weeks ago, instead of forking over 5 whole bucks for an actual ukelele instruction booklet, I decided to teach myself for free using internet resources. Now that my will (and fingers) have been broken, these guys offer a faustian shortcut. They built a Lego Mindstorms-powered REMOTE CONTROLLED self-playing ukulele. The site has some nice photos and mindstorms code. Rock super-stardom, here I come!"

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  1. All well and good . . . by micromoog · · Score: 5, Informative

    . . . but not new. And these guys actually have sound samples, too . . .

  2. Lego Robots by sosentos · · Score: 4, Informative

    There was some stuff they didn't really mention on their site that people might be interested in. They used the Handyboard as their microcontroller system. You can learn more about it here.

    http://www.handyboard.com/

    This would also mean they are using Interactive C (a stripped down version of C) for their programming.

  3. Schoolwork. by Kafir · · Score: 3, Informative

    I think it's worth pointing out that both the guys who did this are students at Middlebury College, where for several years now "Lego Robotics" has been offered as a J-term class.

    During the one-month January semester, or "J-term," you take just one class. Some of the classes are frivolous, though physics or foreign language majors tend to have to take things in their fields. Anyway, Lego Robotics has been one of the more sought-after courses. Partly because of the inherent appeal of Lego robots, partly because it has a schedule that allows a lot of days to be devoted to skiing.