Here's an idea...
There is a Lego Mindstorms robot that manipulates and solves a Rubic's Cube.
If you can do that wit h Lego...I bright boy such as yourself should be able to make a CD changer out of one.
I had hoped to see some interesting posts concerning the idea to connect a Mindstorms module to the internet. There are some problems, sure, and some venues for Borg-ian humor, of course...but where is the intelligent dialogue I was hoping for? Are you Nerds or Nerd-wannabees? If it won't work...explain why! If there is some promise...let's discuss it...if there is room for humor...get a separate thread and sew away!
I want to see some intellectual action!
For instance...has anyone thought of Starlogo and Lego Mindstorms Bricks? Has anyone thought of the possibilities of taking something out of the clouds of software and slamming it down onto the ground of Hardware? Talk about parallel processing!
And if a few toddlers get frightened...good! Fear is a great motivator! Hunter/Killer Bots the size of a house made out of Legos...bring 'em on!
Now, how about the main course? Make mine a big heaping bowl of Intelligent discourse, please!
Ah, but you forget...every Mindstorms Kit comes with a clever little brick separator...
With that neat device, I say, bring on the house sized Lego Hunter/Killer bots...I will not be INTIMIDATED!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Do you realize what you're saying? Can you imagine the horror as millions of Mindstorms Bricks develop Emergent behaviors then, because of your flip remark, pick up the hundreds of thousands of abandoned Nerf Guns and then...
Oh, the humanity!!!
(of course, intelligent Nerf Guns is an interesting idea...)
I was thinking...with all this talk about 'emergent' behavior and AI, it wouldn't be very cheap to by a thousand Lego Turtles to try Starlogo in realtime BUT with an internet connection...couldn't you link a buncha Lego Turtles together and try doing a Starlogo thing, Hardware style?
Just a thought
Tim the Moron
Slashdot Mirror
Here's an idea... There is a Lego Mindstorms robot that manipulates and solves a Rubic's Cube. If you can do that wit h Lego...I bright boy such as yourself should be able to make a CD changer out of one.
I had hoped to see some interesting posts concerning the idea to connect a Mindstorms module to the internet. There are some problems, sure, and some venues for Borg-ian humor, of course...but where is the intelligent dialogue I was hoping for? Are you Nerds or Nerd-wannabees? If it won't work...explain why! If there is some promise...let's discuss it...if there is room for humor...get a separate thread and sew away! I want to see some intellectual action! For instance...has anyone thought of Starlogo and Lego Mindstorms Bricks? Has anyone thought of the possibilities of taking something out of the clouds of software and slamming it down onto the ground of Hardware? Talk about parallel processing! And if a few toddlers get frightened...good! Fear is a great motivator! Hunter/Killer Bots the size of a house made out of Legos...bring 'em on! Now, how about the main course? Make mine a big heaping bowl of Intelligent discourse, please!
Ah, but you forget...every Mindstorms Kit comes with a clever little brick separator... With that neat device, I say, bring on the house sized Lego Hunter/Killer bots...I will not be INTIMIDATED! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Do you realize what you're saying? Can you imagine the horror as millions of Mindstorms Bricks develop Emergent behaviors then, because of your flip remark, pick up the hundreds of thousands of abandoned Nerf Guns and then... Oh, the humanity!!! (of course, intelligent Nerf Guns is an interesting idea...)
I was thinking...with all this talk about 'emergent' behavior and AI, it wouldn't be very cheap to by a thousand Lego Turtles to try Starlogo in realtime BUT with an internet connection...couldn't you link a buncha Lego Turtles together and try doing a Starlogo thing, Hardware style? Just a thought Tim the Moron