CHAT: OFF: Re: CHAT: LEGO and co. (was: Re: history of conlanging (akaConlang influences,aka Lest darkness fall))

Paul Bennett wrote:
>
> Those of us who're into Lego, and have a moderate amount of programming savvy
> might be interested to read about the following article about Lego Mindstorms
> (quote: "a major contender for Coolest Toy on the Planet.")
>
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/11/24/0928207&mode=thread
>
> There's lots of even further off-topic stuff about Robots and AI and so forth.
> Seems to be a little bit of "something for everyone".
I got it last year, and yes it is. The book isn't needed since
better information is already on the web. Cost $200 and a little
time to write the Perl script ... Funniest use I've heard:
somebody programmed the thing to run around the room looking
for candles, blowing them out with a fan.

http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics/
http://graphics.stanford.edu/~kekoa/rcx/