This week we got back to our hacking spree: we made an Arduino and LEGO MINDSTORMS talk.  This weeks example gets the Arduino and the NXT

It’s almost time for RoboCupJunior competitions to start!  Last year some fantastic teams competed, and some very successful teams used Dexter Industries Sensors for the competition. This year we’re offering the same discounts to RoboCupJunior teams competing.

This week we’ve posted a quick tutorial to show how we connected an amazing little computer called the Raspberry Pi and some amazing LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT sensors. For those that haven’t heard, the Raspberry Pi is a small, $25 Linux computer, about the size of a (large) credit card.

We recently discovered this fantastic video of a LEGO MINDSTORMS creation: The Flying Fortress LEGO Blimp.  The project is a fantastic two-ballooned flying blimp made of LEGOs and controlled with a pair of NXTBees.

We would like to announce a small, but important addition to the family:  the Breadboard Adapter for the LEGO MINDSTORMS.

Pong is back!

There's a great project for LEGO MINDSTORMS just started on Kickstarter by MinuteBot. BrainPower is a way to plug your NXT into the wall! MinuteBot BrainPower is a power supply for LEGO Mindstorms-enabled robotics. Say goodbye to batteries. Just plug and play.

New product! Control your LEGO MINDSTORMS robot with a Nintendo Wii Nunchuck controller!

A few weeks back we announced a new product, the NXTBee USB adapter.  The adapter connects your NXT NXTBee’s to a computer. Now, we’re going to give one away . . .

Xander does some really fantastic work. We have him to thank for the fantastic integration that Dexter Industries sensors enjoy in the RobotC environment.