Tips for starting the research project.

The following tips were taken from the FLL blog:

http://fll.coloradofirst.org/book/fll-teams/project-resources#comment-54

Getting started on your project only takes a few minutes of brainstorming by following these simple steps:

• Identify your Community - school, city, state, etc?
• List how people, animals, information and things move in, around, to, through your community
• What problems do you see in your community?
• Pick 1 area to learn about and research
• Come up with a solution to the problem

Things to remember to be sure to include in a Project Presentation:

• 5 minutes (5 to setup & present and 5 for q&a with the judges)
• Identify your Problem (don't forget to state your community)
• Research
• Innovative Solution
• Share with Others
• Creativity

Legoland in Google Maps Street view!!!

Just a fun post to start your week...

The Street View feature of Google Maps has been used to give you a complete view inside Legoland.

Go and see it for yourself.

Smart Cars new website is HERE!

I have finally made a website for my team: smartcars2009.webs.com.

Everyone please join.

hello

Email Addresses?

Can everyone please put their email addresses on this blog? That would be really helpful.

P.S. The email address for the whole Smart Cars team is: smartcars2009@yahoo.com

Useful Pictures

Hi. I got on.

Here are some useful pictures for all the teams.

Robot ideas & Robot fun

Some good ideas – be sure to check out tag-bot’s great escape and claw-bot – great use of the ultra-sonic capability.

Note, all the videos are fun

http://nxtblog.davidjperdue.com/category/inventions/page/2/

Tank designs

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/2687508/Introduction-to-Lego-Robotics

http://thenxtstep.blogspot.com/2007/05/dctrw-new-robot-design.html

Small tank

http://mindstorms.lego.com/nxtlog/ProjectDisplay.aspx?id=a95f47fb-af90-4fe4-b73c-ca6c283d8419

looks like special treads

Amphibious

http://mindstorms.lego.com/nxtlog/ProjectDisplay.aspx?id=06e8135d-3601-4508-9e0b-b8ef322a6fb4

Cool walking robots

http://technicpuppy.miguelagullo.net/lblinks.html

Rubik’s cube solver – amazing!

http://robotics.benedettelli.com/LRU.htm

And, one more form Tatjana.

different arms, and the eyes would be an ultrasonic, there would be light and touch sensors as well.