Ah Legos! We’ve all seen cool builds made with our favorite colored blocks, but every once in a while, something … 
It's been a while since we've come across a Lego project that's on par with a certain Pixar hero or the Rubiks solving robots, but Simon Burfield's brick-based motorized wheelchair definitely ranks close. He's cobbled together seven Mindstorm NXT micro-computers (programmed in RobotC), 14 motors, 16 touch sensors and a Technic frame to build a chair capable of carting around 200 pounds of Lego obsessed humanity. As functional as it is, the creator aims to improve the build with wireless control via Android, a task he says should be "very straightforward" over Bluetooth. If you'd like to see the demo in all its noisy glory, check out the video after the break.
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Lego motorized wheelchair joins Mindstorms NXT alumni (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Lego has allied itself with Google's Chrome browser, creating a web app that lets users craft their own houses, creatures and models, and then delicately place them across the whole of Australia and New Zealand. Celebrating 50 years of pre-teen Lego architecture in the Land Down Under, you can grab a plot of land from the source, start throwing some bricks together now and share your creations on the very public map and Google+. According to Australia's Daily Telegraph, Lego Build hopes to roll out globally through Chrome later this year, but one continent should keep us busy until Google's I/O conference kicks off later this week.
Lego and Google Chrome team up, want to cover Australasia in your models and plastic bricks (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 26 Jun 2012 04:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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