Mindstorms NXT: LEGO Education.www.legoeducation.com Building Sets, Software and Curriculum, $250/base set Students can now build stronger and smarter robots that more closely mimic real-world machines. Bluetooth technology allows robots to communicate with computers, cell phones and PDAs. Features include a 32-bit NXT NXT Next intelligent brick complete with a rechargeable battery A rechargeable battery, also known as a storage battery, is a group of two or more secondary cells. These batteries can be restored to full charge by the application of electrical energy. system, a building system with more than 400 elements, ultrasonic and sound sensors, plus improved light and touch sensors, three interactive servo An electromechanical device that uses feedback to provide precise starts and stops for such functions as the motors on a tape drive or the moving of an access arm on a disk. motors with built-in rotation sensors, intuitive programming software and curriculum and activities developed at Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University, at Pittsburgh, Pa.; est. 1967 through the merger of the Carnegie Institute of Technology (founded 1900, opened 1905) and the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research (founded 1913). . |
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