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what about buy an old Lego accu pack and plug in a charger? That's how I'm doing. Yes, if you have the money to spend, that's a great idea. I'd actually love to be able to buy a Lego LiPo cell and charger, but I don't want to spend ~$80 US just for an outlet powered NXT, especially since I already ...

Oh, I don't expect it to ever even sort-of run on the NXT. I was thinking more like if a newer mindstorm controller had an ARM9, ARM11, or Cortex processor. Oh but I sure do! Just think of it, we could have anti-virus programs just because, you know, with every good Microsoft OS comes a bevy of goo...

mattallen37 wrote:Oh really? How about that!

Goes to show how despierto I am. Wait a second, am I seeing dancing unicorns???

His last port was in July 2010... not exactly recent. Actually, his last post was April 30th, 2011 [1] . Brian Davis is still quite involved in Mindstorms, but he does most of his interaction with the NXT community via consulting, mostly with students if I remember correctly. [1] Since I started re...

I need to work out a way to plug stationary machines in to the wall. Does any one have a good solution for that? If you're not afraid of a soldering iron, Philo has put together a really nice tutorial on creating a stationary power supply for the NXT. You do have to be careful you don't fry anythin...

Almost 100% OT, but does anyone know if it is true that "Windows 8" will be able to run on an ARM? I heard "it will run on most tablets because it will be based on the ARM structure ". Yes, Windows 8 will run on ARM processors, but just 'cause it does doesn't mean MS will support the NXT. The NXT c...

Very, very cool! This one is definitely on my wishlist, i.e. "I wish I could have it, but it's just not practical". I dunno, maybe I'll save some little kid from drowning at the beach and get a "substantial reward from overjoyed parents", or discover a cure for cancer and win the Nobel peace prize, ...

All 4 of the founders of this board have a hatred for animated avatars that burns with the heat of a thousand suns. That's why you don't mess with the Banhammer kids! http://www.blackborder.com/q/sites/default/files/images/The-Banhammer.jpg P.S. This is what Mr. Mighty Mightor looks like when angry...

I don't think swearing is a big problem. I've seen a couple posts with words that were offensive to me, but I used the report button and asked the admins to take care of it, and they usually did within 24 hours. I really don't like animated avatars either, but I do use an ad blocker, so it's not a b...

mightor wrote:A very small hair brush for a pet hamster? You'll have to hot glue a small handle to the DIP package.

Haha, very funny. The only pets I have are some (usually) 20+ birds and they take care of combing themselves.