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...medieval castle, and how happy I was snapping the colored pieces together to build it higher and higher. So it was a special treat for me to open up the latest iteration of the Lego franchise, a sophisticated system of sensors, motors and computer controllers called Lego Mindstorms NXT...
...starter kit, the NXT box I cracked open was packed with some pretty high-tech gadgetry. For $250, you get 577 pieces, including sensors that can detect sound, light, touch and obstacles (using ultrasound). You can even control it wirelessly with Bluetooth technology. Most robots are fun for a day or two. Lego offers a more lasting thrill; you can build a robot of your own design, play with it for a while, then pull it apart and build something else...
Mindstorm NXT isn't your typical Lego set. Equipped with a 32-bit computer as well as USB 2.0 and Bluetooth interfaces, it lets you build robots that walk, talk and interact with their environment. Available in August...
...SIGHT Speakers for TVs, stereos and multimedia computers have been getting pretty thin lately. Now NXT has taken this anorexic trend about as far as it can go: to invisible. The company, based in London, has developed a way to make speakers so transparent that they can overlay any flat surface--PC monitor, TV screen, picture frame, even car windshield. A prototype covers a laptop with a vibrating sheet of clear plastic and produces a stereo sound that seems to come right out of the screen. No licensees yet, but with tech this cool, it's only a matter...
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