I’ve been sent a new sensor by a company that is looking to enter the NXT sensor market. I am not going to tell you what the sensor is but some of my readers already know as they’ve been sent one, too. All will be revealed soon… Comments have been [...]
Dexter Industries have used their WiFi sensor to send a Tweet straight from the NXT over WiFi! It uses the Arduino Tweet Library relaying site to send them which is really, really cool! I am so going to rebuild TwitterTattle to do this. No more tethering needed! This is fantastic. [...]
The mailman brought me a package from Mindsensors today! The TouchPanel sensor is here and it looks great. I’ve taken some quick pictures so you can get an idea of what it looks like. Front view, the screen is slightly less bright when viewed straight on but doesn’t seem affected [...]
Dexter Industries have started selling their new Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) that has both a gyroscope and an accelerometer. Gyroscope The gyro has 3 ranges, 250, 500 and 2000 degrees per second with 1/128, 1/64 and 1/16 degree accuracy respectively. It can measure the rate of turn on all three [...]
This is what the NXT should’ve had in the first place! Thank goodness for companies like Mindsensors. They’ve created the first touch panel sensor for the NXT that sits on top of the standard screen and allows you to draw and press on it with a stylus. I haven’t got [...]
What’s this? Two Exposed posts in two days? What is this madness? To be honest I’ve been wanting to cut HiTechnic’s new Barometric Sensor open since I got it a while back. I held off while it wasn’t on sale yet since I couldn’t really write about it anyway. However, [...]
This Exposed episode is brought to you by Team R.A.B.B.I. My first thought when opening the envelope from them was “Oh wow, thanks!” My second thought was “I wonder what these look like on the inside.” It must’ve taken a lot of restraint but I managed to not open them [...]
Microsoft has released a new refresh of the Kinect SDK. The new beta has a few driver updates and some run time enhancements. They also worked on improving the documentation. More information about the latest Kinect SDK update can be found on the official website: [LINK] You can download the [...]
Dexter Industries are currently developing a great new sensor, a proper 6 Degree of Freedom (DOF) Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) for the NXT. It consists of two sensors on a single board; a 3-D gyroscope and a 3-D accelerometer. Both sensors can measure their respective values on the X, Y [...]
HiTechnic have released a new sensor: a barometric sensor that can also measure temperature! If you ever wanted to make your own weather station, then this is perfect for the job! It measures the pressure in 1/1000th of an inch of Mercury, which can easily be converted other units like [...]
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