A LEGO Engineering Conference was hosted by LEGO Education and Tufts CEEO in Sydney, on 4-5 March 2014. The conference was held at Google’s Sydney offices for the first time, and consisted of presentations and hands-on workshops on the integration of robotics into the classroom. One day was aimed at...
Damien Kee has written a post on his website demonstrating how to use arrays in EV3 to create a memory game. An array is a way of storing a list of values (either numeric or logic in the case of the EV3) in a single data structure. See the full...
To keep the WeDo simple and easy to use for younger children, the WeDo doesn’t have an intelligent brick in its building materials. No intelligent brick, so no programming and no power. The USB hub is there to provide both from the computer. But, wouldn’t it be great to be...
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The way a creature is built greatly affects how it behaves. By observation, one can note that birds usually perch and fly, roosting high in the treetops, while fish use their fins to propel themselves into the depths of bodies of water. While the fundamental idea seems basic, the use...