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How to Update your EV3 Firmware
The first EV3 Education sets are shipped, and like with the NXT, also now you can update the Firmware. Until the community created their own firmware versions and other update programs becomes...
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ALL HiTechnic sensors are supported on the EV3 Brick
today HiTechnic announced on their Facebook site: HiTechnic Sensors supported on EV3The complete range of HiTechnic sensors and accessories are now fully supported by the new LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3. The...
View ArticleReview on EV3 Education Edition on GeekDad
There's a new and quite positive review of the Education edition of LEGO® MINDSTORMS EV3 on GeekDad.Have a look!
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Illuminating the NXT brick
Here's a guest blog post to The NXT STEP by Joshua "NXTesla" who's done some interesting stuff with illuminating the NXT brick:LEDs make everything cooler, right? Even LEGO MINDSTORMS? LEDs look pretty...
View ArticleTimelapse video on EV3 EV3RSTORM
Damien Kee has produced a nice timelapse video on the new EV3 Home Edition, from unboxing to set to building, programming and running the flagship model EV3RSTORM:
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The Kid with the Timmyton 3.5!
Back in February when I was at FIRST I met with lots of bright kids at the MINDSTORMS booth but they where mostly asking me questions about upcoming EV3 and my WALL-E robots. The Next day I decided to...
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PSA: Issues with Some EV3 Battery Packs
Over the past few days I’ve seen stories regarding the LEGO Education EV3 Battery Pack circulating on the various forums and FB groups. Yesterday LEGO Education released a statement to customers and...
View ArticleRobot localization with beacons
One of the most interesting challenges in robotics is the finding a solution to the question "Where am I?".Aswin Bouwmeester, the creator of the holonomic NXT robot Agilis, has published a robot that...
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EV3 Space Challenge Activity Pack - coming soon!
Now when the first EV3 education sets are released on the market and the software is downloaded we have something nice to look for. "The SPACE Challenge set".Form the education website:The Space...
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Finally the wait is over, but wait....
Now that the Education EV3 site is on-line for some time, it was retails turn to show their models and content.As of September 1st, the box 31313 is officially on sale in most mayor retail shops.I'm...
View ArticleArduino and MINDSTORMS NXT
A Reader of our blog, Tim, has sent us a link to a video where he combined the Arduino platform with LEGO® MINDSTORMS NXT:
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EV3 Cube Solver
David Gilday, designer of the NXT Mindcuber bonus model is back with an all new EV3 Rubik’s Cube® solving robot: Mindcub3r. Check out more details and a video [HERE].
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EV3 multimedia tutorial on STEMcentric
Many of our readers may already know the popular multimedia NXT tutorial at STEMcentric.The author, Dale Yocum, has created an EV3 version now that features a lot of instructive videos on many aspects...
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Tutorial for EV3 native programming
Lauro Ojeda posted this tutorial on how to setup, compile and run programs that run natively on the EV3 Brick. The program prints the classic Hello World! greeting on the console. For the latest news...
View ArticleSudoku-solving robot
Here's a "new twist" in David Gilday's series of LEGO® MINDSTORMS Rubik's Cube solvers: the LEGO® SudoCuber.
View ArticleEV3 Instagram contest by LEGO® Education
Are you already using LEGO® MINDSTORMS EV3 at school?If so, take part in a contest run up by LEGO® Education by posting an image or video to Instagram that shows how EV3 has influenced the classes at...
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NETGEAR WMA1100 is the only working WIFI dongle for EV3
At TechnicBRICKs there is also some good information to be found with regards to the EV3.Here is a re-post about WIFI Dongles and EV3: (thanks Fernando)Similarly to what happened with BT dongles for...
View ArticleThe Ultimate LEGO® Machine
Awesome video by Jason Allemann on his Ultimate LEGO Machine:
View ArticleMassive LEGO® MINDSTORMS ATV
Simon Burfield, creator of the LEGO® wheelchair and the LEGO® Segway has come up with a new human-sized LEGO® MINDSTORMS powered vehicle:
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Transmitting C#-based messages from PC to EV3 brick (and back)
Here's another guest blogger entry by Hans Odenthal who wrote abut Sioux.net on track some time ago: Hans Odenthal has managed to connect the EV3 to a PC and is now able to send messages back and forth...
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