pcmag.com has a video that (towards the end) has coverage of NXT. Unfortunately, it is at the end of a 61 minute long video and the fast forward button is almost useless. I just let the video run and checked back towards the end... it starts at the 53-minute mark and ends close to the 56-minute mark. During the 3 minutes of coverage, they show the Rex robot with some really good closeups AND you can hear the sound of it walking. Then they cover the slot machine and (on the 2nd attempt) the speaker gets all 3 blues and you see the door open up that gives candy. Very cool... video and sound are great.
The ROBOTMAK3RS continued their celebration of the 25th Anniversary of MINDSTORMS through these Fall and Winter remix projects. Each ROBOTMAK3R was tasked with selecting one LEGO set of their choice and combining it with a MINDSTORMS set. Below are the five amazing models they came up with. Braill3 by Jerry Nicholls Braill3 is an EV3-based LEGO Braille bricks reader. This robot uses its fingertip, made from three touch switches, to read messages written using the LEGO Braille bricks and will speak out what it detected. If it sees a simple maths problem it will attempt to solve it and give the answer as well. To learn more about the process of creating this machine, read Jerry's blog . Braill3 can be viewed here . Set Review: The Braille Bricks set is well thought out. The ratios of the letters is suitable for general use and the addition of some punctuation and arithmetic operators is excellent. There is a card showing what bricks there are and their quantities, but no form of sort