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(C) HispaBrick Issue 16 of the Spanish LEGO Fanzine " HispaBrick Magazine " is out. Next to various courses, tutorials and reviews, the new issue features part XII of the introduction to LEGO® MINDSTORMS NXT, an article on WeDo and, most interesting, an interview with World-class Technics builder Isogawa Yoshihito from Japan. Check it out for free here . 

HispaBrick 15 is now out.  This great online LEGO magazine contains an amazing array of LEGO articles on all sorts of topics Not a lot of specific MINDSTORMS content, but a nice little intro piece - An introduction to Robotics (Koldo Olaskoaga) Get the English version here and the Spanish version here  

Sorry this one is late! I've been flat out these last few months and have only now had a chance to catch up! Hispabrick 14 was released in early August, and once again it is amazing! http://www.hispabrickmagazine.com/en/content/hispabrick-magazine-014-now-available This edition is packed with all sorts of LEGO goodness, but on the robotics front there are a few great articles. Page 20 - A closer look at Akiyuki's GBC modles - as seen here Page 52 - Part 2 of Kevin Clague's Pneumatic Sequencing Page 58 - Intro to MINDSTORMS

Hispabrick 013 is now out, in both Spanish and English. As well as the usual range of great general LEGO articles, they have once again include some excellent articles devoted to MINDSTORMS. http://www.hispabrickmagazine.com/en/content/hispabrick-magazine-013-now-available In particular check out: - RoboGaga, a Dodge em' ball robot game - An interview with one of the FIRST LEGO League table designers.  A great insight into the process and decisions that are made each your to come up with new and challenging activities - The Social Web of Things, A collaboration with Ericsson at the recent World Mobile Conference

Jetro and his team have just release Hispabrick 12.  It is a fantastic online magazine (available in both Spanish and English) that is crammed full of LEGO news.  While it covers everything LEGO (and I mean everything!) there is a fantastic writeup of Steve Hassenplug's Super RoboRally.  We've cover RoboRally in the past , but this is a much more comprehensive writeup. There is also an extremely in-depth analysis of all the LEGO motors ever produced (13 in total!) You can download the PDF here-  http://www.hispabrickmagazine.com/  (look for the English PDF on the right) (yes that house is completely made of LEGO!)

Issue 011 of the LEGO®-related HISPABRICK magazine created by AFOLs from Spain is out now. You can download it for free from the according web site , both in Spanish and in English. The new issue features "articles about LEGO and space, great creations from AFOLS, fantastic reviews (the new Unimog and more), our regular features and many interviews". I take the liberty to direct your attention to three articles on "MINDSTORMS NXT and space": the Rosetta model, the NXT space shuttle and the Hubble telescope. Have fun with the magazine!

Jetro informed me that Hispabrick Magazine has just released their eighth issue. You can view the magazine online using this link , or download the complete PDF by going to this link , and clicking "HM008 - English". Each of these options are free of charge. Hispabrick Magazine is about LEGO in general, but this issue is especially an interesting read for MINDSTORMS owners, as several articles focus explicitly on MINDSTORMS NXT. You will find an article about the MINDSTORMS Community Partners, as well as interviews with three of them, including Xander Soldaat, Fay Rhodes and me. Furthermore, you'll find a tutorial: "A PID Controller for LEGO MINDSTORMS Robots". Finally, the article "Actuators for the NXT" talks about several actuators, including the new FIRGELLI Linear Actuators. The issue also covers non MINDSTORMS topics, like Technic, Space, as well as reviews of new LEGO sets. You may also want to read the interview with Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, th...