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...
I enjoyed visiting with many of the teams. One of them, the team from Jordan, was doing a great job of meeting teams from all over the world. Here's a photo of them with a team from Japan. 
They were also promoting something very important to their country - the vote for Petra to become a new world wonder. You can find some more information about Petra and Jordan here. Petra is something they are very proud of and they asked me to not only vote, but to also ask others to read about it and possibly vote if you feel it a worthy addition. (For movie fans - Yes, Petra was seen in the 3rd Indiana Jones movie - "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.")
This last photo is of me with the team - they gave me a small plaque from their country and I exchanged contact information with their coach and hope to stay in touch with them.