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To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "Thomas Pilgaard" ascii@hum.auc.dk
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 16:54:35 +0100
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: SV: BEAM LEGO was microcore experimentation kit


I am curious, have you guys had trouble with LEGO being b*tchy in the past?
Living in Denmark - where LEGO was invented - I wouldn't hesitate just
dialing them up asking a coupla questions. After all, the mindstorm kit was
developed in cooperation with MIT, so one should think that they were
interested in further development. At the University of Aalborg, Denmark
where I am a student, the engineering departments are rapidly shifting to
LEGO in favor of making stuff up themselves, since it is a very flexible,
powerful and rapid prototyping tool.

Cheers,

Thomas, Denmark.

> 8< snip> What about BEAM LEGO?
>
> Well, you gotta know that I approve of such a thing, as all my walkers are
> built from LEGOs!
>
> Herr Tilden does bring up a good point. Although the LEGO Mindstorms came
> from just such an idea. Gotta avoid the legal caca that would ensue.
>
> Since the single Nv circuit can be built on a very small board,
> it sould be
> relativly easy to make a large number of these boards for a
> reasonable price
> and sell them. I'll work us some stuff on pricing and such.
>
> Richard
>
>

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