Third Generation of Lego Mindstorms Coming to Classrooms Later This Year BY DAVE BANKS01.07.135:30 AM

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Cool Android App

              While searching for a phone tracker App, I came across this.




Simply search "wheres my droid" in the google play store on your android phone and download.

It is easy to set up. Mine is set so that when I send "ring" in a text message from anyone elses phone, to my phone, my phone will start ringing on full volume even if its on mute.
Better still if I send "gps" by text to my phone i will receive three messages back:

1. The full address of the location of the phone.
2. The latitude and longitude coorinates to within 6 meters, and the speed at which it s moving.
3. A link to its exact location on google maps.

For this to work GPS must be enabled, which is easy on android and does not cost anything. Also a total of 4 messages will be sent, this will cost you the same as sending regular messages but most people nowadays have free messages anyway.

Very good app for misplaced phones, lost in house, lost in car, stolen , check up on kids/elderly.

Large LEGO

 

Large LEGO is out there, note the upload date and view count :)

Awesome.

cGO Proof of Concept

reflection

cGO reflection - first tests with primary & secondary school students.


cGo platform:

• reliable parts 
• full list of parts
• battery's & spares
• battery capacity/size
• sensor positioning
• weight
• light sensor positioned at front
• led strips underneath
• bumper sensor intigration?

• experiment with other sensors

software

• tidy & hide
•  robotc for secondary
• what for primary nxtc? *important

games

• obsticle course
• competition based games *important
• hurling game

atmosphere

• music playing
• open space
• theme music
• teaching students in a non teaching environment

First live test of cGO © 2013 Jason Berry with the Mercy Convent Primary School Waterford

Initial testing of cGO 1.1 © 2013 Jason Berry