Students from the Franz-Haniel-Gymnasium have extended the printer from the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 Inventor’s Guide to print images – pixel by pixel. In fact, they turned it into an actual printer. The original model is merely a ‘plotter’. You can find more information here [LINK]. Below is a video of the printer in action.

Looking for more LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 stuff? Check out the video below. This video was recorded at LEGOWORLD Copenhagen, which ended yesterday. This video features all of the EV3 robots, as well as some highlights of the new robotics system, such as 3D building instructions and remote control with the IR Beacon or with a...

I’m currently in Copenhagen to help The LEGO Group demonstrate their new MINDSTORMS EV3 robotics system. I managed to get a closer look at the box, so you can now identify what these extra models are (see below). They also have a display with 15 years of history of LEGO MINDSTORMS – check it out...

Today I came across this EV3 Dragon at LEGOWORLD Copenhagen, made by Lee Magpili. It’s a really nice model. The original robot is red, but I took the opportunity to play a little with color schemes. Which is your favorite?

Beating the Mercedes-Benz Unimog by 500 pieces, the new LEGO TECHNIC 42009 is the largest TECHNIC set to date with 2500 pieces [Source]. This new crane has a set of extra wheels, but it reminds me a lot of 2005’s set 8421. That was my first large Technic set. One day, perhaps, I should sort...

Youtube user “davinsony” from Colombia has built the Snatcher from the Discovery Book (Chapter 13) and tried to run the program while their dog was around. As it turns out, dogs find robots… confusing (and vice versa)! The robot is totally confused after the dog’s intervention (a second attempt is here): Success! (But under supervision):...

Check out this video of a LEGO inverted roller coaster made by Youtube user “KnexLuc2000”. We all built our own roller coasters in our favorite amusement park computer game back in the days, but this is way better. More pictures are here [LINK], and you can even support this project on CUUSOO [LINK]. If Luc’s...

Check out this cool and detailed video with 8 minutes of EV3 news. It’s an interview by Techcrunch with Camilla Bottke from LEGO. CES just finished for the LEGO MINDSTORMS team, and this video nicely sums up almost everything that was disclosed last week. The video highlights several aspects of the new set, and it...

UPDATE: New pictures here [LINK]. Some websites have reported that the new EV3 set comes with instructions for 17 models. We’ve seen the first official 5 models, but I just came across this picture taken at CES, showing the backside of the box. The bottom right of the picture shows three more robots, apparently the...