When I receive comments on my Youtube videos or someone subscribes to my channel I usually go visit their channel. I love it when I discover another NXT fan and find some amazing new creations. This situation happen to me recently when a comment from hydejump made me discover an interesting robot he is working on. It does not have a name yet, but the 16yo builder from Japan has posted several short video showing the progression of his work and programming.
I particularly like the video below showing how he used 2 Ultrasonic sensors side by side to have the head follow his hand!!
I have sent him a few emails in hopes to get more details of this really cool DALEK-ish looking bot with bubbly eyes. hydejump is new on YT but between his participation to WRO videos, his intriguing NXT snake video and his complex red robot, this is one channel I did not hesitate to subscribe to!!
On TheNational, Abu Dhabi's leading English-language news publication, there's an article on education in the United Arab Emirates with LEGO® MINDSTORMS NXT. More than 600 pupils there are preparing for the World Robot Olympiad which in November will take place in Abu Dhabi for the first time.
In the article it says
"Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec), which organises the national heats, distributed 10 of the kits to each state school in Abu Dhabi last year and has been training teachers to incorporate the kits into their maths, science and technology curriculums."
10 kits to each state school! Isn't that great? I wish we had at least a noticeable percentage of that in our education system here...
