panels – exhibits – the construction zone – workshops – directions
MindFest participants showed off their inventions in the
Exhibition Hall (in the atrium of the Media Lab) throughout
MindFest. All exhibitors were at their stations during a special
session from 5:00–6:00pm on Saturday. Exhibitors made short
presentations during the Show & Tell session 11:30–12:30 on Saturday
in Room 054. (The Exhibition Hall was non-commercial: it was intended
for kids, educators, and hobbyists to show off their creations, not
for companies to promote products.) Rick Borovoy and the iBall Team Computer kiosks are available on the ground and lower levels for building your own iBalls.
Sue Jackson & Sarah Alexander http://www.cabaret.co.uk/ Handmade automata from British Craftsmen, and mechanical wooden automata kits. Infra-Dreadnaughts Brian Cooper http://members.aol.com/Klaupacius/RCX/InfraDreadnaughts.html Infradreadnaughts, three gladiator bots with 360 degree infrared beacons to signal their position to their opponents, autonomously seek, locate and attack each other with a variety of motorized weapons in an exciting melee of flailing plastic. Catapult Mania Alex Witherspoon http://members.aol.com/swspoon/lego/index.html A robot that catapults objects on command. Throwbot Acrobat Barrett Fisher A LEGO Throwbot that spins like an acrobat. Data Logging with the LEGO RCX Barbara Bratzel, Shady Hill School and Cathy Fett, LEGO Dacta Students use the data-logging capabilities of the LEGO RCX in inventing their own devices, such as a solar-powered car that always parks facing the sun. Sploids - Construction Toy Interconnectors - Roller Coaster Keith Gudger & Ian Gudger A roller-coaster made from Legos, K'NeX and Sploids uses unusual materials to complete a project - also demonstrating plastic molding techniques for the hobbyist. Fidelity Robot Contest Fred Martin http://www.media.mit.edu/~fredm/fr/ In the Fidelity/MIT Robo-Golf contest, students build robots and technology management professionals invest in them. FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) FIRST LEGO League and High School Robotics Teams http://www.usfirst.org FIRST LEGO League and the National Senior Robotics Competition expose todayís youth to the real-world applications of science and technology using a hands-on, project-oriented approach. Machine with Wishbone Arthur Ganson A kinetic sculpture in which a chicken wishbone is made to walk by the action of a simple wire mechanism. The Lemelson-MIT Program Lemelson-MIT Staff http://web.mit.edu/invent/ Demonstrations and presentations by inventors, plus materials and resources for inventors, kids, parents and teachers. MazeBot Jennifer Cross A LEGO Mindstorms robot tries to find its way through the passages of a custom designed maze using optical and touch sensors. The Maze Solver Steve Farnsworth A yellow brick mobile that first searches for a maze on the table, keeps itself from falling off the table and then hopefully solves any maze that any onlooker can design for it.
Rafael Pedicini, Naseem Makiya, and George McKenna http://www.build-it-yourself.com Use the best parts from LEGO®, K'NEX®, Radio Shack®, the local hardware store. Add junk from around the house, a cup full of your imagination and stamp it: "Made In Another Universe" Building Robots that Play Mark & Katie Miller http://www.eagle-software.com/MindFest.htm Mark and his nine-year old daughter Kate show off their latest creations in getting MindStorms robots to play games. LEGO Mindstorms Robot Soccer LEGO Lab, University of Aarhus http://legolab.daimi.au.dk/ The LEGO Lab, a Danish university lab supported by LEGO, exhibits new developments in research in robot soccer—make our own LEGO Mindstorms robot soccer player within 30 minutes. Kinetic Design and Some Toys Too! Roger Nielsen http://kdg.mit.edu/ Several Kinetic structures built in a graduate architecture course at MIT. International Clock Noah Silverman, 6th grade, Little Red School House This clock will show the time anywhere on the globe. Homebrew Sensors Michael Gasperi http://www.plazaearth.com/usr/gasperi/lego.htm A demonstration of homebrew sensors compatible with the RCX. Rilybot 4 Robert Munafo http://www.mrob.com/robot/ This autonomous robot can be trained and retrained in a simple and intuitive way. LEGO Mindstorms Anthony Fudd http://www.legomindstorms.com/ Robot demonstrations by Anthony Fudd, official LEGO Mindstorms designer. Color Sorting Pneumatic Claw and Robotic Forklift Mike Phillips The pneumatic claw is fed different color blocks by a conveyor belt and sorts them according to color. The robotic forklift also sorts blocks by color. NQC Robots Dave Baum http://www.enteract.com/~dbaum/nqc/ A variety of robots programmed in NQC. PipeBot Michael Klouda A robot that can travel through pipes. Brick Breaker Christopher Phillips RCX-Guided LEGO Cannon. Tufts Center for Engineering Educational Outreach Ben Erwin http://www.ceeo.tufts.edu/ Projects from the Tufts Center for Engineering Educational Outreach and its affiliated schools and programs. Jin Sato's Robot Creations Jin Sato http://www.mi-ra-i.com/JinSato/MindStorms/ MIBO (LEGO Mindstorms Hall of Fame winner), MTR-033 (four legged robot), MM-5 (six legged robot), and Ruputer (watch size computer controlled RCX) will be displayed. Hand Held Doctor Vadim Gerasimov http://vadim.www.media.mit.edu/hhd/hhd.html A toy that helps children better understand how their bodies work. NELUG (New England LEGO Users Group) Various NELUG Presenters http://www.nelug.org NELUG members have some of everything, from a large Star Wars diorama to Mindstorms robots. Tic-Tac-Toe Marco Beri, Giulio Ferrari, Mario Ferrari http://www.geocities.com/~marioferrari/ttt.html A robot that plays a board version of the classical tic-tac-toe game. Robo Loader Josh Heersink Can be steered around a table and uses pneumatics to pick up objects. The MIT Press Bookstore Jeremy Grainger, John Jenkins, and other staff http://mitpress.mit.edu/bookstore/ The MIT Press Bookstore located at 292 Main Street in Kendall Square sells books by The MIT Press and related publications from other publishers -offering a 20% discount to conference attendees at the store. info | links | contact LEGO MINDSTORMS™ is a trademark of the LEGO Group. |