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LEGO charging dock for Samsung Galaxy Nexus

LEGO charging dock for Samsung Galaxy Nexus

07 March 2012 by Discuss (2)

Lets say you don’t approve of the accessories out on store shelves for your device. What is one to do? Well, you could always design some out of LEGOs like XDA developer Tibow. He managed to create a rather nice looking LEGO dock that holds the Samsung Galaxy Nexus in a landscape orientation. The only …

Android gets bricky with custom Lego ROM

Android gets bricky with custom Lego ROM

08 February 2011 by Discuss (2)

A trio of developers have created a playful custom Android ROM that’s based on the world of LEGO.  Beezy, KSmith and Nick7 worked up the ROM for the Sprint Optimus S and have given the user the modular ability to choose any tweaks and theme edits they want.  And the beauty is, there’s no tedious …

LEGO MINDroid turns Android into a Mindstorm NXT remote

LEGO MINDroid turns Android into a Mindstorm NXT remote

12 October 2010 by Discuss (3)

We love LEGO and we love Android, and it seems there’s plenty of love between the two companies as well.  LEGO has just launched MINDroid for Android, a remote control app allowing users to operate their Mindstorm NXT robots from their smartphone. “The MINDdroid app is a remote-control application that allows you to create a …

Nexus One + LEGO + Adobe AIR = Wireless Slot Car Gas Pedal

Nexus One + LEGO + Adobe AIR = Wireless Slot Car Gas Pedal

21 June 2010 by Discuss (0)

Things like this are just totally cool. Grant Skinner has figured out a way to allow his Nexus One to be used as a controller for these little race cars. By tilting the phone, the accelerometer in the phone is used to make the car accelerate at a predetermined speed. If you tilt it just …

Motorola Droid Solves a Rubik’s Cube Thanks to LEGO Robot [Video]

Motorola Droid Solves a Rubik’s Cube Thanks to LEGO Robot [Video]

09 May 2010 by Discuss (0)

It’s safe to say that we can file this under the totally cool category of robots. This little invention uses a Droid to solve a Rubik’s Cube. We’ve all tried to solve this thing and one point or another in our life and those of us that didn’t move the colored stickers around probably failed. …

LEGO Mindstorms gets Android remote control [Video]

LEGO Mindstorms gets Android remote control [Video]

08 February 2010 by Discuss (0)

The Japanese PLEN robot – that used an Android smartphone as its remote – is great, but at $3,000 it’s a little too expensive for the casual hobbyist.  Instead, how about using some more affordable LEGO Mindstorms kit; that’s what the Enea Android team have done, taking advantage of the Mindstorms’ integrated Bluetooth to remotely …