ethem@ICSI.Berkeley.EDU (Ethem Alpaydin) (05/01/91)
Are LegoLogo (MIT Media lab's small robots) commercially available ? If yes, what is the address, phone # of the company ? Information much appreciated. Thanks, Ethem
ethem@ICSI.Berkeley.EDU (Ethem Alpaydin) (05/01/91)
To my previous question :
Are LegoLogo (MIT Media lab's small robots) commercially
available ? If yes, what is the address, phone # of the company ?
Information much appreciated.
Thanks,
Ethem
I have received the following reply:
From @orasis.vis.toronto.edu:eem@vis.toronto.edu Tue Apr 30 13:57:02 1991
To: ethem@icsi
Subject: Lego Logo.
Yes, it is commercially available. I have a nice brochure about it
that I got from the Canadian distributor.
Here is the relevant message off the net a few weeks ago:
LEGO Dacta, the educational division of LEGO Systems, Inc. (the
retail toy giant) introduces "The Technic Control I (TCI)
Technology Pack" for grades 7-12. This hands-on problem solving
kit is designed to give students a better understanding of the
role of computers and machines in today's technology. Specific
student activities designed for the four major areas of
Technology Education (ie., Construction, Communications,
Manufacturing, and Transportation) are provided in the brand new
TCI Resource Guide (item #959). This guide of over 300 pages
contains forty hands-on activities for students, extensive
teacher notes, selected building instructions, and many
programming solutions.
The TCI Technology pack can also be used with robotics,
engineering, gifted and talented, artificial intelligence,
physical science, and applied mathematics curricula, grades 7-12.
The Technology pack includes two 1090 Building sets (each set
contains 404 elements with individual storage trays and
step-by-step building instructions for five computer-controlled
models), the TCI Resource Guide, software disks, reference
guides, computer slot card and cable (compatible with Apple and
MS-DOS systems), and an interface box and transformer. This
Technology Pack is suited for use by four students at one
computer station.
For a full color, descriptive brochure, write:
LEGO Dacta
555 Taylor Road
P.O. Box 1600
Enfield, CT 06083-1600,
or call, toll free, (800) 527-8339.
I have used LEGO Educational products in my classes for two years
now, and as far as I am concerned, they are the "...best thing
since sliced bread!" For more information about how I use LEGO
LOGO in the physics lab, drop me a line on most of this same
"station" and I'll be happy to talk to you about it:
Ron Revere= rrevere@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu.