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| About the Author | |
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| About the Technical Reviewer | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| An Invention-Driven Tour Through the Life of Leonardo da Vinci | |
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| Renaissance Man | |
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| Five Designs | |
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| The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT | |
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| Hardware | |
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| Software | |
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| The NXT Community | |
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| The MINDSTORMS Developer's Program | |
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| LEGO.com MINDSTORMS Community NXT | |
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| MINDSTORMS Education NXT | |
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| The NXT Step | |
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| nxtasy.org | |
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| mynxt.matthiaspaulscholz.eu | |
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| Summary | |
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| A 3,000-Foot Look at NXT Programming Environments | |
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| LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Software | |
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| NXT-G | |
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| IDE | |
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| Example Program Snippets | |
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| RobotC | |
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| IDE | |
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| Example Program Snippets | |
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| NXC | |
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| IDE | |
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| Example Program Snippets | |
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| pbLua | |
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| Example Program Snippets | |
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| leJOS NXJ | |
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| Example Program Snippets | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Armored Car | |
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| Historical Background | |
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| Special Challenges | |
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| Interpreting the Design | |
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| Building the Gearing Mechanism | |
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| Building the Armored Car | |
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| Programming the Armored Car | |
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| LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Software | |
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| RobotC | |
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| NXC | |
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| pbLua | |
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| leJOS NXJ | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Catapult | |
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| Historical Background | |
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| Hardware Challenges | |
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| The Double Leaf Spring | |
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| The Crank Mechanism | |
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| Building the Catapult | |
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| Programming the Catapult | |
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| LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Software | |
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| RobotC | |
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| NXC | |
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| pbLua | |
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| LeJOS NXJ | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Revolving Bridge | |
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| Historical Background | |
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| Hardware Challenges | |
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| Building the Revolving Bridge | |
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| Programming the Revolving Bridge | |
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| LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Software | |
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| RobotC | |
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| NXC | |
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| pbLua | |
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| leJOS NXJ | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Aerial Screw | |
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| Historical Background | |
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| Hardware Challenges | |
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| Building the Aerial Screw | |
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| Programming the Aerial Screw | |
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| LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Software | |
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| RobotC | |
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| NXC | |
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| leJOS NXJ | |
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| pbLua | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Flying Machine | |
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| Historical Background | |
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| Hardware Challenges | |
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| Building the Flying Machine | |
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| The Wires That Lower the Wings | |
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| The Wires That Lift the Wings | |
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| Building the Remote Control | |
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| Programming the Flying Machine | |
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| LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Software | |
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| NXC | |
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| Summary | |
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| Outlook: What NXT? | |
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| Enhancing the Five Robots | |
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| The Armored Car | |
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| The Catapult | |
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| The Revolving Bridge | |
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| The Aerial Screw | |
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| The Flying Machine | |
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| Remotely Controlling the Robots | |
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| Making Other Inventions of Leonardo with LEGO | |
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| The Theater Stage for Orpheus | |
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| The Canal Excavation Machine | |
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| Recommended Web Sites | |
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| Web Sites on Leonardo da Vinci | |
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| Sites on LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT | |
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| Recommended Books | |
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| LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT: The Mayan Adventure | |
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| The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Idea Book | |
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| Maximum LEGO NXT: Building Robots with Java Brains | |
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| Leonardo's Machines: Da Vinci's Inventions Revealed | |
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| Installation and Configuration of the Programming Environments Used in the Book | |
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| Leonardo's Letter of Application to the Duke of Milan | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |