June 24, 20231 yr There's more info about the early history on my website at http://www.brickhacks.com/0.php.
June 25, 20231 yr I find this thread most valuable and relevant - and it will be, as far as I am concerned, one - if not the - most comprehensive coverage of LEGO Mindstorms! @Coder Shah: I believe that it will add much value to this thread (my personal judgement only!) if you'd edit your OP and add the link Evan Koblenz @evank has provided in his very recent post above: "There's more info about the early history on my website at http://www.brickhacks.com/0.php." What I find most interesting on that page is, that there is a book with the title "Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas" from Seymour Papert - published in 1980! What do you think? Best; Thorsten Edited June 25, 20231 yr by Toastie
June 29, 20231 yr Author On 6/26/2023 at 5:17 AM, Toastie said: I find this thread most valuable and relevant - and it will be, as far as I am concerned, one - if not the - most comprehensive coverage of LEGO Mindstorms! @Coder Shah: I believe that it will add much value to this thread (my personal judgement only!) if you'd edit your OP and add the link Evan Koblenz @evank has provided in his very recent post above: "There's more info about the early history on my website at http://www.brickhacks.com/0.php." What I find most interesting on that page is, that there is a book with the title "Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas" from Seymour Papert - published in 1980! What do you think? Best; Thorsten Sure thing! Have added to the first page. Yes I know of the book, that was the inspiration for the name LEGO Mindstorms. Mindstorms History 26 2008 - LEGO held a celebration to mark the 10 years anniversary of LEGO Mindstorms, where golden RCX and NXT pbricks were given out. https://bricknerd.com/home/going-for-gold-the-story-of-the-golden-lego-rcx-and-nxt-9-9-21 http://lego.brandls.info/ww/m10/m101.htm
June 30, 20231 yr @Coder Shah, thanks for putting together this thread! I wish Lego themselves would dive deeper into history on their corporate website. Most of it is just glossed over.
July 1, 20231 yr Author 13 hours ago, evank said: @Coder Shah, thanks for putting together this thread! I wish Lego themselves would dive deeper into history on their corporate website. Most of it is just glossed over. Not only that, but they're also actively removing content (I can't find their 15th anniversary LEGO Mindstorms video on YouTube any more). Glad you like it though!
July 6, 20231 yr Author Mindstorms History 27 2013 - The next generation of the LEGO Mindstorms set, LEGO Mindstorms EV3, was released. Â Â
July 10, 20231 yr On 7/1/2023 at 4:43 AM, Coder Shah said: Not only that, but they're also actively removing content (I can't find their 15th anniversary LEGO Mindstorms video on YouTube any more). Glad you like it though! A lot of companies merely pay lip service to their own history, if at all. It's sad. Lego * could * have an amazing history website!
July 13, 20231 yr Author Mindstorms History 28 2013 - LEGO produced a video celebrating 15 years of LEGO Mindstorms. @evank I found the video on the Wayback Machine and reuploaded it to YouTube, hopefully it doesn't get taken down.
July 18, 20231 yr On 7/13/2023 at 3:49 AM, Coder Shah said: Mindstorms History 28 2013 - LEGO produced a video celebrating 15 years of LEGO Mindstorms. @evank I found the video on the Wayback Machine and reuploaded it to YouTube, hopefully it doesn't get taken down. The title of your YouTube video has a small typing error [Mindstorns --> n instead of m] Good that you are able to save/share those nostalgic videos.
July 20, 20231 yr Author @evank If you have Netflix, there is a series called The Toys That Made Us. Their LEGO episode did cover some of the early 8 bit stuff. https://www.netflix.com/my-en/title/80161497 @Mr Jos Good catch, fixed! Mindstorms History 29 2018 - LEGO held a LEGO Mindstorms exhibition at the LEGO House to celebrate 20 years of LEGO Mindstorms.  Â
July 27, 20231 yr Author Mindstorms History 30 2018 - Video on display during the LEGO Mindstorms exhibition at the LEGO House showing the robots in action Â
July 27, 20231 yr 10 hours ago, Coder Shah said: Mindstorms History 30 2018 - Video on display during the LEGO Mindstorms exhibition at the LEGO House showing the robots in action  Nice, a lot of machines I hadn't seen before!
August 3, 20231 yr Author Mindstorms History 31 2018 - LEGO produced a video celebrating 20 years of LEGO Mindstorms Â
August 5, 20231 yr On 6/15/2023 at 3:22 AM, Coder Shah said: Mindstorms History 24 2009 - LEGO released set 8547, an updated Mindstorms NXT set.  I remember that I wanted something more than PowerFunctions but the gray NXT robot looked too boring so I had been hesitating for many months until I saw rumours about EV3 in 2013. It was like a marketing miracle – they finally made robots that looked huge. For kids, that worked perfectly. It was because of a bigger intelligent brick, better contrast of chosen colors and more Technic panel pieces with clever stickers. What do you think about current Mindstorms  @Coder Shah?
August 5, 20231 yr On 1/23/2023 at 7:15 AM, alexGS said: remember the Interface A was an educational product designed in England to work with the BBC Micro first. Yes! When I commented a few weeks ago, I hadn't read the earlier comments. But you are absolutely right. @Coder Shah it is imperative that any Mindstorms history recognizes how Interface A was NOT invented at MIT or by Lego, but from the English organizations mentioned on my website. It's a coincidence that MIT was separately working on their own Lego robotic designs around that time. This is all preceded by Lego's own analog robotic system from the 1980 Idea Book, #8888.  Edited August 5, 20231 yr by evank
August 6, 20231 yr 7 hours ago, evank said: Yes! When I commented a few weeks ago, I hadn't read the earlier comments. But you are absolutely right. @Coder Shah it is imperative that any Mindstorms history recognizes how Interface A was NOT invented at MIT or by Lego, but from the English organizations mentioned on my website. It's a coincidence that MIT was separately working on their own Lego robotic designs around that time. This is all preceded by Lego's own analog robotic system from the 1980 Idea Book, #8888. ... Did you manage to get the hopper system work for the cards? Sounds like a fun project.
August 10, 20231 yr Author Mindstorms History 32 2019 - LEGO Education introduces LEGO SPIKE Prime. Â
August 17, 20231 yr Author Mindstorms History 33 2020 - LEGO introduces LEGO Mindstorms 51515 Robot Inventor. Â
August 24, 20231 yr Author Mindstorms History 34 2022 - Nine fan models were added to the LEGO Mindstorms 51515 Robot Inventor app. Â
August 31, 20231 yr Author Mindstorms History 35 2022 - LEGO discontinues LEGO Mindstorms. http://blog.robotmak3rs.com/2023/01/mindstorms-retires.html Â
September 1, 20231 yr Author Today in Mindstorms History 01 1 Sept 1998 - The first LEGO Mindstorms hit the market 25 years ago today. https://lan.lego.com/news/overview/lego-mindstorms-reflections-–-what-happened-before-the-announcement-in-january-1998-r173/ Â
September 7, 20231 yr Author Mindstorms History 36 This video is from the special pre-release CD-ROM entitled "explore invent master" which was released as a teaser for the Lego Mindstorms series. Â
September 14, 20231 yr Author Mindstorms History 37 1998 - LEGO released set 8482 Cybermaster. It came with a RF operated programmable brick, and is similar in concept to LEGO Boost. Â
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