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Lego Mindstorms Internals
http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics/
This page, maintained by Russell Nelson, contains many fascinating nuggets of information about RIS and the things you can
do with it.
RCX Internals
http://graphics.stanford.edu/~kekoa/rcx/
This page presents the results of Kekoa Proudfoot's reverse engineering efforts on the RCX, which enabled the development of
interesting technologies like NQC. pbFORTH, and legOS. For hardcore geeks, this page is fascinating reading. Kekoa is, to
quote Russell Nelson, a ''minor deity" in the online MINDSTORMS world.
LEGO on my mind: Roboworld
http://homepages.svc.fcj.hvu.nl/brok/legomind/robo/
This comprehensive unofficial site contains a helpful section that introduces MINDSTORMS RIS and its TECHNIC
doppelgänger, CyberMaster™.
LEGO MINDSTORMS WebRing
http://members.tripod.com/~ssncommunity/webrings/legoms_index.html
A web ring is a set of sites that are all linked to each other. You can traverse forward or backward through the entire ring if you
wish, or visit sites in a random order. Browsing the MINDSTORMS web ring is a good way to acquaint yourself with the
MINDSTORMS online community.
LEGO MindStorms Gallery
http://member.nifty.ne.jp/mindstorms/
This Japanese web site, maintained by someone named Joe, includes photographs and descriptions of many, many different
robots, including several flavors of walkers. The text is mostly in Japanese, but the pictures are fascinating, even if you can't
read the text.
Ben's Lego Creations
http://www.pobox.com/~benw/lego/
Ben Williamson is a very gifted mechanical designer. This visually clean web site details Ben's creations, including a working
plotter, a treaded robot with a grabber arm, an intelligent truck, and other pearls.
Lego
http://www.mop.no~simen/lego.htm
Simen Svale Skogsrud maintains this fascinating site. It contains, among other interesting things, a detailed description of a
MINDSTORMS-based optical scanner.