Lots of News

The Mindstorms website just posted three things in their news section. I had already posted about the Sensor Overload challenge which was something they just posted about, so I'll just move on to the other two...

Body Forward Challenge Winners

NXTLOGgers were encouraged to find innovative ways robots can be used to repair injuries, help people overcome illnesses and disabilities, and build healthier, stronger bodies. Entries included bionic limbs, heart sensors, nanobots that can detect bad blood cells, and innovative machines that can be used in a medical lab or hospital.

LABORATORY DEVICE AWARD

Centrifuge
Created by: PHIL7340 

BIONICS AWARD

RHS- The Ultimate Replacement Hand
Created by: kineticenergy 

INTERNAL MEDICINE AWARD

nanobot 1090
Created by: snowboarder1090 

EXTERNAL DEVICE AWARD

MEDIAT-SYS
Created by: Photronic

Congrats too all four of the winners! All the projects were quite amazing. I was really impressed 

by them. And here are the honorable mentions: 

The Hand
Created by: zkid6

Artificial Forearm and Hand
Created by: IFitzGibbon

M.V.S.M (BODYFORWARD)
Created by: NXTein1996

5 DoF utility arm V2 With JOYSTICK!
Created by: 1nxtmonster

E.X.O - S.U.I.T
Created by: richman999

Florence Nightingale [ first nurse ]
Created by: xxextremexx01

Prosthetic Arm
Created by: minifig2222

Heart Rate Calculator
Created by: benoz21

Great job everyone! I hope you all enter the next contest too (Sensor Overload). Now here is some more news:

The 60 global Google Science Fair finalist have now been announced

On January 11th 2011 the Google Science Fair was launched with the participation of the LEGO MINDSTORMS team and several other interesting partners. Many cool and very interesting projects have been entered to the Google Science Fair, including some fantastic LEGO MINDSTORMS projects. 

Read more about the Sensor Overload contest here, the Body Forward contest winners here, and the Google Science Fair 60 finalists here.