{"id":8918,"date":"2010-02-16T21:40:20","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T21:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/a-diy-lego-segway-built-entirely-from-nxt-2-0-parts-wall-e-gets-new-wheelz-diy\/"},"modified":"2010-02-16T21:40:20","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T21:40:20","slug":"a-diy-lego-segway-built-entirely-from-nxt-2-0-parts-wall-e-gets-new-wheelz-diy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurist\/a-diy-lego-segway-built-entirely-from-nxt-2-0-parts-wall-e-gets-new-wheelz-diy.php","title":{"rendered":"A DIY Lego Segway Built Entirely From NXT 2.0 Parts: Wall-E Gets New Wheelz [DIY]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- videoId: q9ZONn3p1LI --><!-- \/videoId: q9ZONn3p1LI --> We've seen Segways built partly from Legos <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5057908\/diy-mini+segway-shows-dean-kamen-isnt-all-that-clever\">before<\/a>, but a Segway built <em>entirely<\/em> from the Legos in a standard <a title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #nxt20\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/nxt20\/\">NXT 2.0<\/a> set? That's something special.<\/p><p>What's particularly cool about the NXT Segway is how it balances itself: instead of using a gyro sensor, it leans on the NXT Color Sensor in light sensor mode to detect its angle relative to the ground. It's controllable via Bluetooth, and has that certain Wall-E-esque feel that makes me feel all fuzzy inside. Complete instructions to make your own are riiiiiggghhhht <a href=\"http:\/\/nxtprograms.com\/NXT2\/segway\/steps.html\">here<\/a>. [<a href=\"http:\/\/nxtprograms.com\/NXT2\/segway\/index.html\">NXT Programs<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/thenxtstep.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/nxt-20-one-kit-segway.html\">The NXT Step<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.makezine.com\/archive\/2010\/02\/lego_segway_needs_only_nxt_20_parts.html\">Make<\/a>]<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=a26e23948137146eab1b7f21d5fe34e3&amp;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/2c10d_img.phdo?s=a26e23948137146eab1b7f21d5fe34e3&amp;p=1\"><\/a><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/2c10d_eus.gif?eui=2226\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/p><div><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=ix_MzUbasAc:qPRk-NPsCG0:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/2c10d_full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=ix_MzUbasAc:qPRk-NPsCG0:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/2c10d_full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=ix_MzUbasAc:qPRk-NPsCG0:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/2c10d_full?i=ix_MzUbasAc:qPRk-NPsCG0:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=ix_MzUbasAc:qPRk-NPsCG0:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/4b7a2_full?i=ix_MzUbasAc:qPRk-NPsCG0:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/4b7a2_ix_MzUbasAc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We've seen Segways built partly from Legos before, but a Segway built entirely from the Legos in a standard NXT 2.0 set? That's something special.What's particularly cool about the NXT Segway is how it balances itself: instead of using a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurist\/a-diy-lego-segway-built-entirely-from-nxt-2-0-parts-wall-e-gets-new-wheelz-diy.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurist"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8918"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8918\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}