Advanced NXT: The Da Vinci Inventions Book (Technology in Action) by Matthias Paul Scholz
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Book Reviews of Advanced NXT: The Da Vinci Inventions Book (Technology in Action)
Book Review: assembly schematics
Summary: 3 Stars
I haven't used the book yet, but as I flipped through, I was disappointed by the quality of the assembly schematic reproductions. I'm not sure we will be able to follow them. Book Review: hard to read
Summary: 2 Stars
There are some great ideas in this book but the pictures for construction are not that clear, with pieces hidden behind other pieces. Directions are for the more advanced of Lego's Robot builders. If you already know what you are doing, you can jump right in and go to it. For the novice or the beginner its next to impossible. I love the Da Vinci connection but clean up the photographs so that more people can take advantage of the idea.Book Review: Relating Old and New
Summary: 5 Stars
Just the idea behind this book makes it worth purchasing. Taking the ideas of one of the greatest minds in history and applying it to a brilliant robotic platform is genius. Relating the robots to Da Vinci's designs is a great learning experience for old and young. My 8 year-old is becoming quite a fan of Leonardo due to the use of this book.
The bots in the book are great, and the potential for extensibility is even greater. There are quite a few new NXT books out this year and this is definitely one of best especially if you are interested in tying the evolution of physics and mechanization to modern technology.
I highly recommend this book. If you are running a Lego Mindstorms team or teaching robotics using the NXT platform, do yourself a favor and pick up this book, it's a great way to enhance your curriculum.
Book Review: Bad pictures
Summary: 2 Stars
I have enjoyed many of the books in this series, but was severely disappointed when I got this one. The ideas are great - and would be really useful to my students, if the pictures that accompanied them were in any way able to be seen clearly. I tried and failed to build several of the models after my students all expressed frustration at trying to figure out what was being portrayed.Book Review: NXT LEGO
Summary: 5 Stars
This book was great, I use it as a resource when teaching robotics.the book is kid friendly (9-14) and they enjoy using it as a source.