Mike, that is so cool!  Thank you so much for sharing!  They even talk about the segway in the pitch.  I can&#39;t wait to show that video to my kids.  Their website says they are hiring. Maybe our kids can get their resumes in order!<div>
<br></div><div>That was really cool, thanks!</div><div>Sonya in Harrisonburg</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:58 PM, Michael Blanpied <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]"><a href="/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A3%3D0909%26L%3DVADCFLL-L%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D6193396%26B%3D--0016364d2bcb8ea19f04735a08cd%26T%3Dtext%252Fhtml%3B%2520charset%3DISO-8859-1%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a></a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Dear FLL Coaches,<br>
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You and your transportation-immersed teams might find this pretty interesting. A 19-year-old guy has invented a motorcycle called the Uno, which uses only one wheel (actually, a pair of side-by-side wheels) and operates like an electric-powered unicycle.<br>

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The Uno uses active balancing and rider detection, accelerometers, and feedback--similar to a Segway scooter--to remain upright and move. It&#39;s a very cool concept, and the prototype looks very cool as well. The young inventor has won several awards, started a company, received venture capital funding, and is developing the bike.<br>

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The web site, <a href="http://www.the-uno.com/" target="_blank">http://www.the-uno.com/</a>, contains pictures and links to several magazine article and awards. The site includes a video of the 19-year-old inventor presenting the idea to the Dragons--a panel of venture capitalists--hoping that they&#39;ll invest in his company so he can develop the bike; that video includes footage of him riding the Uno.<br>

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On a related topic, several people have built miniature Segway scooters with the NXT kit, using either a light, ultrasonic or accelerometer sensor as the feedback input. Building and programming a self-balancing robot is a neat project for more advanced NXTists. For those wanting a further challenge, the robot can be controlled from afar using Bluetooth, with a laptop, cell phone or another NXT brick as the controller. There are examples posted to <a href="http://mindstorms.lego.com/NXTLOG/" target="_blank">http://mindstorms.lego.com/NXTLOG/</a>.<br>

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Cheers,<br>
Mike Blanpied<br>
Reston, VA<br>
2006 #4809 Nano People<br>
2007 #1666 Power Bunnies<br>
2008 #5013 BLT--Brilliant LEGO Team<br>
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