<div>Hi robot people</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;">I have some early Christmas prezzies for you all. I\u2019ve been working on a nifty <a href="http://www.mindkits.co.nz/store/kits/the-mindkits-brainboard">robot control board</a> with Tim from MindKits, and after a few late nights pulling everything together and getting the production run done in time for Christmas we now have some up for grabs!</span></div>
<div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;">We designed it to get you started building a robot or <insert project> in a few minutes without needing too much else, so if you can think of a good project idea to put it to use reply back to me with a short description (1-2 paragraphs) and we\u2019ll pick the winners on Monday, then post you a board (post also free).</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;">In return winners just need to send us a 1-2 page project writeup (with photos, good for padding!) or 1-2 minute video that we can put on our site to show off your project + our board, within two weeks of receiving it. If you haven\u2019t found time to do it in two weeks then you just post it back to us or buy it, so there\u2019s no risk to you.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;">Here\u2019s a quick video showing a project I did in about an hour with BrainBoard + Android + Bluetooth to give you an idea where to start. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12px;">I used the free Bluetooth RC Controller app from the Play store which reads the phone\u2019s accelerometer / tilt sensor and sends commands over Bluetooth to the Bluetooth adapter and control board. Onboard motor drivers power the robot directly, so I just had to plug in the motors and program it.</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Brody</div><div><br></div></div>