Lego Magazine #2 (Atlantis)

Après deux mois et demi, le numéro 2 est enfin arrivé aux points presse. Il s'agit d'un numéro dédié au thème Atlantis avec un Guerrier Requin. Le numéro 3 sera également dédié à Atlantis. Espérons que les numéros suivants toucheront d'autres thématiques Lego.

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LEGOs building LEGOs

An awesome Lego robot (MakerLegoBot) that can build 3D Lego models using standard Lego bricks. The robot uses 3 Mindstorm NXT robot bricks's and 9 motors.

More @ BattleBricks/MakerLegoBot

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Lego Brickmaster Star Wars

Nice edition from Brickmaster with 8 new "Clone Wars" models and 2 minifigs. Click on images to enlarge.

Herafter the inventory:

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Take a 3D ride on Mars

Here after you'll find a 3D image of Melas Chasma, a part of the huge Valles Marineris rift valley, which stretches for more than 4000 km across the face of Mars. Image covers 200 x 100 km and covers an area of roughly 20 000 sq km, which is about the size of Slovenia.

Click on image for enlarge (resolution is approximately 23 m per pixel). An image in HI-RES TIFF (Size: 42 781 kb) is available here. You need stereoscopic glasses to see the 3D effect.

 Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)

More @ ESA - Mars Express

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Clare Maguire - Ain't Nobody

There're not too much information about her on the web (nevertheless you can check an exclusive BBC interview here). I checked the teaser video of her first single, Ain't Nobody, out on October 18th, and I was literally struck by the intensity of her voice... A powerful ballad voice ! Her debut album, Light After Dark, will released in February 2011 (produced by Fraser T. Smith).

You can download for free the track Strangest Thing on
http://www.claremaguire.co.uk

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X3 from Eurocopter : A new era for the hybrid helicopters

X3 (say "X cube") is a revolutionary and innovative hybrid helicopter able to performs long-range missions at high speeds with vertical takeoff and landing capabilities. First flight test (under controlled and secure environment) tooke place September 6 in southern France (Istres). In following tests X3 will reach speeds of 180 knots and the goal for March 2011 is to exceed 220 knots. A little industrial fight is on the near horizon between X3 and X2 from Sikorsky, another high speed hybrid helicopter who achieves 250 knots last 16 September.

More @ Eurocopter for X3
More @ Sikorsky for X2

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