JavaPosse podcasts regarding JINI & GRID computing.
Listen to them at the car or on the move, it’s worth it!
PodCast part 1 :
http://www.javaposse.com/index.php?post_id=131159
PodCast part 2 :
http://www.javaposse.com/index.php?post_id=133510
PodCast part 3 :
http://www.javaposse.com/index.php?post_id=135906
ComputeCyles (”lightweight” java grid):
https://computecycles.dev.java.net/Welcome.html
“Toeing the Line” - a very nice paper, by ninth grader Jonathan Gray, comparing several different line following strategies. Although written for the RCX, this paper provides an excellent example of performance testing and analysis, as well as presentation of results.
The above document can be used for inspiration when playing with LEGO Mindstorms NXT and doing a “Line Follower” robot.
I have just bought a Lego Mindstorms NXT robotic kit and it really rocks!
I have already been programming it in native LabView and
http://www-education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/robotc/
Here is some LEGO NXT Mindstorms links that I use every now and then:
The Nxt Step (blog) http://thenxtstep.blogspot.com/
Lego Education http://www.legoeducation.info/nxt/
WIKI about Mindstorms http://www.nxt-mindstorms.com
Another cool NXT blog http://www.nxtasy.org/
All in all the kit is so cool and I expect to use it for many many hours.