The BrickMMO smart city built with LEGO® bricks has many official LEGO kits integrated into the city.
As the city grows we will integrate more and more sets into the smart city. We would like to integrate a variety of interactive components into these kits. In this task you will choose an official LEGO set and design an interactive component.
You will not be building and coding the interactive component. This is only a brainstorming session. Your concept may be completed by another group of students in the future.
Here are a few examples from past cohorts:
The Loop Coaster that will run the ride on command or at a timed interval:
LEGO (n.d.). LEGO Loop Coaster. Retrieved August 7, 2023, from https://www.lego.com/en-ca/product/nano-gauntlet-76223
The Infinity Gauntlet that moves fingers and rotate:
LEGO (n.d.). LEGO Infinity Gauntlet. Retrieved August 7, 2023, from https://www.lego.com/en-ca/product/nano-gauntlet-76223
Each year we convert past hackathon PDFs to Markdown in the hopes that they will be programmed into the BrickMMO Smart City:
- Car Wash
- Christmas tree
- Cops and Robbers
- Dagobah Swamp
- Daily Bugle
- Firestation
- Freight Train
- Grimmauld Place
- Haunted House
- Hospital
- Ice Cream Truck
- Infinity Gauntlet
- Jazz Quartet
- London Architecture
- London bus
- Loop Coaster
- Lunar Lander
- Majestic Tiger
- Motorized Lighthouse
- Red London Telephone Box
- Police Crime Truck
- Stadium
- T. rex Skull
- vespa
- Weasley’s Hat
To complete this task, follow these steps:
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Browse the official LEGO Store and choose a set.
You could also choose an alternative build:
https://rebrickable.com/sets/alternates/ -
Brainstorm how this set can be adjusted to become interactive.
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Brainstorm which sensors, motors, and lights will be required to integrate the concept.
Checkout a list of available sensors and motors
https://brickmmo.github.io/media/sensors-motors -
Write the pseudocode for your interaction.
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Document this interactive concept using the Google Docs template.
You can download a copy of this template
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gknSInaIIco2ORqP4cA35TlsDo5pSZ863Nm8OcLPfaI -
Add your document to the hackathon-set repo. You can add your PDF document to the
resultsfolder.You will need to fork the repo, add your changes, and submit a pull request.
There are additional instructions available
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WuzV2EYVZtyCNLB8IXAAnArWCqiddQ56KWc52wX0XHU
Once your instructor has merged your pull request, submit a link to your PDF to the Set Hackathon assignment in Blackboard.
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