Video – Anders Søborg’s DIY Lego Mindstorm NXT Colour Scanner [Self Build Lego Scanner Utilising HiTechnic Color Sensor]

It’s been a while since I built anything using Lego and, at the time of writing, I lack the child that would give me an excuse to purchase (especially) Lego Mindstorm sets en masse on their behalf (solely for their enjoyment, you understand) – but I certainly never got close to building something quite as cool as Anders Søborg’s DIY Lego Mindstorm NXT Colour Scanner.

Søborg’s Lego Mindstorm NXT Colour Scanner employs a HiTechnic color sensor capable of producing either 8-bit or 24-bit true colour – though Søborg’s Lego scanner also has a light sensor capable of capturing grey scale images – up to A4 size, the resulting scans being saved in BMP format directly to the NXT’s flash memory and you can see it in action in the video below.

Those of you interested in building your own Lego Mindstorm NXT Colour Scanner will be pleased to know that Søborg has been kind enough to provide comprehensive and extremely well realised video slideshow instructions concerning building your very own version via his site as linked.

Anders’ Mindstorms Page [via]