> Hi,
>
> perhaps this is interesting for some people. We hope so. :-)
>
> I am glad to announce the availability, as of today, of two
> Squeak-based projects that both deal with letting Squeak interface
> with the surrounding world.
>
>
> 1. PhidgetLab
>
> Phidgets are sensors and actuators that can be connected to a PC via
> USB. So far, support for them in Squeak was not freely available -
> this changes now. :-) A group of students in our group - Lysann
> Kessler, Stephanie Platz, Thomas Klingbeil, Philipp Tessenow, and
> Frank Schlegel - have developed PhidgetLab in fulfilment of a
> coursework assignment. It provides a "low-level" Phidgets API in
> Squeak, but is also integrated with Etoys.
>
> Behold:
http://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/swa/projects/phidgetlab/>
> 2. NXTalk
>
> Over the past few years, we've made the occasional announcement of
> this: it's Smalltalk on Lego Mindstorms NXT. It's a real Smalltalk VM
> running on the NXT, with an image being interpreted. Now it's finally
> available, including the VM source code. NXTalk is the outcome of
> Martin Beck's MSc research; Martin is a former student in our group.
>
> Behold:
http://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/swa/projects/nxtalk/>
>
> Both projects' source code is MIT licensed. They both are based on
> (L)GPLed software, though: PhidgetLab uses the Phidgets API from the
> vendor, which is under the LGPL, and NXTalk uses NXOS, which is under
> the GPL.
>
> We would be grateful for any suggestions for improvement - for both
> the projects and the respective web pages alike. Experience reports
> are, of course, most welcome too. Unfortunately, we cannot make the
> required hardware available as easily as the software. ;-)
>
>
> Please let us know what you think!
>
>
> Best,
>
> Michael
>
> --
>
> Robert Hirschfeld
> Hasso-Plattner-Institut
>
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> www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/swa
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