Christopher R. Smith

Christopher R. Smith is a Senior Quality Assurance Inspector in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL) at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He invented an inspection tool recognized by NASA, which honored him with the prestigious Space Act Award.

LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT One Kit Wonders LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT One Kit Wonders (No Starch)
by James Floyd Kelly, Matthias Paul Scholz, Christopher R. Smith, Martijn Boogaarts, Jonathan A. Daudelin, Eric D. Burdo, Laurens Valk, Blue ToothKiwi, Fay Rhodes
November 2008
OUT OF PRINT

"[I]f you are looking for some fresh ideas, [LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT One-Kit Wonders has] 10 wonderful projects for teachers and FLL coaches to explore and to adapt to emphasize particular technology, science and math skills."
--LeGo-Bots Lady (;-p) V.Greene, The Robotic Realm

"The ten robots are a good starting point for creating robotics and inventions using the NXT kit and add a lot to the growing ideas behind the NXT robotics kits. The One-Kit Wonders book is a great addition to the NXT kit and well worth the cost of the book and then some with a great new set of robots to build."
--Jeff Gedgaud, Associated Content

"I was very pleased with LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT One-Kit Wonders. It provides hours and hours of entertainment and was fairly easy to use."
--Jill Hart, BlogCritics.org

"Unlike many books of this type, the authors intend to teach. The chapter on the drag racer talks about gear ratios and torque, the M&M sorter demonstrates programming around missing features and so on. Each project ends with a 'further exploration' section that suggests modifications or enhancements that could be made."
--Tony Lawrence, APLawrence.com

"...a most necessary gift for anyone who receives the Lego NXT package."
--Ira Laefsky, Amazon.com