Lego
LittleBits Fit Together Like Geeky Magic [Hardcore Geek]
There was a game that used various tiles laid down in a certain order to control battling robots. It was a board game and it was a lot of fun. The idea was to make a path that would let your robot run ....... read more
7 days ago
Lego-like littleBits Fit Together Like Geeky Magic [Hardcore Geek]
There was a game that used various tiles laid down in a certain order to control battling robots. It was a board game and it was a lot of fun. The idea was to make a path that would let your robot run ....... read more
7 days ago
The Lego PC We Knew Existed Actually Exists [Lego Pc]
The other day we posted a mean-looking, black as night Lego PC that didn't resemble the iconic toy in the slightest. Then we described the picture that the term "Lego PC" painted in our mind's eye, a ....... read more
8 days ago
Moving Lego Donkey Kong People, Lego Donkey F*cking Kong [Gadgets]
Lego. Mindstorms RCX. Donkey Kong. Rolling barrels. Donkey Kong throws rolling barrels. Mario jumps. And jumps. And jumps. All synchronized. Dan Kressin even generated the game start tune with Lego. A ....... read more
10 days ago
Slide-Rule Clock Will Match Your Mathcamp Trophy [Clocks]
This clock, made by Greg Blonder from a Lego Mindstorms set, is an homage to the slide rule. It's super simple to read; the upper rule tells the hours and the lower tells the minutes. They move indepe ....... read more
11 days ago
Question of the Day: Do You Say "Lego" or "Legos?" [Question Of The Day]
We desperately need you to settle an ongoing debate for us. When you refer to everyone's favorite plastic brick building blocks in the plural form, do you say "Lego" or "Legos?" Lego is technically th ....... read more
11 days ago
Fear and Worship this Monolithic Lego PC [Lego Mods]
When I picture a Lego PC in my head, I see a vivid red, yellow and blue case topped with a small army of minifigs and maybe a pirate ship. But this Lego PC looks nothing like that childhood dream mach ....... read more
11 days ago
Radiohead's House of Cards Video Rendered in 3D Using Legos [Radiohead]
Radiohead's latest music video, as you may have heard, didn't use cameras, instead using lasers to capture data that could be presented visually. They then released all that data, allowing people to f ....... read more
13 days ago
Lego Robot Sends Pictures from Space, Wishes It Had Lasers to Annihilate Us All [Space Gadgets]
Last Tuesday, a group of professors, students and robotics hobbyists launched the H.A.L.E. (High Altitude Lego Extravaganza): seven Lego Mindstorms robots attached to a weather balloon, which exploded ....... read more
18 days ago
Timelapse Video: Building the Lego Death Star Diorama [Exclusive]
Here's a bunch of crazy Lego heads building the Lego Death Star diorama, probably the best Lego set available this side of the Millennium Falcon with 3,803 pieces, and 21 mini-figs?a stunning number f ....... read more
19 days ago
New Star Wars: The Clone Wars Toys On Sale Midnight Tonight [Toys]
Star Wars purists like myself are probably going to ignore everything The Clone Wars with an intensity normally reserved for busting best buddies out of their carbonite prisons, but in case you're a ....... read more
Sat,
26 Jul 2008
Exclusive: Inside the Lego Factory [Giz Goes To Lego]
This video shows something that very few people have had the opportunity to witness: the inside of the Lego factory, with no barriers or secrets. I filmed every step in the creation of the brick. From ....... read more
Mon,
21 Jul 2008
Japanese Team Creates Working Space Elevator... Made of Lego Blocks [Space Elevator]
For those of you who know what a space elevator is, you also know how difficult (some would say impossible) it will be to create one. Well, don't tell that to the starry-eyed guys in Redmond this week ....... read more
Sun,
20 Jul 2008
Lightning Review: Lego Egg Timer [Cook]
The Gadget: Lego Egg Timer. The Price: $7.99. The Verdict: It's cute. It's makes a wonderful tic-tac noise. It helps you do roasted lamb and chicken and Beef Wellington and cakes. It's Lego. Really, i ....... read more
Fri,
04 Jul 2008
65-foot-high Lego Cathedrals Store 19 Billion Pieces a Year [Giz Goes To Lego]
Without a doubt, the Lego brick storage buildings were the most impressive part of my visit to Lego. When I first saw their 65.6-foot high ceilings, with multiple giant robots going up and down retrie ....... read more
Fri,
27 Jun 2008
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Lego [Giz Goes To Lego]
You sent the questions and now here are the answers. Do you want to know how many bricks are produced per minute? How many bricks have been produced in history? What's the best-selling set ever? What ....... read more
Thu,
26 Jun 2008
3,800-Piece Death Star Diorama Is Coolest Star Wars Lego Ever [LEGO Star Wars]
Move over Millennium Falcon, because there's a new Best Lego Set Ever in town: the $400 Death Star. Almost 4,000 pieces of absolute nerdgasmic technological terror now available to order, showing 14 s ....... read more
Thu,
19 Jun 2008
Lego-Built Wall-E: It Was Only a Matter of Time [Legos]
It was only a matter of time before someone decided to tackle a Lego version of Disney-Pixar's cute little cash cow Wall-E. After a three month planning session, Joe Meno, editor of BrickJournal magaz ....... read more
Tue,
17 Jun 2008
What Do You Want to Ask LEGO? [Reader Participation]
As you know, I'm in Billund, Denmark, right now. Tomorrow I'll be talking with the guys who make LEGO, the ultimate geek toy, and I would be able to ask them anything I want. So what would you like to ....... read more
Mon,
16 Jun 2008