In childhood, many of us wondered — wouldn’t it be cool if our miniature toys had “real” functions? Say, that our toy cars actually were able to drive, or at least, that the headlights could light up.

Accessory maker Shargeek recently launched an Indiegogo to fund its latest device — a charging brick shaped like a retro Apple computer with a functional display. The Retro 67 is a compact charging ...

If you’ve been putting off finishing that $700 LEGO Millennium Falcon, here’s the motivation you need: you can now pop a “computer” brick with a working OLED display into the cockpit. James Brown, a ...

LEGO has announced its latest ambition: the Smart Play system. Essentially, the Smart bricks are the classic 2X4 Lego bricks with a tiny computer and lights inside. When the computer detects an ...

The controls of Brown’s “Doom” Lego brick are more intuitive than you might think. The engineer added a small accelerometer to his minuscule computer system, allowing him to move around inside the ...

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