Kano
Children today have access to smartphones, tablets and laptops. They are powerful and intuitive, offering the Web and an ever-growing library of apps to explore. Learning and accessing information has never been easier.
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Legos
The toy industry has become stagnant due to the competition from digital games, Lego is among the companies looking at 3D printing as a potential fix. The Danish plastic brick manufacturer told The Financial Times that it is considering “what potential opportunities there are for consumers.” Legos are very easy to print on home 3D printers (in fact, some people are already printing them).
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LEGO Calendar
London design studio, Vitamins, has created an ingenious wall mounted time planner that’s built entirely from LEGO bricks and can be synced digitally with your Google Calendar account using a smartphone camera.
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Jeremy Clarkson, host of the BBC show Top Gear, unveils the world’s tiniest car, the P45, which he apparently designed himself. A takeoff on the Peel P50, the P45 has the drive train of a four-wheel all-terrain vehicle, but all the turn signals, lights, and license plates needed to make it street-legal in the United Kingdom. With a helmet for a roof, a visor for a windshield, and no side doors, the contraption calls to mind a Cozy Coupe crossed with a LEGO spaceman, and turns out to be only slightly more roadworthy.
Lego Mindstorms EV3
Lego Mindstorms EV3 is Lego’s first major update of the Mindstorms line since 2006. Mindstorms are Lego’s programmable robotic parts–a brain, motors, and sensors–that interface with their Technic line. And since social networks, smartphones and apps all rule today it’s only natural that each of these ideas worked themselves into the Lego Mindstorm EV3.
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Lego
We’ve seen some pretty awesome Lego creations in the past, including a Volkswagen van, Angry Birds, and even the heart of the Large Hadron Collider. But what about Lego inventions that actually work? Here are some of our favorite, fully functional Lego creations. (pics and videos)
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Two high school students in Cananda have successfully launched a Lego man almost 80,000 feet above sea level–high enough to capture video of the plastic toy hovering above the curvature of the Earth.
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The LEGO Group has been around since 1932.
It’s not unusual for some brands to die out. But rarely some brands come back from the dead. Many brands like New Coke, Circuit City, and Borders are likely to be gone forever. But some companies find that certain dying brands still have some attraction for consumers. Maybe because at one time they were well-known, at least well enough to make them worthwhile targets for new investment. (Pics)
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Christian Schallert in his 258 square-foot “Lego” apartment.
How do you fit a kitchen, living room, dining room, bedroom, shower/toilet and a table into a tiny 258 square-foot apartment? If you’re Christian Schallert, you cram it all inside of custom-built walls and furniture that when transformed, creates a surprisingly cozy “LEGO” apartment. (Pics and video)
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Mark Twain in Lego. What more could you want?
Is there anything that hasn’t been created from Lego bricks? Fine Clonier ran a contest that invited people to create historical figures out of Legos. Mark Twain above was the overall contest winner. Bookalicious recently posted some of the literary figures featured in the contest…
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The short version of last week’s World Cup game between the US and England features only the best parts -both goals, with instant replays. In LEGO!
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Some of the best LEGO music videos on YouTube
Put geeks in a room with LEGO and a camera and you’ll soon have more funny fan-made movies than you could shake a colored plastic brick at. We’ve taken a musical angle on this top ten list, bringing you the very best in LEGOmation and brickfilm tributes to artists and bands that YouTube() (and all its wonderfully creative users) has to offer.
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