LEGO's Star Wars smart brick sets are leading to fan revolt

The new Star Wars sets, which incorporate Smart tech, might be cool — but fans are not abiding by the rising costs of basic ...
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LEGO Power Functions

LEGO’s Power Functions elements mostly consist of DC motors and the hardware to be driven by those motors like gears and wheels. They also include battery packs, usually a bunch of AA cells in a ...
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Lego GMC Hummer EV Has Powered Functions Including Crab Walk

If you’re a GMC Hummer EV fan (and you may or may not have already ordered one), then maybe you should also consider supporting this Lego interpretation of it on the Lego Ideas platform. It’s the ...
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Lego Debuts 'Smart Brick' at CES, Bringing Light, Sound and Silicon Into the Classic 2x4

Lego’s new Smart Brick launched at CES, adding light, sound, and sensors to classic sets—without screens—starting with Star ...
Absolute Geeks

CES 2026: Lego introduces Smart Play bricks to add sensors and sound to classic builds

After decades of largely unchanged fundamentals, the LEGO Group is once again experimenting with how its bricks can behave, not just how they look. At the Consumer Electronics Show ...
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It turns out that Lego blocks function as excellent insulation in an environment of almost absolute zero, and application to experimental equipment and quantum computers

The state of the experiment in which the research team actually cooled the LEGO block to ultra-low temperature close to absolute zero can be seen in the following movie. The internal temperature of ...
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Lego City: Undercover trailer introduces Game Pad functions

If you have trouble using the Wii U Game Pad in Lego City: Undercover, just give Ellie Phillips a ring; the requisitions and supply officer knows all the tricks. The Game Pad is your in-game phone and ...