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lego robot solves megaminx

Lego Robot Solves The Megaminx

The Megaminx is a bit like a Rubik's cube but it's a dodecahedron - twelve faces. So it's even more tricky to solve. Using some Lego Mindstorms and dedicated code running on a HTC Desire, David Gilday from ARM…

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lego gummy sweets

Lego Gummies

Instructables has a guide to making molds out of Lego then making gummy sweets from the mold. Lego and gummy sweets: what more could you want? Eat. Build. Love.

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lego wiimote

Lego Wiimote

Lego and Nintendo have teamed up to bring you a Wiimote made out of Lego. Available at Toyrus for USD 40. It's made by Power A. So when you get bored of games on screen you can take your…

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Pentax Optio NB1000 nanoblock

Pentax Lego Camera

The Pentax Optio NB1000 camera has a front covered in nanoblock (Japanese version of Lego). Making the front customisable with handles, camouflage, sculptures etc. It's a shame it's not real Lego - can imagine doing some cool things with Mindstorm…

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Lego headphones

Lego Headphones

We're loving these DIY headphones made out of Lego found over on Instructables. Nice little weekend project with the kids...

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Drawing Lego robot

Lego Robot Draws Eye Movement

This drawing Lego robot was built by Nils Voelker for the "Makers & Spectators" exhibition by Christien Meindertsma at the MU in Eindhoven. What the robot draws is driven by a system which tracks the users eye as they…

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Escher's Relativity in LEGO

Escher In Lego

We're fans of MC Escher (Wikipedia). We're also fans of Lego. So we're delighted to discover some of Escher's work realised in Lego by Andrew Lipson and Daniel Shiu. The work above is "Relativity" originally from…

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Douglas Coupland Orca Sculpture

Douglas Coupland Orca Sculpture

Douglas Coupland (our favourite author) has made this sculpture of an Orca at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Looks a bit like Lego. Coupland is in the news lately - he's also just developed a clothing line for Roots based…

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TwistTogether Light

Twist Together Lights

These TwistTogether lights from Glide can be configured in many ways and come in either candy or chocolate colours. The lights are LEDs so they are low power and cool. They're dinky - about four inches square. Here's a picture…

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