If you got the time (and the will) you can make anything with LEGO bricks these days. Take this V8 engine for example. It took dude 4 months to build this. If I didn’t know better I’d start building my own version of the Lamborghini Reventon with LEGOs right now, but I’d have to come up with the jet engine which will probably set me… 4 years?! Check out the video after the jump. [Hacked Gadgets] More
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National Instruments and LEGO, have partnered to develop the next generation toys called LEGO MINDSTORMS®. These programmable robots are smarter, stronger, and more intuitive than ever. The goal of the collaboration is to wrap science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in a cool package that engages their motivation and involvement. The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT software enables you to program your NXT robots via USB or Bluetooth connectivity. As you see in the screencaps above, you can actually drag and drop crawling, walking and more instructions into the panel. I can’t help imagine what another decade will would bring, maybe my kids will be tweaking androids by then. [NationalInstruments]
Luke Andersen, a computer science major from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, built the PC completely out of black Lego bricks. He started with designing blueprint using simple CAD program. Then he purchased 1,238 Lego pieces to assemble his masterpiece. The lego PC also comes with a removable compartment in the case he needs to open in up for upgrades. Luke even share his CAD models available to download. What sets this lego PC apart from the others is the intricacy and architectural details using only the simplest black lego bricks. It’s really quite an impressive ingenious work. [CNET]
Etsy member 123smile has created this rather cool Duplo Lego webcam using a 2 x 2 Duplo block. The web camera features a 640×480 pixels resolution at 30 frames per second and is equipped with a 50 centimeter long gooseneck USB cable for easily adjusted perspective and height. Available now for $79. [CoolestGadgets]
The BrickGun Glock 17 looks real. It is built to a 1:1 scale and features many details of the actual glock. You can actually pull the trigger and the striker falls with a sharp “click”. The slide can also be locked open when the magazine has been emptied. Flip the lock down with your thumb and the slide slams shut, ready to “fire” again. The pricing info is still unavailable. [Product Page]
LEGOs are starting to become more common in tech, especially in this PC mod. This awesome LEGO PC features a NVDIA Epia PD 1GHz processor, NVIDIA 6200 PCI graphics card, 80GB hard drive, DVD drive, 1GB RAM, and 200 watt power supply. Now if only this came with a matching mouse? [Gearfuse]
Looks like SolidAlliance has a new USB key LEGO like USB key. They come in 1GB and 5 colors. All these bricks are %100 compatible with real Legos so you can use these babies to build up that rocket or castle. [Akihabara]
The LEGO Mp3 players are not a concept anymore and have been produced. Homade’s LEGO-esque media players disguise button controls as small raised dots on the blocks itself and come in blue, yellow, red, and green. They feature a microSD card slot and up to 6-hours of continuous playback and an iPod dock in addition. [Technabob] More
Here is another masterpiece from the LEGO master Nathan Sawaya. He has created the replica of the flag raising at Iwo Jima at the National Museum of the Marine Corps. It is made from approx. 100,000 LEGO bricks. Now that’s cool!
Novelty USB flash drives are always cool, so why not have one made in the shape of a lego? The ZipZip 2GB USB memory brick comes in all the lego colors: black, red, yellow, green, and blue. Feeling like a child again at work or home with these lego memory bricks for $60.
