If you thought that private, LEGO surveillance blimps were something from some kind of bizarre steampunk dystopia, you'd only be half-right. Two endeavouring LEGO tinkerers, Tyler Westmoreland and Chris Shepard, have brought such a thing into being using nothing but Mindstorms and a couple of balloons. Read More >>
Dominique Vankan wanted to try out some old-school photography, we're talking really old-school, a early 1900s process called Autochrome Lumière. Appartnely he decided not to find an old camera to do it, and instead build one out of modern wonders including cardboard, Legos, and duct tape. Read More >>
Redditor GreenLeavesDryHeaves needed somewhere to put his iPhone. What he had was a lot of LEGOs and creativity. One "lazy" weekend was all he needed to create this crystal-powered, minifig-operated work of art. Read More >>
Ah, power. You give a person too much and they will abuse it. Such is the case with Thomas Langenbach, a 47-year-old VP at Palo Alto-based software company SAP Labs, who has been arrested for the nerdiest crime in recent memory. His abuse of power: computer-based. Read More >>
Scientists studying the origins of the colossal "rogue waves" that sneak up on ships in seemingly calm seas have enlisted helpless Legos in their search for answers. Read More >>
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Have you made something awesome with Lego Mindstorms NXT? A sweet walking robot, perhaps? Wouldn't it be cool if you could control it from work? Or to have it Tweet when something happens? Well, the future is now! Read More >>