Inspired by the sheer awesomeness that was Top Gear host James May’s Lego house, the folks at Movoto Real Estate created an online calculator that tells you just how much Lego you’ll need to build your own plastic estate, based on the square footage and number of floors. More »
Official LEGO Star Wars sets have been around since 1999, but what our other geek needs? Where is our Blade Runner? Or TRON? Why is there no Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy set? LEGO, you are missing out on all of my money. Thankfully, The Living Brick’s “Mi-Fi“ Contest fulfills some of these dreams.
All the entries are in for the “Mi-Fi” contest, and the results are very very awesome. In addition to new scenes from Star Wars, there are LEGO-fied versions of TRON, The Matrix, Back to the Future, Avatar and many more! There’s even a tribute to Spaceballs.
There are so many cool creations to see that it’s hard to pick a favorite. Head on over to The Living Brick to check them all out.
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Lego toys are probably cemented in every kid’s memory and imagination. So whenever these kids grow up, the thought of “Lego Land” remains hidden in the subconscious mind. So when we got word that Google and Lego have teamed up to develop a platform that allows users to construct anything using Lego blocks, we were thrilled. It’s called Build, and yes, it’s a Chrome experiment.
“Over the last few months we’ve been working with LEGO Australia, thinking about what would happen if we brought bricks to the browser. Build is the result: our latest Chrome Experiment which lets you explore and build a new world of LEGO creations together online. With 8 trillion bricks, think of Build as the largest LEGO set you’ve ever seen,” Google said.
Build’s Lego bricks are reportedly made with WebGL. The team then mixed Google Maps to allow users to build the ideal “Lego Land” anywhere they desire to have it constructed. And since the folks over at Google Australia started it, it’s but fitting for Build to launch in Australia first. But don’t fret, the developers said that it will be launching in other countries soon. Cheers!
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Google shows off high-resolution Chrome browser for Retina Display MacBook Pros, Google confirms arrival of Chrome for Windows 8,
We’ve established very well over the years that geeks love LEGO. The problem with LEGO bricks and me is that I never put them away and they always end up getting sucked into the vacuum cleaner or poking a hole in my foot in the middle of night. What I need is access to is this new 8 trillion LEGO brick set that you can play with virtually using Google Chrome.
Google has partnered with LEGO Australia on a project called Build. The partnership kicks off in Australia, but a rollout to the United States and the UK among other countries a later date. To start with, you to pick a location from the LEGO map of Australia and build your own virtual brick construct to place on any street you want or any landmark you want.
Before your construction goes live for other people to view, it has to be submitted to LEGO for approval. The approval process is to ensure no one builds questionable objects that would be inappropriate for children – or for life in general. The good news is that anyone can play with Build, it’s not limited to use by Australian users at this point. You can check it out here.
[via The Next Web]
If you were planning to have a productive start to your work day: forget it. Instead, you’re going to spend hours playing with Lego online, because Google has teamed up with the toy maker to release a simulator which allows you build its bricks in Chrome. More »
Ready to waste the morning away? Google has partnered with Lego Australia to allow users to build objects using the popular plastic blocks right from within their browser. You can choose from a multitude of different building blocks, and build anything that you can think up. Not only that, but your creation isn’t randomly floating around the internet, instead assigned a virtual plot of land in Australia using Google Maps.
Once you fire up Build you’ll be able to see a zoomed out map of Australia. As you search the continent and zoom in to different spots, you’ll see different creations from netizens that you can interact with or simply observe. If you want to go about building your own creation, you can choose your own plot of land or have the map randomly select somewhere in Australia.
After you’re finished, your final build is submitted to Google for approval, just to make sure anything naughty doesn’t slip through. Build has launched in Australia first, with New Zealand next on the list. After that, Google will open it up to even more countries so that you can build on more familiar territories.
[via The Next Web]
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Lego has allied itself with Google’s Chrome browser, creating a web app that lets users craft their own houses, creatures and models, and then delicately place them across the whole of Australia and New Zealand. Celebrating 50 years of pre-teen Lego architecture in the Land Down Under, you can grab a plot of land from the source, start throwing some bricks together now and share your creations on the very public map and Google+. According to the Australia’s Daily Telegraph, Lego Build hopes to roll out globally through Chrome later this year, but one continent should keep us busy until Google’s I/O conference kicks off later this week.
Lego and Google Chrome team up, want to cover Australasia in your models and plastic bricks (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 26 Jun 2012 04:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Who would have thought that Lego might eventually end up as one of Denmark’s most famous exports, being the building blocks of imagination for many a child over the years? Well, we have seen our fair share of amazing Lego constructs over the years, but one thing remained constant – Lego minifigs certainly never had far to go, as their legs seem to be implanted onto whatever Lego surface they were standing on anyways. Perhaps all of this is set to change with the new OLED Lego train station that features a bunch of 1″ OLED boards alongside an Arduino Uno that will control the schedule behind the scenes. This project does seem to be pretty straightforward for DIY enthusiasts, and while the schedule is unable to pair up with the train tracks in order to inform your minifigs automatically whether their ride is delayed or on time, it should be not too large an obstacle to overcome.
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: LEGO Turing Machine DIY guide, LEGO car boasts of 5-speed transmission,
Who knew Lego characters had to be somewhere in a hurry? Adafruit did, as it just whipped up a minifig-sized train schedule. The invention mates one of Adafruit’s own 1-inch OLED boards with an Arduino Uno controlling the schedule behind the scenes. It looks to be a straightforward project for the DIY types, although the display is currently all show: the schedule doesn’t (yet) pair up with the train tracks to automatically let your minifigs know if their trip to the pirate spaceship castle has been delayed by ghosts. You can check the source link for the full instructions. Duplo builders, alas, are kept out of the loop.
OLED Lego train station emerges from Adafruit and Arduino gear, minifigs to get home on time originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The much hyped not-Alien-prequel Prometheus met with mixed reviews from critics and moviegoers. But I think we can all agree that this LEGO version of the titular ship made by Andrew Lee scores a solid 8 space tomatoes.
Or an 8.3. No. 7.9? I’ll leave it at two tentacles up. Check out Lee’s Flickr page for more pictures.
[via The Brothers Brick]
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