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October 9, 2008
BrickCon photos
Massive photo pool on Flickr with over 4,000 photos from last weekend's BrickCon, over 3,200 attended in Seattle, WA to see some of the biggest and best LEGO creations on earth. Here's a nice set via The Brother's Brick, Zombie Apocafest!
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Oct 9, 2008 12:00 AM
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October 8, 2008
Lego Batman cake
Spotted on Flickr, a cake (yes, that's all cake) made for the Lego Batman videogame launch party. The cake was created by cake designer Elisa Strauss.
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Oct 8, 2008 04:00 PM
Crafts, Gaming, LEGO, Toys and Games |
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October 1, 2008
First Lego League Needs Judges
From our robotics friends in Dallas:
Would you be interested in being a judge for a middle school robotics competition?
The FIRST Lego League (FLL) Championship will be in Dallas, January 31st.
For more information about (FLL), check out our web site.
It's a one-day event, and we are currently looking for 24 judges.Judging areas include:
- Technical judging (need 8) - score teams on how well robot is programmed
- Project judging (need 8) - listen to and judge team research presentations/skits
- Teamwork judging (need 8) - judge a team on how well they work together to complete a task
- Referees (need 6) - track points scored when teams robots compete to complete a challenge
We are trying to confirm our judges and referees as soon as possible. There will be a 1 day training before the event.
A technical background is preferred, but not required.
It's a fun, lighthearted event and you would be inspiring middle school students across North Texas.If interested, please email Janet Butler, North Texas Assistant Regional Director, at jbutler@usfirst.org ..
Here's a video of Elite Engineers' winning entry in First Lego League Scandinavia:
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Oct 1, 2008 04:11 AM
Events, LEGO, Robotics |
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September 29, 2008
LEGO V8, 32 valve engine
Another impressive LEGO build, nice illuminated accents -
Real working (electronic) V8 engine made from Lego Technic. This is not a Lego set, but I completely designed and build it myself. It took me about 4/5 months. Enjoy!More pics of the build avaible on Brickshelf Gallery. [via Hacked Gadgets]
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1440 rpms v8 LEGO engine
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Sep 29, 2008 02:00 PM
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September 22, 2008
LEGO aircraft carrier
Amazing aircraft carrier made in LEGO! There are some photo hijacking sites that yoinked the photos from Brickshelf, but I found the source and linked it up. Here's a write up about @ Geekdad too...
It's a 200,000-brick, 350-pound aircraft carrier -- the Harry S Truman -- complete with electrical lights as well as moving elevators and radar dishes.As all of us geekdads can appreciate, building this model was not without difficulties on the homefront. Hawking, a German father of two and (at least before this masterwork) neophyte bricker spent over $20,000 on parts and it took the better part of a year. But despite "lots of arguments at home" he somehow succeeded and showed the Truman all over Europe. The brick de resistance was to be an appearance at Brickworld '07 with transport provided by the US Navy, but unfortunately the arrangement fell through.
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Sep 22, 2008 12:00 AM
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September 19, 2008
LEGO Mac Pro houses 2 machines
This spot-on LEGO Man enclosure sports 2 machines running OSX within -
Made out of 2,588 Lego bricks, the Mac Pro was designed in Lego Digital Designer 2.0 for the MacMod Challenge 2008. The Hackintosh is a plain PC with a Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz CPU running Mac OS X, while the Mac Mini is a Core Duo 1.66Ghz.No report on how hot it gets inside the box but I'm guessing this must be one of the most 'moddable' cases ever. - Perfect Lego Mac Pro is two computers in one
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The Lego Computer
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Sep 19, 2008 06:00 AM
Computers, LEGO |
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September 13, 2008
"Letting go"
Inspired by the death of his grandfather, LEGO builder Shannon Ocean created this thoughtful and somewhat disturbing piece called "Letting go". via The Brothers Brick
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Sep 13, 2008 07:00 AM
Arts, Kids, LEGO |
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September 9, 2008
Simpsons intro in LEGO
Urmas Salu (a teenager!) won all of $40 for this re-enactment of The Simpsons opening sequence in LEGO. Watching it makes me ridiculously happy. via Boing Boing
Posted by Patti Schiendelman |
Sep 9, 2008 02:41 PM
Kids, LEGO |
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August 28, 2008
Ohmu in LEGO
Big-X made a wonderful model of the Ohmu from Miyazaki's Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. He has some other incredible models in his Brickshelf gallery, too.
Posted by Patti Schiendelman |
Aug 28, 2008 07:00 AM
Kids, LEGO |
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August 26, 2008
Custom LEGO Watchmen Owlship
Crazed LEGO fan Chris Doyle has done an awesome job in creating this custom Nite Owl Owlship from the Watchmen comic (and upcoming film). I love how some builders go so far as to mock up packaging. Now that's dedication.
The Watchmen: Nite-Owl's Owlship
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Aug 26, 2008 06:29 PM
LEGO, Toys and Games |
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August 24, 2008
LEGO sport city
The Beijing Olympics inspired the Hong Kong LEGO Users Group to build the incredibly detailed LEGO Sport City - here's the flickr set. They used 300,000 bricks and 4,500 mini-figures! Via Metafilter
Posted by Patti Schiendelman |
Aug 24, 2008 07:00 AM
Kids, LEGO |
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August 15, 2008
LEGO pin plotter
Check out this nifty LEGO NXT printer, a "needle plotter" with a ...er... prickable area of 90 x 70mm at 33 pricks per inch.
NXT pin-plotter III [via Hack-a-Day]
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Aug 15, 2008 02:00 PM
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August 9, 2008
Oh, the trudgery!
I love the way this LEGO NXT beastie walks - he's so expressive! Via NXT Step
Posted by Patti Schiendelman |
Aug 9, 2008 09:00 AM
Kids, LEGO |
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August 8, 2008
Slide rule clock prototype
Mitch writes in about Greg Blonder, who made this prototype slide rule clock with LEGO Mindstorms. The positioning of the two rules makes up the hours and minutes. I like the idea of sketching in a platform like Mindstorms; it sure beats building an entire custom circuit just for a proof-of-concept prototype.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Aug 8, 2008 11:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, LEGO |
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Bricksmith Version 2.0
We wrote about Bricksmith before on the MAKE blog. It's a really cool open source LEGO building program for the Mac. Version 2.0 boasts better rendering and a cool Minifigure generator.
Bricksmith allows you to create virtual instructions for your Lego creations on your Mac. The magic is based on the LDraw library, a collection of 3D models of Lego building blocks created by enthusiasts from around the world. With Bricksmith, you never have to worry about running out of parts!
Get your free copy of Bricksmith 2.0 [Mac only, sorry!]
Posted by Marc de Vinck |
Aug 8, 2008 02:00 AM
Kids, LEGO |
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August 7, 2008
Time lapse Radiohead LEGO video
What happens when you release a 3D movement dataset of Thom Yorke's head? Somebody uses it to recreate the video, frame by frame, in LEGO (Watch the high quality vid for the best experience). Via Create Digital Motion.
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Posted by Becky Stern |
Aug 7, 2008 09:00 PM
Arts, LEGO |
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August 3, 2008
LEGO RCX blimpbot
Bzupke and his son made this amazing steerable blimp using the LEGO RCX. via NXT Step
Using an RCX, 3 Motors, the Infrared Remote, Large trash bags, and lots of helium, my son and I created a steerable blimp. Two of the motors controlled propellers (made from a LEGO propeller with larger blades made out of packaging plastic). The third motor controlled the tilt of the two propellers. Each propeller can be separately controlled. For example, to rotate the craft, one propeller would be driven forward and the other backward.
Posted by Patti Schiendelman |
Aug 3, 2008 07:00 AM
Kids, LEGO |
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August 2, 2008
Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio - new version
Tim (BlueToothKiwi) at NXT Step blog says there is a new version of Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 - it's designed to work with several robot vendors including LEGO Mindstorms and iRobot. The free download is here.
Posted by Patti Schiendelman |
Aug 2, 2008 07:00 AM
Kids, LEGO, Robotics |
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July 28, 2008
Lego braiding machine
It's amazing what people make with LEGOs - here's a braiding machine.
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Lego Knitting Machine
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Jul 28, 2008 07:00 AM
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July 24, 2008
LEGO spinner car from Bladerunner
I've been enjoying Joel Johnson's fawning fanboy coverage of Syd Mead on Boing Boing Gadgets. Hey, I'd fawn, too. I'm a huge fan of Mead's and even thought about becoming a conceptual or industrial designer on his inspiration. In this episode of BBtv, Joel talks with Mead about the awesome one-of-a-kind Spinner police vehicle from Bladerunner that the folks at LEGO did as a present to Syd.
Blade Runner LEGO Spinner Car: Syd Mead with Joel Johnson
The other Mead segments on BBtv:
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Jul 24, 2008 02:00 PM
Flying, LEGO, Makers |
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