Genius Innovators

Moving Balls

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How do you move a bunch of plastic balls from one place to another? Build a 17-module LEGO Great Ball Contraption, of course! Hit the jump for the mesmerizing video.

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Geeky Architecture

Lego Skyscrapers

Lego Skyscrapers

What happens when an architect rediscovers his childhood passion for Legos? Some of the world’s most iconic skyscrapers (and other structures) are built to scale with the magical interlocking blocks.

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Startup

Startup: For A Good Time Call

 

It’s official: the good people at Lego have the coolest business cards. Like we needed to be reminded that Lego is awesome.

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Startup: Bricking Bad

If you haven’t been watching Breaking Bad, what’s the matter with you? You’ve still got time. The second part of the fifth and final season starts this July. If you have been watching it, enjoy this gallery of some nerd’s creation of the laundromat meth lab in GLORIOUS LEGO!

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Startup: Generation Gap

I grew up with the video game revolution, and the personal computer revolution. I’m not one of those cantankerous old farts who yells at the sun (much) and shuns new gizmos as a pox on our society. There are moments that give me pause. I’m not saying that modern distractions for kids are [...]

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Startup: When Nerds Get Married II

And yet, a part of me  is having trouble getting over the idea of a storm trooper marrying a rebel pilot.

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Startup: Feed Your Ego

Building large things out of Lego and making yourself a god among men? Automatic Atomic Toasters Seal of Approval™. Granted, it’s the Legoland theme part, and not a personal construction, but kudos for just jumping in the water like a boss.

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Startup: Bring Your Own Cup

I used to wonder exactly why 7-Eleven does “bring your own cup” day. Yes, marketing, but why that exactly. Now I know. Entertainment.

Atomic Awesome

Lego Cummins Engine

Reader chrystlubitshi sent in a tip that had to be run immediately within days of its arrival. Above is a Cummins QSK95 engine. Made of Lego. It was built last weekend at Brickworld in Chicago by a Cummins Brickworld Build Team, which includes Cummins engineers as well as students and teachers.

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Startup: Escher in Sci-Fi, What’s Not To Love?

Star Wars Escher in Lego is cool all by itself, but this diorama encapsulates the original trilogy at the same time. Starting in the top-left you have the sands of Tatooine, to the right is the grey platforms of the Death Star, below is the gloom of Jaba’s Palace, to the left of that [...]