An Inside Look at Lego’s New Tech-Packed Smart Brick

An Inside Look at Lego’s New Tech-Packed Smart Brick

Lego’s next release is a digital brick loaded with sensors that add new layers of interactivity to its play sets. WIRED got exclusive access to the Lego labs where the Smart Brick was born.

Lego stuffed an entire computer into a standard brick

Lego discontinued Mindstorms at the end of 2022. Here's what replaced it: a custom chip smaller than a pencil eraser inside a standard-sized 2-by-4 brick.  The SMART Brick houses an LED array, accelerometer, light and sound sensors, a miniature speaker, an analog synthesizer, a battery with wireless charging, and copper coils made from 100-micron wire. — Read the rest The post Lego stuffed an entire computer into a standard brick appeared first …