Lego’s Smart Brick Gives the Iconic Analog Toy a New Digital Brain

The new sensor-packed Smart Play Brick will land this spring as part of a special Star Wars collection. The update adds ...

LEGO Says Smart Brick Is 'Here to Stay,' and Responds to 'Questions and Concerns' Around Abandoning Non-Digital Play

A day on from the official reveal of LEGO Smart Brick, the company has responded to concerns that its big announcement poses ...

“Everything we have done still is part of the system” — Lego's chief product officer on how smart bricks are expanding, not replacing physical play

The new Smart Play system, and most notably the Smart Brick, is designed to work seamlessly within Lego’s existing play ...
International Rescue Committee

Learning Through Play with LEGO® Bricks in Uganda

Enid, 30, and Izidoro, 33, are teachers at Itambabiniga Primary School in Kyaka Settlement in Kyegegwa District of Uganda. The school hosts almost 3,000 children, many of whom are refugees from the ...
The Southern Illinoisan

Lego bricks help build a bridge between learning and fun

MARION — The first question you might ask Kirk Ticknor is “why did you build a 600-pound scale model of downtown Chicago entirely out of Lego bricks?” Well, it’s not technically entirely made of ...
CBS News

Lego is finally making its iconic bricks from recycled plastic

Lego is finally on its way to making its iconic toy bricks more sustainable. The toymaker unveiled this week a prototype brick made entirely of recycled plastic — but it's not yet available in ...