Hackaday

Building The Most Simple Motor In Mostly LEGO

Although [Jamie’s Brick Jams] has made many far more complicated motor design in the past, it’s nice to go back to the basics ...
Geeky Gadgets

Arduino Uno Q : Hybrid Board Build Smarter Projects with Precise Control

Is the Arduino Uno Q the missing piece in your next project? With its hybrid design that fuses the precision of a microcontroller with the flexibility of a Linux-based single-board computer, this ...
PC Magazine

Lego's Smart Brick Can Light Up Like a Lightsaber—With Whoosh Sounds to Match

New sensor-packed Smart Bricks introduced at CES add color, sound, and interactivity to classic Lego builds, debuting with Star Wars sets this spring. I’m PCMag’s senior writer covering smart home and ...
Entrepreneur

This Is What the New Lego Smart Brick Can Do — Its ‘Most Significant Evolution’ in 50 Years

Lego unveiled its most ambitious product in nearly 50 years at CES 2026. It’s called the Smart Brick — a 2×4 Lego brick with an entire computer inside. The brick contains light and sound capabilities, ...
TechCrunch

Lego Smart Bricks introduce a new way to build — and they don’t require screens

Lego announced its new Smart Play system at CES 2026 on Monday, adding interactive, responsive Legos to the famously analog franchise. The Smart Play system includes a 2×4 brick, Smart Tag tiles, and ...
Observer

LEGO’s ‘Smart Brick’ Gives Its Plastic Bricks the Power to See, Hear and Feel

A presentation during the LEGO SMART Play launch event at Mandalay Bay Convention Center on Jan. 05, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. David Becker/Getty Images for The LEGO Group LEGO just made its most ...
Shacknews

LEGO introduces 'Smart Brick' that will power new features in future sets

This year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is now in full swing, with tech companies around the world descending on the Las Vegas Convention Center to share their upcoming products and working ...
Wired

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 interactive lights and sound to the Lego experience—including the minifigs.
Road & Track

Column: The Secrets Behind YASA’s Extremely Power-Dense Electric Motor

We’ve long-admired internal combustion engines for their power density pursuits. Extremely high horsepower-to-liter ratios for naturally aspirated cars like the Honda S2000, Ferrari 458 Speciale, or, ...
WJHL-TV

Bristol Motor Speedway to host LEGO convention

BRISTOL, Tenn. (WJHL) —The Bristol Brick Convention will take place from Feb. 28 to March 1 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Courtesy of Bristol Brick Convention The convention will have LEGO artists, LEGO ...
Electrek

YASA has put its record-setting axial flux motor into an in-wheel powertrain boasting 1,000 bhp… per wheel

Less than two months after smashing its own (unofficial) record in power density with its proprietary axial flux motor, YASA has unveiled a real-world application of the technology as an in-wheel ...