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The Tesla turbine is a bladeless centripetal-flow turbine invented by Nikola Tesla in 1913, using the boundary-layer effect rather than having a stream of gases or a fluid impinge on …read more Continue reading Making a Bladeless Tesla Turbine Generator in Lego
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There’s just something delightful about scaled items. Big things shrunk down, like LEGO’s teeny tiny terminal brick? Delightful. Taking that terminal brick and scaling it back to a full-sized computer? …read more Continue reading LEGO Space Computer Made Full Size, 47 Years On
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 and make a motor that uses as …read more Continue reading Building the Most Simple Motor in Mostly LEGO
Some time ago, Lego released a beautiful (and somewhat pricey) typewriter set that was modeled after one used by company founder Ole Kirk Kristiansen. To the disappointment of some, it …read more Continue reading Lego Typewriter Writes Plastic Letters
LEGO unveiled Smart Play at CES 2026, embedding interactive tech into bricks. The first Star Wars sets launch March 1, with preorders Jan. 9.
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You know what’s not fun? Sorting LEGO. You know what is fun? Making a machine to sort LEGO! That’s what [LegoSpencer] did, and you can watch the machine do its …read more Continue reading Making a Machine to Sort One Million Pounds of LEGO
It’s part of the great circle of life that toys and scale models that provide a reflection of macro-sized objects like vehicles and buildings will eventually be scaled up again …read more Continue reading Building a Drivable, Life-Size 3D-Printed LEGO Technic Buggy
Over the decades we have seen a lot of methods for powering LEGO-based contraptions, ranging from LEGO Technic pneumatics to electric motors, but what about steam power? We have all …read more Continue reading Making Steam-Powered LEGO Machines
There’s something extremely calming and pleasing about watching a screensaver that merely bounces some kind of image around, with the DVD logo screensaver of a DVD player being a good …read more Continue reading Building the DVD Logo Screensaver with LEGO
If there’s one thing that has come to define the generations after the baby boom, it’s probably nostalgia. It’s heavily marketed and weaponized by the market: yearning for better, simpler …read more Continue reading 10″ LEGO Tyre is Practical Nostalgia